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I used Firefox with ublock origin[0] and never see an ad. [0]https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

by vuln 6y ago

jasonv 6y ago
I pay for YouTube Premium largely because the family watches YouTube on Roku, AppleTV, etc. For that, it’s worth it. I wish YouTube music wouldn’t share subscriptions with YouTube proper, but I just pay for Spotify and ignore YouTube Music.
spacephysics 6y ago
I use the same on desktop, but for an ad free mobile experience, and background audio play on an unjailbroken iPhone, coughing up the cash seems most appropriate.
anon73044 6y ago
The uBlock plugin also works on the Firefox Android app!
- MaxikCZ 6y ago
  or, for adfree youtube experience on android, I am using "youtube vanced" [0](like advanced, but without the ad), and heard lots of people vouching for opensource "newpipe"[1] Edit: Be warned: just found out that theres a "Block All Ads For Youtube Vanced ads" in playstore thats a fake scam (it even contains ads on its own). Real Vanced isn't on playstore [0]: https://vanced.app/ https://vanced.app/ non root: https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk/ https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk/ root: https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk-root/ https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk-root/ [1]: https://newpipe.schabi.org/ https://newpipe.schabi.org/
bitwize 6y ago
Thief!!!! "Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn't get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you're actually stealing programming." --Jamie Kellner, former Warner executive
- TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
  I'm okay with this. They've deplatformed or suppressed most of my favorite YouTubers anyway, and they are trying to push a culture that I don't agree with.
  - mikecoles 6y ago
    Then stop using YouTube. If I don't agree with the grocery store's business choices, I can steal from them?
    - TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
      They're a monopoly and the leader of a winner-take-all market. They leverage their power to control the narrative on many topics. I think of any company to not support, YouTube is a good one to do so.
      - tinus_hn 6y ago
        You wouldn’t download a car!
      - RestlessMind 6y ago
        > They've deplatformed or suppressed most of my favorite YouTubers anyway > They're a monopoly and the leader of a winner-take-all market. There is some cognitive dissonance in there, particularly with "deplatforming" and "monopoly" part. If your favorite creators are all gone, why don't you just stop using that service? (I have done exactly that, tbh).
        TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
        There's no dissonance. A monopoly has the capacity to remove anyone from their platform with no real reprocussions, so that's what they do. why don't you just stop using that service? There are no real alternatives to YouTube that any real content creators are willing to move to, and there are still some users that I watch, so I download the videos and don't support the platform. I have my cake and eat it too, so to speak.
Scoundreller 6y ago
Works great on Desktop, but more complicated on iOS without a piHole.
- wayneftw 6y ago
  I use iOS Safari with content blockers and never see YouTube ads. However, if YouTube were to start annoying me I would just stop going there. Just like when I stopped watching TV due to the frequency of ads on American television. Fortunately for me, I don't watch a lot of YouTube. More often I'm on Twitch, where I also don't see ads on my desktop at least. Unfortunately Twitch has started downgrading their mobile experience trying to force all mobile users to use the Twitch app instead. It's not big loss, I don't really watch Twitch on my phone. On my tablet, I just RDP into my Windows desktop and watch through there. I would miss Twitch if I had to leave it, but I'm so anti-advertising that if they forced ads on me I wouldn't think twice about leaving.
  - vuln 6y ago
    Which content blocker(s) do you currently use on iOS Safari?
    - wayneftw 6y ago
      BlockBear
Balgair 6y ago
Here's the browser add-on links for the curious: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ublock-origin/9nblggh444l4?activetab=pivot:overviewtab https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ublock-origin/9nblggh444l4... Make sure to go into the Options > Filter Lists and check the Annoyances section. That'll get you through most soft-paywalls these days (WaPo, The Atlantic, etc). Also, the Japanese Language section will trip a LOT for some reason, so you may want to skip that.

I used Firefox with ublock origin[0] and never see an ad. [0]https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

by vuln 6y ago

I used Firefox with ublock origin[0] and never see an ad. [0]https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

jasonv 6y ago

I pay for YouTube Premium largely because the family watches YouTube on Roku, AppleTV, etc. For that, it’s worth it. I wish YouTube music wouldn’t share subscriptions with YouTube proper, but I just pay for Spotify and ignore YouTube Music.

spacephysics 6y ago

I use the same on desktop, but for an ad free mobile experience, and background audio play on an unjailbroken iPhone, coughing up the cash seems most appropriate.

anon73044 6y ago

The uBlock plugin also works on the Firefox Android app!

MaxikCZ 6y ago
or, for adfree youtube experience on android, I am using "youtube vanced" [0](like advanced, but without the ad), and heard lots of people vouching for opensource "newpipe"[1] Edit: Be warned: just found out that theres a "Block All Ads For Youtube Vanced ads" in playstore thats a fake scam (it even contains ads on its own). Real Vanced isn't on playstore [0]: https://vanced.app/ https://vanced.app/ non root: https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk/ https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk/ root: https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk-root/ https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-vanced-apk-root/ [1]: https://newpipe.schabi.org/ https://newpipe.schabi.org/

bitwize 6y ago

Thief!!!! "Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn't get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you're actually stealing programming." --Jamie Kellner, former Warner executive

TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
I'm okay with this. They've deplatformed or suppressed most of my favorite YouTubers anyway, and they are trying to push a culture that I don't agree with.
- mikecoles 6y ago
  Then stop using YouTube. If I don't agree with the grocery store's business choices, I can steal from them?
  - TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
    They're a monopoly and the leader of a winner-take-all market. They leverage their power to control the narrative on many topics. I think of any company to not support, YouTube is a good one to do so.
    - tinus_hn 6y ago
      You wouldn’t download a car!
    - RestlessMind 6y ago
      > They've deplatformed or suppressed most of my favorite YouTubers anyway > They're a monopoly and the leader of a winner-take-all market. There is some cognitive dissonance in there, particularly with "deplatforming" and "monopoly" part. If your favorite creators are all gone, why don't you just stop using that service? (I have done exactly that, tbh).
      - TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
        There's no dissonance. A monopoly has the capacity to remove anyone from their platform with no real reprocussions, so that's what they do. why don't you just stop using that service? There are no real alternatives to YouTube that any real content creators are willing to move to, and there are still some users that I watch, so I download the videos and don't support the platform. I have my cake and eat it too, so to speak.

Scoundreller 6y ago

Works great on Desktop, but more complicated on iOS without a piHole.

wayneftw 6y ago
I use iOS Safari with content blockers and never see YouTube ads. However, if YouTube were to start annoying me I would just stop going there. Just like when I stopped watching TV due to the frequency of ads on American television. Fortunately for me, I don't watch a lot of YouTube. More often I'm on Twitch, where I also don't see ads on my desktop at least. Unfortunately Twitch has started downgrading their mobile experience trying to force all mobile users to use the Twitch app instead. It's not big loss, I don't really watch Twitch on my phone. On my tablet, I just RDP into my Windows desktop and watch through there. I would miss Twitch if I had to leave it, but I'm so anti-advertising that if they forced ads on me I wouldn't think twice about leaving.
- vuln 6y ago
  Which content blocker(s) do you currently use on iOS Safari?
  - wayneftw 6y ago
    BlockBear

Balgair 6y ago

Here's the browser add-on links for the curious: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ublock-origin/9nblggh444l4?activetab=pivot:overviewtab https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ublock-origin/9nblggh444l4... Make sure to go into the Options > Filter Lists and check the Annoyances section. That'll get you through most soft-paywalls these days (WaPo, The Atlantic, etc). Also, the Japanese Language section will trip a LOT for some reason, so you may want to skip that.