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Nowadays while watching videos in YouTube, I get more occurrences of ads, even in short videos, compared to just a few days back. Very irritating. Started looki

by vram22 3y ago

Nowadays while watching videos in YouTube, I get more occurrences of ads, even in short videos, compared to just a few days back. Very irritating. Started looking out for other options than YouTube.

Dudester230602 3y ago
I often forget YouTube even has any ads, but then again I am using uBlock Origin.
- rtsil 3y ago
  Youtube without uBlock origin is a traumatizing experience, and it's gotten worse in the last month or so. It went from bearable to let's plug the laptop to the TV unbearable. A couple of weeks ago, I had 3 blocks of ads in 10 minute-videos for the first time. Now, I have 3 blocks of ad (before/middle/after) in 5 minute videos.
  - climb_stealth 3y ago
    What boggles my mind is that for many many people this is their lived experience. They experience an internet inundated by ads. It's in equal parts incredible, sad and depressing. Shakes fist at sky. Saying that as someone who has always used ad blockers but is also paying for the youtube premium family plan.
    - rtsil 3y ago
      Seeing normal people navigating the Internet is always a sobering experience. The way they use it is so far from my own that I learned to stop relying on my instincts when arguing about a website feature.
  - specproc 3y ago
    Yeah, I was staying at an Airbnb last week and they had a TV with YouTube. Absolutely horrendous, I couldn't get through a short video without it being cut in the middle. Was quite a shock after getting so used to Ublock.
- kikokikokiko 3y ago
  I find it infinitely amusing the number of people, in HN for God's sake, that DO NOT use uBlock origin on every device they own. Every time I read that "40% of people use adblockers", I think about the average HN user and say to myself: "No way that stat is real".
  - namtab00 3y ago
    if only there was a way to block ads on WebOS on a LG TV... I only consume YouTube via its official app on the TV. There are no alternatives that allow ad blocking. It's utter shit without Premium... And I'm saying this while holding some non marginal number of GOOGL class A..
    - kikokikokiko 3y ago
      Smartvs are a joke. Once again: it amazes me that I'm an exception among this crowd, in having a laptop connected to my living room TV HDMI port 100% of the time. It's my workstation, and it's my entertainment center. Wireless mouse + wireless keyboard, the ultimate input medium. Whyyyyy don't ALL tech savy people do this is beyond my comprehension.
      - stOneskull 3y ago
        i have my desktop pc connected to a tv hdmi port (and playstation and a raspberry pi) and i can plug my laptop in with vga too but i have it networked to my pc anyway and don't bother much. i used to use a wireless keyboard but it made me too lazy to sit at the desk and work.
      - graftak 3y ago
        I perform my daily work duties on a computer, I’m (mentally) done with them by the time I get to relax. I never see ads however, YouTube is not really a tv worthy outlet for me and otherwise I just AirPlay it (ad blocked).
    - addandsubtract 3y ago
      The solution, is unfortunately, to get a smart stick, such as the Android TV Chromecast or Nvidia Shield, to have Android and sideload all the apps you want.
- benhurmarcel 3y ago
  Right, for now that still works
spaceman_2020 3y ago
They got me to pay for premium just to avoid ads. But I’m really struggling to justify paying for it, and its more likely that I’ll abandon the platform altogether.
- quechimba 3y ago
  I'm paying and I find it worth it because YT Music is included so I could cancel my Spotify subscription.
  - aprdm 3y ago
    Yep same here. If Apple had something similar to YouTube I’d ditch paying them tho for Apple one
- wildrhythms 3y ago
  Only a matter of time now before Premium goes from no-ads to 'reduced-ads' ... bet on it
  - maxlamb 3y ago
    I've actually started to get short ads (3-4s) on YT starting about 3-4 months ago even though I've been paying YT premium for years at $18/month. I realized it's only when I cast it to my TV, so maybe that's how they can get away with it. It doesn't happen every time but was still pretty pissed about it.
    - j16sdiz 3y ago
      > .. only when I cast it to my TV Was it a LG TV? it could be the LG's own ad.
      - maxlamb 3y ago
        No it's clearly within Youtube, you can see the countdown within the app. My TV is over 10 years old and I've never seen an ad like this.
interestica 3y ago
YouTube web on chrome seems to not have (interstitial video) ads while iOS native app has an absurd number. It almost seems like a ‘bug’
- cheschire 3y ago
  Adblockers work to block them. If you use an Adblock in chrome that’s likely why you don’t see them. I use an iOS Adblock tool and have replaced my native YouTube app with a shortcut to the safari site. That way Adblock works there too.
  - interestica 3y ago
    I don’t have any adblocker installed in iOS / Chrome. Chrome does have a native setting to block popups.
waif 3y ago
I think I broke YouTube? I signed up for the Premium trial. The day before the trial expired, I cancelled and deleted my card info. This was weeks ago, and I still haven't seen a single ad ever since. There are ads in the home feed, but none in the video streams themselves. I'm not using an ad blocker.
- ipaddr 3y ago
  They won't bill you until the end of the month

by vram22 3y ago

Nowadays while watching videos in YouTube, I get more occurrences of ads, even in short videos, compared to just a few days back. Very irritating. Started looking out for other options than YouTube.

