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Has anyone else encountered the 25 minute ads? Mine was a full episode of some home-improvement show sponsored by Lowes.

mitchty 9y ago
I got one ad that was 10 minutes and couldn't be skipped. I said, yeah screw that noise, copy/paste youtube-dl url
- nkkollaw 9y ago
  Why don't you install an adblocker, which will block the ads for you?
  - beedogs 9y ago
    Some people are labouring under the misapprehension that adblockers are immoral.
    - nkkollaw 9y ago
      I think a 25' ad for a 5' video is a lot more immoral...
  - deleted 9y ago
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  - mitchty 9y ago
    I have one, not everything gets blocked.
    - nkkollaw 9y ago
      Ah, ok. Try AdGuard, it works great for YT ads.
      - akerro 9y ago
        uBlock has youtube specific rules, check my setup https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png
        nkkollaw 9y ago
        Well, one or the other. I don't think it makes a difference.
    - akerro 9y ago
      Make sure you have these rules enabled https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png This blocks all twitter/facebook/google/botnet widgets, other tracking elements, all ads, even those on youtube. Highly increases your privacy and browsing experience. I use these rules for so long I even forgot youtube has ads.
      - mitchty 9y ago
        Sometimes I just pull up the youtube app on my iPad no ad blockers work on there. And if I'm making food, I honestly don't worry as much about the ad. But a 10 minute ad for a 2 minute video? Even then i'll download the video just to spite the entire ad platform, thats insane.
      - ptspts 9y ago
        I use the latest uBlock Origin with the latest stable Google Chrome on Linux. I have the block lists above (https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png) enabled, and I'm still getting lots of ads on YouTube. Ads started appearing in 2018, it was fine before. Any advice how I can get rid of ads on YouTube?
jesseb 9y ago
I've encountered one 25 minute ad on YouTube, I don't recall what it was for though. I laughed and reloaded the page, and off to the races. I've also encountered a number that range in the 5-10 minute range. I don't use YouTube very often, so I'm not sure how regularly these occur.
DanBC 9y ago
I've had a few. It's annoying. I don't use a blocker. I don't skip the ads. Yet youtube shows me some really tedious 25 minute ad (for obscure builing material; for some online god knows what; for some money scam). I thought it must be some experiment to see how bad ads could get before people like me hit reload or start blocking, because it makes no sense otherwise.
culot 9y ago
Pretty sure 90 minutes the longest I've seen. Having to wade through at least 5 seconds of ads per video has made me reluctant to use Youtube anymore.

mitchty 9y ago

I got one ad that was 10 minutes and couldn't be skipped. I said, yeah screw that noise, copy/paste youtube-dl url

nkkollaw 9y ago
Why don't you install an adblocker, which will block the ads for you?
- beedogs 9y ago
  Some people are labouring under the misapprehension that adblockers are immoral.
  - nkkollaw 9y ago
    I think a 25' ad for a 5' video is a lot more immoral...
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
- mitchty 9y ago
  I have one, not everything gets blocked.
  - nkkollaw 9y ago
    Ah, ok. Try AdGuard, it works great for YT ads.
    - akerro 9y ago
      uBlock has youtube specific rules, check my setup https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png
      - nkkollaw 9y ago
        Well, one or the other. I don't think it makes a difference.
  - akerro 9y ago
    Make sure you have these rules enabled https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png This blocks all twitter/facebook/google/botnet widgets, other tracking elements, all ads, even those on youtube. Highly increases your privacy and browsing experience. I use these rules for so long I even forgot youtube has ads.
    - mitchty 9y ago
      Sometimes I just pull up the youtube app on my iPad no ad blockers work on there. And if I'm making food, I honestly don't worry as much about the ad. But a 10 minute ad for a 2 minute video? Even then i'll download the video just to spite the entire ad platform, thats insane.
    - ptspts 9y ago
      I use the latest uBlock Origin with the latest stable Google Chrome on Linux. I have the block lists above (https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png) enabled, and I'm still getting lots of ads on YouTube. Ads started appearing in 2018, it was fine before. Any advice how I can get rid of ads on YouTube?

jesseb 9y ago

I've encountered one 25 minute ad on YouTube, I don't recall what it was for though. I laughed and reloaded the page, and off to the races. I've also encountered a number that range in the 5-10 minute range. I don't use YouTube very often, so I'm not sure how regularly these occur.

DanBC 9y ago

I've had a few. It's annoying. I don't use a blocker. I don't skip the ads. Yet youtube shows me some really tedious 25 minute ad (for obscure builing material; for some online god knows what; for some money scam). I thought it must be some experiment to see how bad ads could get before people like me hit reload or start blocking, because it makes no sense otherwise.

culot 9y ago

Pretty sure 90 minutes the longest I've seen. Having to wade through at least 5 seconds of ads per video has made me reluctant to use Youtube anymore.