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Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by _imnothere »

spoiler wrote: post #18
aosaigh wrote: post #16

On a related note, I cannot believe how many ads YT are showing nowadays. I know the word “unuseable” is thrown around a lot but its really become that way for me. I got 5 ads in the first 3 minutes of a video yesterday. I know people say “just pay for it” but I don’t think that the alternative to not paying should be ads every minutes. My usage has gone way down recently as a result. I use an adblocker on desktop bu…

I am always a bit conflicted when I see posts like theses. On one hand I also like free stuff, but on the other hand I also know running services like these costs money (and I'm not only talking about digital/IT resources). Everyone has an idea of what they'd do, but nobody can agree on one. So, I guess the easy defaults are ads+premium, or a completely walled garden?

Imagine paying someone who doesn't even stop invading your privacy when you're paying.

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by sub7 »

Today Android Auto pops up a notification saying "Spotify is not supported" and proceeds to fill half my car screen with a Youtube Music promo while disabling BT media controls for spotify.

This company is off the rails, they need to hard fire all the MBA-type idiots making their products shittier in misguided attempts at services revenue generation. When was the last time anyone had a good experience using this garbage?

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by claudeWS »

- "Pay or not to pay?" - "G needs revenues." - "Abuse in qty of ads." Valid points but...

What about all the deleted or demonetized channels in the last 4 years? What about the increase of blocked-censured information ? Have we forgotten that, although they all (GAFA & more) were seducingly sold to the people, they are tools for mass control ?

Maybe this issue with YT ads... will bring attention to freedom of speech's erosion.

just my grain of salt.

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by Darmody »

Glome495 wrote: post #39
Darmody wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On Android you have NewPipe for video and ViMusic/Blackhole for audio only. You have to install the .apk manually or from f-droid, but they work like a charm.

ViMusic is abandoned

I've been using it since Youtube Vanced died and it's working perfectly and I'll keep using it until it dies too.

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by endorphine »

Darmody wrote: post #33
samstave wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's even worse on long form pods, YT will stick in multiple ads, which themselves become long. YT is an actual joke these days, completely lame to use on Android. If you have logged into Amazon prime recently you can see bars and bars and bars of "rent or buy or subscribe" content, to the point I hate even looking at the site. I'm paying for Amazon prime, what happened to simply "free to me" listings based on the fa…

On Android you have NewPipe for video and ViMusic/Blackhole for audio only. You have to install the .apk manually or from f-droid, but they work like a charm.

You also have regular Firefox + uBlock Origin that works great.
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