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YouTube has gotten beyond out of control. Ad to start, ads in middle. I’m giving up and reading more books, playing more video games. Used to enjoy YouTube, coo

YouTube has gotten beyond out of control. Ad to start, ads in middle. I’m giving up and reading more books, playing more video games. Used to enjoy YouTube, cooking, aquariums and other hobbies. I feel bad for the content creators who are at the mercy of Alphabet. Seeing prime announce ads broke the camels back for me.

KittenInABox 3y ago
I use ublock origin on firefox and have never seen a youtube ad. Whenever I enjoy a video very thoroughly, I just donate money directly to the creator's ko-fi or something. It's a much, much smoother experience.
- notyourwork 3y ago
  I use an htpc (nvidia shield) so that’s not an option. Either way, I’m sort of tired of going out of my way to avoid a shitty user experience. If it sucks, I’ll do something else.
  - pierat 3y ago
    It definitely IS an option, but at the network level. https://pi-hole.net/ https://pi-hole.net/ It runs on damn near everything, and is a DNS level adblocker for the whole network.
    - notyourwork 3y ago
      I guess you can dismiss my point, I’m aware of those options and frankly, not interested in deploying them. I have better things to do with my time and life.
      - pierat 3y ago
        Complaining without action is pointless, especially when the action is so damned easy. So, why complain if you're not going to do something about it?
        notyourwork 3y ago
        I do something, it just doesn’t involve YouTube or other streaming services anymore.
    - arbol 3y ago
      Pihole doesn't block YouTube ads on the Nvidia shield. You need to run sponsor block on a separate machine. https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
    - patrickdavey 3y ago
      I'm running a pihole at home.. but, I definitely still see YouTube ads. I don't see how it's possible with a pihole to block YT as the adds are served from the same domain. I guess you're only referring to the Amazon ads?
    - BLKNSLVR 3y ago
      This doesn't block YouTube ads though. Not for me anyway.
- shostack 3y ago
  What if I use the iPad app?
secondcoming 3y ago
Brave is perfect for ad-free YouTube
- ringofchaos 3y ago
  on mobile, this is a good option. Would also let you play youtube in background using desktop mode

KittenInABox 3y ago

I use ublock origin on firefox and have never seen a youtube ad. Whenever I enjoy a video very thoroughly, I just donate money directly to the creator's ko-fi or something. It's a much, much smoother experience.

notyourwork 3y ago
I use an htpc (nvidia shield) so that’s not an option. Either way, I’m sort of tired of going out of my way to avoid a shitty user experience. If it sucks, I’ll do something else.
- pierat 3y ago
  It definitely IS an option, but at the network level. https://pi-hole.net/ https://pi-hole.net/ It runs on damn near everything, and is a DNS level adblocker for the whole network.
  - notyourwork 3y ago
    I guess you can dismiss my point, I’m aware of those options and frankly, not interested in deploying them. I have better things to do with my time and life.
    - pierat 3y ago
      Complaining without action is pointless, especially when the action is so damned easy. So, why complain if you're not going to do something about it?
      - notyourwork 3y ago
        I do something, it just doesn’t involve YouTube or other streaming services anymore.
  - arbol 3y ago
    Pihole doesn't block YouTube ads on the Nvidia shield. You need to run sponsor block on a separate machine. https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
  - patrickdavey 3y ago
    I'm running a pihole at home.. but, I definitely still see YouTube ads. I don't see how it's possible with a pihole to block YT as the adds are served from the same domain. I guess you're only referring to the Amazon ads?
  - BLKNSLVR 3y ago
    This doesn't block YouTube ads though. Not for me anyway.
shostack 3y ago
What if I use the iPad app?

secondcoming 3y ago

Brave is perfect for ad-free YouTube

ringofchaos 3y ago
on mobile, this is a good option. Would also let you play youtube in background using desktop mode