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The main reason I don't want to pay is it cannot remove the ads the content creators put in themselves. I could see paying if it was a totally clean experience

The main reason I don't want to pay is it cannot remove the ads the content creators put in themselves. I could see paying if it was a totally clean experience but to pay and get rid of part/half of the ads I would see does not seem worth it to me.

yrral 4y ago
You can use sponsorblock to automatically skip a variety of creator-inserted ads and interaction reminders ("please subscribe/like" etc). https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-youtube/mnjggcdmjocbbbhaepdhchncahnbgone?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-y...
martin_a 4y ago
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jrootabega 4y ago
Even setting aside the explicit ads, there's also the fact that the vast majority of YouTube content has been diluted and corrupted to be a vehicle for YouTube ads.
- cpeterso 4y ago
  For example, I read that so many YouTube videos are stretched out to ten minutes because that's the minimum duration to get two ads on your videos.
  - jrootabega 4y ago
    Yep, but I think it was the minimum for placing midroll ads. Now it's 8 minutes, but the "sightly over 10 minutes" phenomenon is still very much alive!
tux1968 4y ago
Ignoring the ethical debate, the "SponsorBlock" browser plugin can help to avoid native advertising inside videos. When in use, sections marked as ads or other filler content are automatically skipped. It is crowdsourced, so you can mark up a video yourself and contribute it, if the ads haven't already been marked by someone else.

yrral 4y ago

You can use sponsorblock to automatically skip a variety of creator-inserted ads and interaction reminders ("please subscribe/like" etc). https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-youtube/mnjggcdmjocbbbhaepdhchncahnbgone?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-y...

martin_a 4y ago

Before I get to reply to your comment, let's talk about my sponsor for today: Shady VPN! Did you know that killer sharks are tracking your every step and move through the internet? They are stalking you, so that they can find you, kill you and eat you (and your whole family, too!) when you go to the lake the other day. That is because they track all your steps on the internet. Now you might wonder: What can I do against that? It's easy: Just join Shady VPN and choose our VPN solution. Military grade encryption will hide your location from the network sniffing sharks so they have no idea where you are. Enjoy the summer. Sharkfree! On the topic: Same goes for me, "ad-free" YT is not really ad-free, only a little less "infested".

jrootabega 4y ago

Even setting aside the explicit ads, there's also the fact that the vast majority of YouTube content has been diluted and corrupted to be a vehicle for YouTube ads.

cpeterso 4y ago
For example, I read that so many YouTube videos are stretched out to ten minutes because that's the minimum duration to get two ads on your videos.
- jrootabega 4y ago
  Yep, but I think it was the minimum for placing midroll ads. Now it's 8 minutes, but the "sightly over 10 minutes" phenomenon is still very much alive!

tux1968 4y ago

Ignoring the ethical debate, the "SponsorBlock" browser plugin can help to avoid native advertising inside videos. When in use, sections marked as ads or other filler content are automatically skipped. It is crowdsourced, so you can mark up a video yourself and contribute it, if the ads haven't already been marked by someone else.