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I often sit through ads when watching sports on TV because I can’t be bothered to reach for the remote to mute it. However, when I watch YouTube on my phone, I

by allenu 5y ago

I often sit through ads when watching sports on TV because I can’t be bothered to reach for the remote to mute it. However, when I watch YouTube on my phone, I instantly mute the device and look away as soon as an ad plays. After a few seconds I look back at the device so I can hit the skip button. It always seems like a waste of bandwidth for them to play ads to me, but I assume my behavior isn’t in the majority.

tifik 5y ago
I stopped using the YT app and just use the website with ublock origin enabled. Didnt see a YT ad in years. Edit: typo
- withinboredom 5y ago
  I’ve been bored and started using my phone a few times. As soon as an ad starts. I stop the app, start it again. Or just watch it in the thumbnail with cc.
- freeflight 5y ago
  I like watching YouTube stuff on my iPad to fall asleep, but at times the ads can make that real difficult, and I have yet to find a way to block them on the tablet. PiHole allegedly helps with that, but afaik PiHole is only a DNS blacklister, and I already have blocked Google adservers troguh my router, tho that does not seem to help with ads in the YouTube mobile/tablet app.
  - aceki 5y ago
    I know AdGuard[0] claims to have the ability of blocking YouTube ads in Safari, but I also believe it's behind an IAP. Alternatively, an Invidious instance[1] will play videos without ads. It doesn't work for music videos (thanks DRM!), and I believe you have to set the video quality to DASH in Invidious's settings for Safari to be able to play it. Not as convenient as YouTube, sure, but if you hate ads enough I think it's worth it. [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047223162 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047... [1] https://redirect.invidious.io https://redirect.invidious.io
  - perryizgr8 5y ago
    Youtube vanced works well for blocking ads. But you need an android device.
  - ComradePhil 5y ago
    YouTube premium is $12 per month. If there is one subscription worth getting, it is definitely this.
  - christophilus 5y ago
    Brave on iOS blocks YT ads.
    - waffle_maniac 5y ago
      I think Brave blocks YT ads on all platforms?
theGeatZhopa 5y ago
I use YouTube not as app, but in the browser on my mobile. There I have an AdBlock Plugin setup. Without that YouTube is unusable for me anymore. It's not about the video ads at all. Ads are part of the modern design of YouTube and are difficult to differentiate from, f.e. the comments, which are hidden by default - wtf?
- nelblu 5y ago
  https://newpipe.net/ https://newpipe.net/
nirui 5y ago
Man that sounded like a lots of work for watching YouTube. I watch YouTube usually because I have something else to do, and I needed something to make a sound + be my timer. If an ad starts to play, it will not effect my main task. 5 or 10 seconds later the Skip button displays, I click/tap on it and continue my task, and the ad will be forgotten almost instantly. I don't think those ad makers knows how ads actually work: you only have certain amount of seconds to convert a client. After that, the ad will be forgotten. People who interested in your product will sign on after few encounters with the ad. And for those who didn't sign on, they don't care and pushing more ads will simply annoy them and makes them hate your product. For example, those 5 seconds TikTok ads are low quality and extremely annoying (, making me believe that ByteDance is using the strategy to downgrade the user experience of YouTube. Very clever indeed), I'll never sign on no matter how many times it plays. For me personally, I like to take my time to read the detail about a product, those video ads just can't cut it. The text + picture based ads displayed by Reddit catches me better.
i67vw3 5y ago
You can use newpipe, youtube vanced or youtube in a browser with adblock turned ON.
- easrng 5y ago
  For iOS you can sideload https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus or Cercube or something.

by allenu 5y ago

tifik 5y ago

I stopped using the YT app and just use the website with ublock origin enabled. Didnt see a YT ad in years. Edit: typo

withinboredom 5y ago
I’ve been bored and started using my phone a few times. As soon as an ad starts. I stop the app, start it again. Or just watch it in the thumbnail with cc.
freeflight 5y ago
I like watching YouTube stuff on my iPad to fall asleep, but at times the ads can make that real difficult, and I have yet to find a way to block them on the tablet. PiHole allegedly helps with that, but afaik PiHole is only a DNS blacklister, and I already have blocked Google adservers troguh my router, tho that does not seem to help with ads in the YouTube mobile/tablet app.
- aceki 5y ago
  I know AdGuard[0] claims to have the ability of blocking YouTube ads in Safari, but I also believe it's behind an IAP. Alternatively, an Invidious instance[1] will play videos without ads. It doesn't work for music videos (thanks DRM!), and I believe you have to set the video quality to DASH in Invidious's settings for Safari to be able to play it. Not as convenient as YouTube, sure, but if you hate ads enough I think it's worth it. [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047223162 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047... [1] https://redirect.invidious.io https://redirect.invidious.io
- perryizgr8 5y ago
  Youtube vanced works well for blocking ads. But you need an android device.
- ComradePhil 5y ago
  YouTube premium is $12 per month. If there is one subscription worth getting, it is definitely this.
- christophilus 5y ago
  Brave on iOS blocks YT ads.
  - waffle_maniac 5y ago
    I think Brave blocks YT ads on all platforms?

theGeatZhopa 5y ago

I use YouTube not as app, but in the browser on my mobile. There I have an AdBlock Plugin setup. Without that YouTube is unusable for me anymore. It's not about the video ads at all. Ads are part of the modern design of YouTube and are difficult to differentiate from, f.e. the comments, which are hidden by default - wtf?

nelblu 5y ago
https://newpipe.net/ https://newpipe.net/

nirui 5y ago

Man that sounded like a lots of work for watching YouTube. I watch YouTube usually because I have something else to do, and I needed something to make a sound + be my timer. If an ad starts to play, it will not effect my main task. 5 or 10 seconds later the Skip button displays, I click/tap on it and continue my task, and the ad will be forgotten almost instantly. I don't think those ad makers knows how ads actually work: you only have certain amount of seconds to convert a client. After that, the ad will be forgotten. People who interested in your product will sign on after few encounters with the ad. And for those who didn't sign on, they don't care and pushing more ads will simply annoy them and makes them hate your product. For example, those 5 seconds TikTok ads are low quality and extremely annoying (, making me believe that ByteDance is using the strategy to downgrade the user experience of YouTube. Very clever indeed), I'll never sign on no matter how many times it plays. For me personally, I like to take my time to read the detail about a product, those video ads just can't cut it. The text + picture based ads displayed by Reddit catches me better.

i67vw3 5y ago

You can use newpipe, youtube vanced or youtube in a browser with adblock turned ON.

easrng 5y ago
For iOS you can sideload https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus or Cercube or something.