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Ask HN: YouTube ads have gotten out of control right?

6 points by baby 4y ago

pwg 4y ago
Just download what you want to watch with yt-dlp: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp And never see another youtube ad (other than ads the creators directly include as part of the video stream itself).
fwungy 4y ago
I get them every 5 minutes at times, sometimes two in a row, and they can be long. It's random. It's pushing me to switch to paid platforms for my regulars.
mr90210 4y ago
I’ve given up and started paying a monthly subscription. Their premium comes with nice features. I wish I were able to turn off shorts.
- m348e912 4y ago
  I pay for premium too, I mostly got it so I could play YouTube videos on my phone in the background. You should be able to use Brave to bypass commercials without a premium account. Has that changed?
  - christophilus 4y ago
    You can also use Brave to play videos in the background on your phone without a premium account. At least, you can on iOS.
amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Yea Youtube's really going to hell ever since Elon took over :(
matt-attack 4y ago
I use Brave exclusively now for YT. It’s heavenly to have zero ads. I was just about to give up on the platform because I can’t abide looking at ads. I’m nuts. I actually point the phone away from me while the ad is playing so I don’t get exposed to it. If I can manage to not ever catch even a single glimpse of the ad and not even detect what’s it’s for, I feel I’ve succeeded. But now using Brave I don’t have to bother with any of that.
muti 4y ago
Yes. I have had youtube red for a few years now, it includes the music service which makes it reasonable for me. Downloading videos is a convenient premium feature that I use occasionally when flying. I really notice how bad YT is without red when trying to watch something on my work computer, I would rather watch on my phone than with ads every few minutes.
- baby 4y ago
  I had it, but I always found the prince to be quite high, and they just increased it again last month so I cancelled.
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HomeDeLaPot 4y ago
I never see the ads with uBlock Origin on Firefox. It's even available on the Firefox Android app, but on mobile I find Newpipe from F-Droid is a better experience. I haven't tried SponsorBlock, but I've heard it uses crowdsourced data to automatically skip the sponsor sections of videos.

6 points by baby 4y ago

pwg 4y ago

Just download what you want to watch with yt-dlp: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp And never see another youtube ad (other than ads the creators directly include as part of the video stream itself).

fwungy 4y ago

I get them every 5 minutes at times, sometimes two in a row, and they can be long. It's random. It's pushing me to switch to paid platforms for my regulars.

mr90210 4y ago

I’ve given up and started paying a monthly subscription. Their premium comes with nice features. I wish I were able to turn off shorts.

m348e912 4y ago
I pay for premium too, I mostly got it so I could play YouTube videos on my phone in the background. You should be able to use Brave to bypass commercials without a premium account. Has that changed?
- christophilus 4y ago
  You can also use Brave to play videos in the background on your phone without a premium account. At least, you can on iOS.

amalgamated_inc 4y ago

Yea Youtube's really going to hell ever since Elon took over :(

matt-attack 4y ago

I use Brave exclusively now for YT. It’s heavenly to have zero ads. I was just about to give up on the platform because I can’t abide looking at ads. I’m nuts. I actually point the phone away from me while the ad is playing so I don’t get exposed to it. If I can manage to not ever catch even a single glimpse of the ad and not even detect what’s it’s for, I feel I’ve succeeded. But now using Brave I don’t have to bother with any of that.

muti 4y ago

Yes. I have had youtube red for a few years now, it includes the music service which makes it reasonable for me. Downloading videos is a convenient premium feature that I use occasionally when flying. I really notice how bad YT is without red when trying to watch something on my work computer, I would rather watch on my phone than with ads every few minutes.

baby 4y ago
I had it, but I always found the prince to be quite high, and they just increased it again last month so I cancelled.

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HomeDeLaPot 4y ago

I never see the ads with uBlock Origin on Firefox. It's even available on the Firefox Android app, but on mobile I find Newpipe from F-Droid is a better experience. I haven't tried SponsorBlock, but I've heard it uses crowdsourced data to automatically skip the sponsor sections of videos.