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I mean, YouTube at least offers a subscription that makes the ads go away. Which is not the case with the cesspool that's the rest of the internet basically. It

I mean, YouTube at least offers a subscription that makes the ads go away. Which is not the case with the cesspool that's the rest of the internet basically. It's such a privilege that a software like this exists, and is offered for free with no strings attached.

kmlx 5y ago
yes, this. but this practice is less common than i would have assumed at first. there are websites out there that even after paying their subscription they still put up ads.
- redwall_hp 5y ago
  Hulu charges money and still interrupts shows with ads. Cable television ended up that way eventually too, despite one of the original selling points being the lack of ads. They always keep trying to take more.
- NoPicklez 5y ago
  Youtube still put up sponsored ads unfortunately, even if premium
avgDev 5y ago
The problem is YouTubers still get sponsored and advertise within the video. I would not want to pay for YouTube Premium and still get exposed to those ads.
- post_break 5y ago
  Sponsor block extension. It's ad blocking extensions the whole way down.
  - mrkramer 5y ago
    FTC said that creators and influencers on social media services need to put "sponsored", "promoted" or "ad" tag disclosure on brands they are endorsing so it would be possibly for someone to make uBlock Origin filter which blocks such content.
    - post_break 5y ago
      The sponsor block extension is crowd funded, people put where the sponsor message is and it automatically skips it. Not sure if ublock can seek inside a youtube video.
      - mrkramer 5y ago
        >Not sure if ublock can seek inside a youtube video. I was referring to a hashtag or simply a tag a piece of text that can be spotted and then that type of content skipped.
        LtdJorge 5y ago
        In videos with sponsors, YouTube adds a small notice when the video starts that says the video has sponsored content. It doesn't tell you where/when.
        mrkramer 5y ago
        For example take a look at this sponsored video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkcWQO57bGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkcWQO57bGk YouTube adds an overlay* in the upper left corner which says "Includes paid promotion". The overlay leads to https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10588440 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10588440 Also creator added "#sponosred" hashtag. Both "Includes paid promotion" overlay* and "#sponsored" hashtag can be detected and therefore the video could've been skipped or hidden by some extension or by uBlock Origin filter. You can either rely on detecting aforementioned Google overlay* or sponsored hashtag. *HTML code of "Includes paid promotion" overlay: <div class="ytp-paid-content-overlay" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true" data-layer="4"><a class="ytp-paid-content-overlay-link" target="_blank" style="display: none;" href="https://support.google.com/youtube?p=ppp&nohelpkit=1"><div https://support.google.com/youtube?p=ppp&nohelpkit=1"><d... class="ytp-paid-content-overlay-icon"><svg fill="none" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="100%"><path d="M6 9H5V5V4H6H19V5H6V9ZM21.72 16.04C21.56 16.8 21.15 17.5 20.55 18.05C20.47 18.13 18.42 20.01 14.03 20.01C13.85 20.01 13.67 20.01 13.48 20C11.3 19.92 8.51 19.23 5.4 18H2V10H5H6H7V6H21V13H16.72C16.37 13.59 15.74 14 15 14H12.7C13.01 14.46 13.56 15 14.5 15H15.02C16.07 15 17.1 14.64 17.92 13.98C18.82 13.26 20.03 13.22 20.91 13.84C21.58 14.32 21.9 15.19 21.72 16.04ZM15 10C15 9.45 14.55 9 14 9C13.45 9 13 9.45 13 10H15ZM20 11C19.45 11 19 11.45 19 12H20V11ZM19 7C19 7.55 19.45 8 20 8V7H19ZM8 8C8.55 8 9 7.55 9 7H8V8ZM8 10H12C12 8.9 12.9 8 14 8C15.1 8 16 8.9 16 10V10.28C16.59 10.63 17 11.26 17 12H18C18 10.9 18.9 10 20 10V9C18.9 9 18 8.1 18 7H10C10 8.1 9.1 9 8 9V10ZM5 13.5V11H3V17H5V13.5ZM20.33 14.66C19.81 14.29 19.1 14.31 18.6 14.71C17.55 15.56 16.29 16 15.02 16H14.5C12.62 16 11.67 14.46 11.43 13.64L11.24 13H15C15.55 13 16 12.55 16 12C16 11.45 15.55 11 15 11H6V13.5V17.16C8.9 18.29 11.5 18.93 13.52 19C17.85 19.15 19.85 17.34 19.87 17.32C20.33 16.9 20.62 16.4 20.74 15.84C20.84 15.37 20.68 14.91 20.33 14.66Z" fill="white"></path></svg></div><div class="ytp-paid-content-overlay-text">Includes paid promotion</div><div class="ytp-paid-content-overlay-chevron"><svg height="100%" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="100%"><path d="m 12.59,20.34 4.58,-4.59 -4.58,-4.59 1.41,-1.41 6,6 -6,6 z" fill="#fff"></path></svg></div></a></div>

kmlx 5y ago

yes, this. but this practice is less common than i would have assumed at first. there are websites out there that even after paying their subscription they still put up ads.

