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Yes, but YT seems to be doing a lot of A/B testing so what works for others doesn't mean it works for you. If I see an ad I just close YT for the rest of the d

Yes, but YT seems to be doing a lot of A/B testing so what works for others doesn't mean it works for you. If I see an ad I just close YT for the rest of the day.

spaceguillotine 3y ago
private browsing w/ ad block seems to be working, its only when logged in do i get a warning
- lepus 3y ago
  They're expanding the testing -- I recently got a warning when in private browsing and not logged in, but I haven't had an ad or warning when logged in (yet).
BuyMyBitcoins 3y ago
I should generate some incompressible 4K 60 FPS videos that consist of three hours of randomly generated static and upload them out of spite.
- autoexec 3y ago
  I doubt it'd do anything to harm Google. Storage is dirt cheap and Google effectively has endless amounts of money and resources.
- CapstanRoller 3y ago
  Someone already beat you to it https://hackaday.com/2023/02/21/youtube-as-infinite-file-storage/ https://hackaday.com/2023/02/21/youtube-as-infinite-file-sto...
- argsnd 3y ago
  I'm not sure if "incompressible" is possible, at least in a way that Google would still consider an annoyance.
  - jdiff 3y ago
    It's not, Google's encoding targets bitrate, not quality. If you upload incompressible content, all you get is forcibly compressed artifacts. Makes no difference to them if it's random noise or a high-effort video essay.
- anthk 3y ago
  Easy to do with ffmpeg/mencoder.
Pikamander2 3y ago
I've found that you can also refresh the page until YouTube knows you're just wasting their bandwidth and gives up serving ads for a while, or open the video in Incognito mode where it seems to give you a grace period. For extra fun, install one browser with Adblock Plus (with acceptable ads disabled) and one with uBlock Origin and swap between them as needed.
ddalex 3y ago
> If I see an ad I just close YT for the rest of the day. I'm sure that's exactly the behavior YT wants here.
- traveler1 3y ago
  Their whole business is based on retention, so I don’t think that’s true.
  - ddalex 3y ago
    What is the value of retention if you can't monetize it!?! For network effects it doesn't matter if you have 99% of the audience or 90% (assuming only 10% will leave because of anti ad blocker).
WXLCKNO 3y ago
Love the strategy.

Yes, but YT seems to be doing a lot of A/B testing so what works for others doesn't mean it works for you. If I see an ad I just close YT for the rest of the day.

spaceguillotine 3y ago

private browsing w/ ad block seems to be working, its only when logged in do i get a warning

lepus 3y ago
They're expanding the testing -- I recently got a warning when in private browsing and not logged in, but I haven't had an ad or warning when logged in (yet).

BuyMyBitcoins 3y ago

I should generate some incompressible 4K 60 FPS videos that consist of three hours of randomly generated static and upload them out of spite.

autoexec 3y ago
I doubt it'd do anything to harm Google. Storage is dirt cheap and Google effectively has endless amounts of money and resources.
CapstanRoller 3y ago
Someone already beat you to it https://hackaday.com/2023/02/21/youtube-as-infinite-file-storage/ https://hackaday.com/2023/02/21/youtube-as-infinite-file-sto...
argsnd 3y ago
I'm not sure if "incompressible" is possible, at least in a way that Google would still consider an annoyance.
- jdiff 3y ago
  It's not, Google's encoding targets bitrate, not quality. If you upload incompressible content, all you get is forcibly compressed artifacts. Makes no difference to them if it's random noise or a high-effort video essay.
anthk 3y ago
Easy to do with ffmpeg/mencoder.

Pikamander2 3y ago

I've found that you can also refresh the page until YouTube knows you're just wasting their bandwidth and gives up serving ads for a while, or open the video in Incognito mode where it seems to give you a grace period. For extra fun, install one browser with Adblock Plus (with acceptable ads disabled) and one with uBlock Origin and swap between them as needed.

ddalex 3y ago

> If I see an ad I just close YT for the rest of the day. I'm sure that's exactly the behavior YT wants here.

traveler1 3y ago
Their whole business is based on retention, so I don’t think that’s true.
- ddalex 3y ago
  What is the value of retention if you can't monetize it!?! For network effects it doesn't matter if you have 99% of the audience or 90% (assuming only 10% will leave because of anti ad blocker).

WXLCKNO 3y ago

Love the strategy.