Dudester230602 3y ago

I often forget YouTube even has any ads, but then again I am using uBlock Origin.

rtsil 3y ago
Youtube without uBlock origin is a traumatizing experience, and it's gotten worse in the last month or so. It went from bearable to let's plug the laptop to the TV unbearable. A couple of weeks ago, I had 3 blocks of ads in 10 minute-videos for the first time. Now, I have 3 blocks of ad (before/middle/after) in 5 minute videos.
- climb_stealth 3y ago
  What boggles my mind is that for many many people this is their lived experience. They experience an internet inundated by ads. It's in equal parts incredible, sad and depressing. Shakes fist at sky. Saying that as someone who has always used ad blockers but is also paying for the youtube premium family plan.
  - rtsil 3y ago
    Seeing normal people navigating the Internet is always a sobering experience. The way they use it is so far from my own that I learned to stop relying on my instincts when arguing about a website feature.
- specproc 3y ago
  Yeah, I was staying at an Airbnb last week and they had a TV with YouTube. Absolutely horrendous, I couldn't get through a short video without it being cut in the middle. Was quite a shock after getting so used to Ublock.
kikokikokiko 3y ago
I find it infinitely amusing the number of people, in HN for God's sake, that DO NOT use uBlock origin on every device they own. Every time I read that "40% of people use adblockers", I think about the average HN user and say to myself: "No way that stat is real".
- namtab00 3y ago
  if only there was a way to block ads on WebOS on a LG TV... I only consume YouTube via its official app on the TV. There are no alternatives that allow ad blocking. It's utter shit without Premium... And I'm saying this while holding some non marginal number of GOOGL class A..
  - kikokikokiko 3y ago
    Smartvs are a joke. Once again: it amazes me that I'm an exception among this crowd, in having a laptop connected to my living room TV HDMI port 100% of the time. It's my workstation, and it's my entertainment center. Wireless mouse + wireless keyboard, the ultimate input medium. Whyyyyy don't ALL tech savy people do this is beyond my comprehension.
    - stOneskull 3y ago
      i have my desktop pc connected to a tv hdmi port (and playstation and a raspberry pi) and i can plug my laptop in with vga too but i have it networked to my pc anyway and don't bother much. i used to use a wireless keyboard but it made me too lazy to sit at the desk and work.
    - graftak 3y ago
      I perform my daily work duties on a computer, I’m (mentally) done with them by the time I get to relax. I never see ads however, YouTube is not really a tv worthy outlet for me and otherwise I just AirPlay it (ad blocked).
  - addandsubtract 3y ago
    The solution, is unfortunately, to get a smart stick, such as the Android TV Chromecast or Nvidia Shield, to have Android and sideload all the apps you want.
benhurmarcel 3y ago
Right, for now that still works

spaceman_2020 3y ago

They got me to pay for premium just to avoid ads. But I’m really struggling to justify paying for it, and its more likely that I’ll abandon the platform altogether.

quechimba 3y ago
I'm paying and I find it worth it because YT Music is included so I could cancel my Spotify subscription.
- aprdm 3y ago
  Yep same here. If Apple had something similar to YouTube I’d ditch paying them tho for Apple one
wildrhythms 3y ago
Only a matter of time now before Premium goes from no-ads to 'reduced-ads' ... bet on it
- maxlamb 3y ago
  I've actually started to get short ads (3-4s) on YT starting about 3-4 months ago even though I've been paying YT premium for years at $18/month. I realized it's only when I cast it to my TV, so maybe that's how they can get away with it. It doesn't happen every time but was still pretty pissed about it.
  - j16sdiz 3y ago
    > .. only when I cast it to my TV Was it a LG TV? it could be the LG's own ad.
    - maxlamb 3y ago
      No it's clearly within Youtube, you can see the countdown within the app. My TV is over 10 years old and I've never seen an ad like this.

interestica 3y ago

YouTube web on chrome seems to not have (interstitial video) ads while iOS native app has an absurd number. It almost seems like a ‘bug’

cheschire 3y ago
Adblockers work to block them. If you use an Adblock in chrome that’s likely why you don’t see them. I use an iOS Adblock tool and have replaced my native YouTube app with a shortcut to the safari site. That way Adblock works there too.
- interestica 3y ago
  I don’t have any adblocker installed in iOS / Chrome. Chrome does have a native setting to block popups.

waif 3y ago

I think I broke YouTube? I signed up for the Premium trial. The day before the trial expired, I cancelled and deleted my card info. This was weeks ago, and I still haven't seen a single ad ever since. There are ads in the home feed, but none in the video streams themselves. I'm not using an ad blocker.

ipaddr 3y ago
They won't bill you until the end of the month