Wait, some people really dont just pay for premium?
This. I use FireFox with AdBlock Plus and don't any ads, period.Switch to uBlock Origin. AdBlock Plus allows certain ads to get through.
There will always be a work-around. Be it a plug-in, a special browser, a new kind of VPN, or any other of a thousand possibilities. Google can try, but they're not gonna force people to watch their unskippable rolls of 2+ 30 second ads. It's just not happening.Ok, so how do I get around the forced FreeVee ads?
Culture as a whole has shifted away from ads. Tivo and other DVR devices make it easy to fast-forward through ads in recorded show. Streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, etc. have spoiled even the average TV show viewer. Adblockers are extremely common.
Nobody wants to sit through ads anymore.
Switch to uBlock Origin. AdBlock Plus allows certain ads to get through.I didn't mind this, as the ads it allowed through tended to be very non-disruptive. I switched to uBlock eventually, but that was because it was better at beating anti-adblocker scripts, not because of the allowing non-disruptive ads.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus#Controversies
Not much gets past my ad blockers, but I get advertisements between every YouTube video. It blocks me from watching videos in the browser, so I have to use the music app.
Sponsor Block For YoutubeSponsor Block for pornsites is desperately needed.
I saw a Twitter thread about this and all the supplies were just slurping up YouTube and how they think this is a great idea.Sounds like bots.
I don't need YouTube
I saw a Twitter thread about this and all the supplies were just slurping up YouTube and how they think this is a great idea.This slang isn't going to catch on because that's already a word that looks the same when you read it
Google has more money than most countries in the worldYou missed the sarcasm?
Twitch has been trying for years, good luck. There will be an extension for that.This. There will always be another way.
YouTube was miles better before Google got their hands on it.I will never give youtube a dime of my money but don't they have a paid monthly plan that is ad free? I'm assuming they are cracking down on ad blockers to push people towards that paid bullshit.
Plus what's the point of forced, unskippable ads when most YouTubers are doing sponsored shit like Manscaped or Raid: Shadow Legends while others promote their Patreon.
i wouldnt give a fuck about youtubes ads if they would just play and be done.
No... I'll be working and then an ad comes on. I wait about a minute and a half and the fuckin' guy is still talking. So I walk over to my phone and its a fucking hour and a half long ad.
That's bullshit.
The only pro for giving them your card details is being able to view age restricted contenthttps://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/
I've been using Invidious. I believe it doesn't register as a view too so you can watch clickbait and trash videos without giving them a view. Age-restricted videos either take awhile to load or don't work outright though. I use yt-dlp (use --cookies for age restricted videos) to download those.Invidious is pretty good. Age-restricted videos you can usually just switch instances and it'll work
Twitch has certainly been making it harder thoughspeak of the devil, looks like Purple AdBlock got an update today
Been cycling through a few different blocking solutions, since they all seem to break after a week
What do you all use to block ads on Twitch? What seems to be the most reliable thing? If I find something good then maybe I might get back to using it again.I use soundtv, purpletv and Xtra on android
So Youtube is on its death bed then? Oh well, it had a good run.I'd say it's more like the freedom of the internet just got diagnosed with another affliction
My only really problem with youtube ads is when one of them is a 53 minute Prager U ad.