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I can't be bothered to use YT anymore with all the ads. They're basically interactive, on-demand, corporate TV monetizing other people's content and nothing mor

I can't be bothered to use YT anymore with all the ads. They're basically interactive, on-demand, corporate TV monetizing other people's content and nothing more. The world needs a co-op video sharing app and a microblogging app.

shawnz 4y ago
Firefox with uBlock Origin is effective at blocking them.
chiph 4y ago
Having a PiHole on your network makes it tolerable. But doesn't fix their broken recommendation system.
- msandford 4y ago
  How so? I have a pihole and the requisite config on my ddwrt router but still get plenty of yt ads.
- Caboose8685 4y ago
  Pihole can't deal with YT ads because they're served from YT domains.
dubswithus 4y ago
I use Brave to block the ads. Also, Brave has the playlist feature on iOS which is quite nice.
Caboose8685 4y ago
Using privacy front-ends makes the experience much more tolerable and completely eliminates ads. Then you can directly support your favorite creators via patreon, etc. There's invidious [0] and piped [1], with the major differentiator being that invidious doesn't require JS and piped having sponsorblock built in. [0] https://invidious.io/ https://invidious.io/ [1] https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped
pwg 4y ago
Just download the videos you want to watch: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp The only "ads" you get will be the ones the video uploaders encode directly into the video itself. Plus you can watch using whatever playback software works best on your system, instead of the rather feature free JS player youtube provides.
- pengaru 4y ago
  This is the only way to enjoy youtube without a premium account, and even with a premium account it's still far better to use a proper player like mpv. But it seems likely to me that YouTube will eventually start embedding the ads more inextricably into the video streams while downloaded. Especially as more people use tools like youtube-dl/yt-dlp to circumvent ads.
  - efreak 4y ago
    They'd have to vary the ad timing to get past sponsorblock, and generating a video for each viewer to do targeting. I can't imagine Google going back to content-based ads after all this time. https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/#sponsorblock-options https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/#sponsorblock-options
MattRix 4y ago
You could also just pay for YouTube premium. I subscribed about a year ago and I don’t regret it.
- neop1x 4y ago
  Same here. Totally worth it.
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twobitshifter 4y ago
or just pay to avoid the ads?

shawnz 4y ago

Firefox with uBlock Origin is effective at blocking them.

chiph 4y ago

Having a PiHole on your network makes it tolerable. But doesn't fix their broken recommendation system.

msandford 4y ago
How so? I have a pihole and the requisite config on my ddwrt router but still get plenty of yt ads.
Caboose8685 4y ago
Pihole can't deal with YT ads because they're served from YT domains.

dubswithus 4y ago

I use Brave to block the ads. Also, Brave has the playlist feature on iOS which is quite nice.

Caboose8685 4y ago

Using privacy front-ends makes the experience much more tolerable and completely eliminates ads. Then you can directly support your favorite creators via patreon, etc. There's invidious [0] and piped [1], with the major differentiator being that invidious doesn't require JS and piped having sponsorblock built in. [0] https://invidious.io/ https://invidious.io/ [1] https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped

pwg 4y ago

Just download the videos you want to watch: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp The only "ads" you get will be the ones the video uploaders encode directly into the video itself. Plus you can watch using whatever playback software works best on your system, instead of the rather feature free JS player youtube provides.

pengaru 4y ago
This is the only way to enjoy youtube without a premium account, and even with a premium account it's still far better to use a proper player like mpv. But it seems likely to me that YouTube will eventually start embedding the ads more inextricably into the video streams while downloaded. Especially as more people use tools like youtube-dl/yt-dlp to circumvent ads.
- efreak 4y ago
  They'd have to vary the ad timing to get past sponsorblock, and generating a video for each viewer to do targeting. I can't imagine Google going back to content-based ads after all this time. https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/#sponsorblock-options https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/#sponsorblock-options

MattRix 4y ago

You could also just pay for YouTube premium. I subscribed about a year ago and I don’t regret it.

neop1x 4y ago
Same here. Totally worth it.

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twobitshifter 4y ago

or just pay to avoid the ads?