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Try to watch a playlist on Youtube without a add blocker. Its insane the length and amount of commercials. A add blocker save you much more then 10 secs a day.

hombre_fatal 7y ago
Fwiw, "ad" is short for "advertisement" which has one "D".
- dmitriid 7y ago
  But it adds to the viewing time :)
jvolkman 7y ago
You can pay for a YouTube premium account which doesn't have ads.
- m-p-3 7y ago
  Not in all countries.
- CraftThatBlock 7y ago
  Which is also expensive. In Canada, it's 12$/m, but in includes original shows, YouTube Music, and a bunch of things I would never use. I would gladly pay a couple bucks a month to remove ads, but the fact that it's more expensive than it needs to be and includes so much more than I care about makes me not want to.
  - driverdan 7y ago
    $12/m is not expensive for most people living in Canada.
    - darkpuma 7y ago
      It's expensive when the alternative is free. Particularly since that free alternative is WAY better. Paying youtube only stops the ads on youtube. uBlock Origin does much much more than that. I'd sooner give gorhill 12/month, but he won't take my money.
    - xvector 7y ago
      This stuff adds up fast. $10/mo for YT Premium, $15/mo for Spotify, $15+/mo for Netflix. You are looking at almost $500 per year in subscription services alone, not even counting your phone bill.
      - slumberlust 7y ago
        That's why I use YouTube Music for $15/mo which includes Ad free Youtube + Music streaming for 5 family members. I fully expect google to decouple the YT ad free portion (they already decoupled YT Red), but until then it's a reasonable value prop.
- pmoriarty 7y ago
  Or you can use youtube-dl[1] to download youtube videos without ads. [1] - https://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/
  - notpushkin 7y ago
    ...or you can use Invidious which just serves videos from YouTube without ads and no almost no JS :) https://github.com/omarroth/invidious https://github.com/omarroth/invidious https://invidio.us/ https://invidio.us/ (one of the hosted instances)

hombre_fatal 7y ago

Fwiw, "ad" is short for "advertisement" which has one "D".

dmitriid 7y ago
But it adds to the viewing time :)

jvolkman 7y ago

You can pay for a YouTube premium account which doesn't have ads.

m-p-3 7y ago
Not in all countries.
CraftThatBlock 7y ago
Which is also expensive. In Canada, it's 12$/m, but in includes original shows, YouTube Music, and a bunch of things I would never use. I would gladly pay a couple bucks a month to remove ads, but the fact that it's more expensive than it needs to be and includes so much more than I care about makes me not want to.
- driverdan 7y ago
  $12/m is not expensive for most people living in Canada.
  - darkpuma 7y ago
    It's expensive when the alternative is free. Particularly since that free alternative is WAY better. Paying youtube only stops the ads on youtube. uBlock Origin does much much more than that. I'd sooner give gorhill 12/month, but he won't take my money.
  - xvector 7y ago
    This stuff adds up fast. $10/mo for YT Premium, $15/mo for Spotify, $15+/mo for Netflix. You are looking at almost $500 per year in subscription services alone, not even counting your phone bill.
    - slumberlust 7y ago
      That's why I use YouTube Music for $15/mo which includes Ad free Youtube + Music streaming for 5 family members. I fully expect google to decouple the YT ad free portion (they already decoupled YT Red), but until then it's a reasonable value prop.
pmoriarty 7y ago
Or you can use youtube-dl[1] to download youtube videos without ads. [1] - https://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/
- notpushkin 7y ago
  ...or you can use Invidious which just serves videos from YouTube without ads and no almost no JS :) https://github.com/omarroth/invidious https://github.com/omarroth/invidious https://invidio.us/ https://invidio.us/ (one of the hosted instances)