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Youtube wants me to concede too much JS execution on too many domains (I block strictly), or else I can not skip the ads. It becomes a huge annoyance when I'm
by gkya 8y ago
Youtube wants me to concede too much JS execution on too many domains (I block strictly), or else I can not skip the ads. It becomes a huge annoyance when I'm watching my favourite TV show that's also uploaded to YT and I have the same idiotic Grammarly ad in my face every 10 minutes. But I can easily run mpv <url> and watch, without looking at ads that are completely uninteresting and persistent enough to feel harassing to me (youtube is showing me grammarly ads since months, almost nothing else; so much that I loathe grammarly now).
Also when watching a video, with mpv (which uses youtube-dl for youtube videos etc., I can pin a small video window on top of all other windows and continue doing other stuff on my laptop.
- Lev1a 8y agoI assume from your comment you only use a script blocker (like uMatrix, Noscript, ...?) but not an actual ad blocker (I'd recommend uBlock Origin). That would make your grammarly problem go away pretty fast.
- gkya 8y agoI use Ublock origin w/ dynamic blocking (i.e. I decide for each site the domains they can load stuff from), and only enable a handful domains to load only first party JS (or some trustable 3rd party for a couple web sites), so I don't think I need the ad blocker too. Also, browsing YT from the website and watcing from mpv is way more convenient and less resource intensive. But thanks for the info!