redwall_hp 5y ago
Hulu charges money and still interrupts shows with ads. Cable television ended up that way eventually too, despite one of the original selling points being the lack of ads. They always keep trying to take more.
NoPicklez 5y ago
Youtube still put up sponsored ads unfortunately, even if premium

avgDev 5y ago

The problem is YouTubers still get sponsored and advertise within the video. I would not want to pay for YouTube Premium and still get exposed to those ads.

post_break 5y ago
Sponsor block extension. It's ad blocking extensions the whole way down.
- mrkramer 5y ago
  FTC said that creators and influencers on social media services need to put "sponsored", "promoted" or "ad" tag disclosure on brands they are endorsing so it would be possibly for someone to make uBlock Origin filter which blocks such content.
  - post_break 5y ago
    The sponsor block extension is crowd funded, people put where the sponsor message is and it automatically skips it. Not sure if ublock can seek inside a youtube video.
    - mrkramer 5y ago
      >Not sure if ublock can seek inside a youtube video. I was referring to a hashtag or simply a tag a piece of text that can be spotted and then that type of content skipped.
      - LtdJorge 5y ago
        In videos with sponsors, YouTube adds a small notice when the video starts that says the video has sponsored content. It doesn't tell you where/when.
        mrkramer 5y ago
        For example take a look at this sponsored video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkcWQO57bGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkcWQO57bGk YouTube adds an overlay* in the upper left corner which says "Includes paid promotion". The overlay leads to https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10588440 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10588440 Also creator added "#sponosred" hashtag. Both "Includes paid promotion" overlay* and "#sponsored" hashtag can be detected and therefore the video could've been skipped or hidden by some extension or by uBlock Origin filter. You can either rely on detecting aforementioned Google overlay* or sponsored hashtag. *HTML code of "Includes paid promotion" overlay: <div class="ytp-paid-content-overlay" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true" data-layer="4"><a class="ytp-paid-content-overlay-link" target="_blank" style="display: none;" href="https://support.google.com/youtube?p=ppp&nohelpkit=1"><div https://support.google.com/youtube?p=ppp&nohelpkit=1"><d... class="ytp-paid-content-overlay-icon"><svg fill="none" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="100%"><path d="M6 9H5V5V4H6H19V5H6V9ZM21.72 16.04C21.56 16.8 21.15 17.5 20.55 18.05C20.47 18.13 18.42 20.01 14.03 20.01C13.85 20.01 13.67 20.01 13.48 20C11.3 19.92 8.51 19.23 5.4 18H2V10H5H6H7V6H21V13H16.72C16.37 13.59 15.74 14 15 14H12.7C13.01 14.46 13.56 15 14.5 15H15.02C16.07 15 17.1 14.64 17.92 13.98C18.82 13.26 20.03 13.22 20.91 13.84C21.58 14.32 21.9 15.19 21.72 16.04ZM15 10C15 9.45 14.55 9 14 9C13.45 9 13 9.45 13 10H15ZM20 11C19.45 11 19 11.45 19 12H20V11ZM19 7C19 7.55 19.45 8 20 8V7H19ZM8 8C8.55 8 9 7.55 9 7H8V8ZM8 10H12C12 8.9 12.9 8 14 8C15.1 8 16 8.9 16 10V10.28C16.59 10.63 17 11.26 17 12H18C18 10.9 18.9 10 20 10V9C18.9 9 18 8.1 18 7H10C10 8.1 9.1 9 8 9V10ZM5 13.5V11H3V17H5V13.5ZM20.33 14.66C19.81 14.29 19.1 14.31 18.6 14.71C17.55 15.56 16.29 16 15.02 16H14.5C12.62 16 11.67 14.46 11.43 13.64L11.24 13H15C15.55 13 16 12.55 16 12C16 11.45 15.55 11 15 11H6V13.5V17.16C8.9 18.29 11.5 18.93 13.52 19C17.85 19.15 19.85 17.34 19.87 17.32C20.33 16.9 20.62 16.4 20.74 15.84C20.84 15.37 20.68 14.91 20.33 14.66Z" fill="white"></path></svg></div><div class="ytp-paid-content-overlay-text">Includes paid promotion</div><div class="ytp-paid-content-overlay-chevron"><svg height="100%" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="100%"><path d="m 12.59,20.34 4.58,-4.59 -4.58,-4.59 1.41,-1.41 6,6 -6,6 z" fill="#fff"></path></svg></div></a></div>