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Just gonna leave this link to ublock origin here. If nothing else, install it as a small "fuck you" to dark patterns: Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US

Just gonna leave this link to ublock origin here. If nothing else, install it as a small "fuck you" to dark patterns: Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...

emptyparadise 5y ago
Can't go wrong with ad blocking.
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ajsnigrutin 5y ago
And I'll leave this here: https://sponsor.ajay.app/ https://sponsor.ajay.app/ This also skips the sponsored parts of the actual videos ("this video is sponsored by skillshadow raid vpn,...")
- hmate9 5y ago
  I wonder if you could build an AI using this datasource to automatically detect sponsored segments. 3.8 million segment submissions is probably enough data.
  - Nextgrid 5y ago
    It's been tried: https://github.com/andrewzlee/NeuralBlock https://github.com/andrewzlee/NeuralBlock
- rocqua 5y ago
  I think this kind of add-skipping is worse. It is 'stealing' from the content creators rather than youtube. Besides, these ads are not based on surveillance capitalism but much less invasive old-school methods. Finally, there is much easier recourse against these ads. Don't watch content creators that have annoying adds. There are not many alternatives to youtube, but there are many alternatives to any given channel. Personally I also believe that in-content ads are much less annoying. I think that is because the content-creator gets to push back on really annoying adds.
  - paulpauper 5y ago
    Creators are making so much money, we should not suffer poor user experience out of sympathy. Has anyone run the math as to how much these ppl make? Hint: a lot. CPMs are crazy high, in addition to product placement. IMHO, in-video ads are worse than the usual ads, because they subversive and break the flow. When I'm watching a math video I don't want to hear about how Euler could have used a VPN.
    - rocqua 4y ago
      Creators make some money, the better ones make a lot. I think creators are much more deserving of add money from their work as opposed to the platform that is hosting them. Especially because my relationship with the creators is much more voluntary than my relationship with the platform. If numberphile starts running annoying ads, I can easily stop watching them, or manually skip them.
  - _Algernon_ 5y ago
    Which right is higher up on the hierarchy? Content creators' right to serve me adds, or my right to decide what software to run/not run on my general purpose computer. I know what I would answer to that.
    - rocqua 4y ago
      You have a right to run all sorts of software that is unpleasant and generally a bad thing. See, for example, people running game cheat software, people running DDoS attacks, or even people sending others rick-rolls or goatsee. In other words. Just because you have a right to run software that blocks creators apps does not mean it is right (in the sense of right vs wrong) to run that software.
  - ajsnigrutin 5y ago
    If I can fast-forward a VHS tape (yes, I'm that old), to skip the recorded ads, why not fast-forward the ads in youtube videos?
sergiotapia 5y ago
How can I adblock on my nvidia shield tv? I hate youtube ads. So much that I switched from iOS to Google Pixel just to be able to install vanced.
- timbit42 4y ago
  https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext

emptyparadise 5y ago

Can't go wrong with ad blocking.

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ajsnigrutin 5y ago

And I'll leave this here: https://sponsor.ajay.app/ https://sponsor.ajay.app/ This also skips the sponsored parts of the actual videos ("this video is sponsored by skillshadow raid vpn,...")

hmate9 5y ago
I wonder if you could build an AI using this datasource to automatically detect sponsored segments. 3.8 million segment submissions is probably enough data.
- Nextgrid 5y ago
  It's been tried: https://github.com/andrewzlee/NeuralBlock https://github.com/andrewzlee/NeuralBlock
rocqua 5y ago
I think this kind of add-skipping is worse. It is 'stealing' from the content creators rather than youtube. Besides, these ads are not based on surveillance capitalism but much less invasive old-school methods. Finally, there is much easier recourse against these ads. Don't watch content creators that have annoying adds. There are not many alternatives to youtube, but there are many alternatives to any given channel. Personally I also believe that in-content ads are much less annoying. I think that is because the content-creator gets to push back on really annoying adds.
- paulpauper 5y ago
  Creators are making so much money, we should not suffer poor user experience out of sympathy. Has anyone run the math as to how much these ppl make? Hint: a lot. CPMs are crazy high, in addition to product placement. IMHO, in-video ads are worse than the usual ads, because they subversive and break the flow. When I'm watching a math video I don't want to hear about how Euler could have used a VPN.
  - rocqua 4y ago
    Creators make some money, the better ones make a lot. I think creators are much more deserving of add money from their work as opposed to the platform that is hosting them. Especially because my relationship with the creators is much more voluntary than my relationship with the platform. If numberphile starts running annoying ads, I can easily stop watching them, or manually skip them.
- _Algernon_ 5y ago
  Which right is higher up on the hierarchy? Content creators' right to serve me adds, or my right to decide what software to run/not run on my general purpose computer. I know what I would answer to that.
  - rocqua 4y ago
    You have a right to run all sorts of software that is unpleasant and generally a bad thing. See, for example, people running game cheat software, people running DDoS attacks, or even people sending others rick-rolls or goatsee. In other words. Just because you have a right to run software that blocks creators apps does not mean it is right (in the sense of right vs wrong) to run that software.
- ajsnigrutin 5y ago
  If I can fast-forward a VHS tape (yes, I'm that old), to skip the recorded ads, why not fast-forward the ads in youtube videos?

sergiotapia 5y ago

How can I adblock on my nvidia shield tv? I hate youtube ads. So much that I switched from iOS to Google Pixel just to be able to install vanced.

timbit42 4y ago
https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext