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Also currently defeating my ad blocker. Soon youtube... I will be blocking your ads again soon... After not seeing ads for so long, actually getting an ad is i

Also currently defeating my ad blocker. Soon youtube... I will be blocking your ads again soon... After not seeing ads for so long, actually getting an ad is insufferable - I closed the window and just didn't watch the video and set a mental note that I might go back and watch it once my ad blocker is updated. Immediately after the ad started playing was a pop-under that asked if i wanted to upgrade to youtube red. If they actually defeat ad blockers, I actually would subscribe if it meant no more ads again. Do people on the internet actually watch these ads? I thought to myself why in the world would anyone want to go on the internet if it meant having to view this garbage. I'm really getting spoiled and conditioned with my mostly ad free existence.

kentosi 9y ago
For those who use YouTube a lot I HIGHLY recommend playing for YouTube Red. A much easier way of getting rid of the ads if you can afford $10/mth.
- CountHackulus 9y ago
  Unless you don't live in United States, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea.
  - andai 9y ago
    A few years ago they forbid apps on the Play Store from having background playback for YouTube, in anticipation of the release of YouTube Red, which would offer it as a paid feature. Still waiting.
    - vonuebelgarten 9y ago
      Wait no more, just install F-Droid and NewPipe ( https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ ). Bonus feature: it does not use the API so Youtube can not track what do you watch.
      - andai 9y ago
        Oh neat, thank you!
- majewsky 9y ago
  I would like to so much. Not for the comfort features (I got all of these already with mpv and youtube-dl), but for the feeling of not ripping them off when blocking ads, and in part also for the original programming (esp. Mind Field). But, as the sibling says, Youtube Red is limited to a few countries. From what I've heard, it's not in Germany because they cannot figure out licensing with the music industry. I find this utterly stupid, because music videos is precisely the part that does not interest me at all about Red.
- vilmosi 9y ago
  I wish I could.
Accacin 9y ago
I'm using uBlock with quite a few extra lists and it's still working for me (Firefox).
- CryoLogic 9y ago
  Google has a whitelisting agreement with Adblock Plus now.
  - lewisl9029 9y ago
    It seems to me like Youtube's video ads fall squarely within Adblock Plus's own list of unacceptable ads, under "Pre-roll video ads": https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads#not-acceptable-ad https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads#not-acceptable-ad Have they given up on the guise that this is anything other than a money-grabbing extortion scheme?
vilmosi 9y ago
>>> that asked if i wanted to upgrade to youtube red I really wish I even get that option...

kentosi 9y ago

For those who use YouTube a lot I HIGHLY recommend playing for YouTube Red. A much easier way of getting rid of the ads if you can afford $10/mth.

CountHackulus 9y ago
Unless you don't live in United States, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea.
- andai 9y ago
  A few years ago they forbid apps on the Play Store from having background playback for YouTube, in anticipation of the release of YouTube Red, which would offer it as a paid feature. Still waiting.
  - vonuebelgarten 9y ago
    Wait no more, just install F-Droid and NewPipe ( https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ ). Bonus feature: it does not use the API so Youtube can not track what do you watch.
    - andai 9y ago
      Oh neat, thank you!
majewsky 9y ago
I would like to so much. Not for the comfort features (I got all of these already with mpv and youtube-dl), but for the feeling of not ripping them off when blocking ads, and in part also for the original programming (esp. Mind Field). But, as the sibling says, Youtube Red is limited to a few countries. From what I've heard, it's not in Germany because they cannot figure out licensing with the music industry. I find this utterly stupid, because music videos is precisely the part that does not interest me at all about Red.
vilmosi 9y ago
I wish I could.

Accacin 9y ago

I'm using uBlock with quite a few extra lists and it's still working for me (Firefox).

CryoLogic 9y ago
Google has a whitelisting agreement with Adblock Plus now.
- lewisl9029 9y ago
  It seems to me like Youtube's video ads fall squarely within Adblock Plus's own list of unacceptable ads, under "Pre-roll video ads": https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads#not-acceptable-ad https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads#not-acceptable-ad Have they given up on the guise that this is anything other than a money-grabbing extortion scheme?

vilmosi 9y ago

>>> that asked if i wanted to upgrade to youtube red I really wish I even get that option...