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The ridiculous amount of ads is what’s made me basically not use YouTube unless I really really need to. On my computer I have an ad blocker which makes it mor

The ridiculous amount of ads is what’s made me basically not use YouTube unless I really really need to. On my computer I have an ad blocker which makes it more tolerable but then there’s the added friction of “ugh I have to go start the computer and sit down yadda yadda”. I could pay for a mobile ad blocker so I could watch crap on my phone. But then again - it is mostly crap so why bother. Perfectly fine with less YouTube in my life.

yodsanklai 1y ago
Well, just pay for the subscription. It gives you youtube music as well, and you can share it with several other people. It just a few bucks a month, totally worth it.
- openplatypus 1y ago
  I have YT Premium, still have to skip through ads (sponsored blocks in creators videos). There are few great creators without them, but these ranks are shrinking fast.
  - Drakim 1y ago
    Check out the browser extension SponsorBlock which automatically skips over the length of such inline sponsorships (database is maintained manually but does a great job).
- usui 1y ago
  There it is, the "Just pay for YouTube" person inevitably shows up like usual on HN YouTube threads. OP addressed this already: "But then again - it is mostly crap so why bother. Perfectly fine with less YouTube in my life."
  - thunky 1y ago
    Odd take. YouTube has just about anything you might be interested in, in abundance. Even if it is "mostly crap" there would probably still be more non-crap than you could consume in your lifetime.
- gardnr 1y ago
  We must have different definitions of "a few bucks"...
  - yodsanklai 1y ago
    It's $23 for 5 persons. I share it with several friends.
- eqvinox 1y ago
  The problem isn't the ads, the problem is the (suggested) content. (And the ads.)
- bgwalter 1y ago
  Why would you want your credit card and real name connected to your consumption history? Watch too much Daily Wire? Good luck with your Google interview. Want to enter the US on a visa? Perhaps they'll demand your YouTube history next.
  - joquarky 1y ago
    The absence of history is also conspicuous.
- Jotalea 1y ago
  Youtube Premium -> NewPipe Youtube Music (Premium too) -> RiMusic 13.99 -> free
rot256 1y ago
PipePipe? https://pipepipe.dev/ https://pipepipe.dev/ EDIT: also skips sponsor segments.
- -__---____-ZXyw 1y ago
  Seconded, pipepipe is excellent
netsharc 1y ago
If it's Android, you can install NewPipe. For my Kodi box that is connected to a 24" monitor in my bedroom, the Youtube plugin used to work, but it got slower and slower. I've now created a PHP wrapper to yt-dlp, I load the webpage (hosted on my NAS) on my phone, paste the video URL, click download, and a while later the video is an MP4 video stored on my NAS, ready to view on Kodi.
- 201984 1y ago
  On Android, you can also use Firefox with uBlock Origin.
pbasista 1y ago
You seem to suggest that you have a device which does not allow you to watch YouTube videos on it without ads. Is that the case? The uBlock Origin browser extension removes all YouTube ads. It works fine on Firefox, even on mobile. With Chrome, it is possible to use the "lite" version of this extension that seems to block at least the YouTube ads without issue. On Android, there are several apps which can do it, for example NewPipe or Grayjay. At least NewPipe works fine on Android TVs as well. Also on Android TVs, it is possible to use Kodi with YouTube and InputStream Adaptive add-ons which can also be used to watch YouTube without ads. I would avoid buying devices which claim to support YouTube but do not allow watching it without ads, for whatever reason.
- loloquwowndueo 1y ago
  I have the YouTube app on iOS. I never found a way to remove ads other than paying (lol). Then again - I didn’t look too hard as by then I’d already realized 99% of YouTube content is crap anyway. Sure I could install a combination of apps that would let me watch ad-free. But at this point I’m weaned off - better off without the damn thing.
  - -__---____-ZXyw 1y ago
    Absolutely. People waste their lives away watching it, pointing and clicking for the advertisers, but hey, at least they're more clever than the slobs watching TV, right?
1317 1y ago
laughing at all the sibling replies completely missing the point

yodsanklai 1y ago

Well, just pay for the subscription. It gives you youtube music as well, and you can share it with several other people. It just a few bucks a month, totally worth it.

openplatypus 1y ago
I have YT Premium, still have to skip through ads (sponsored blocks in creators videos). There are few great creators without them, but these ranks are shrinking fast.
- Drakim 1y ago
  Check out the browser extension SponsorBlock which automatically skips over the length of such inline sponsorships (database is maintained manually but does a great job).
usui 1y ago
There it is, the "Just pay for YouTube" person inevitably shows up like usual on HN YouTube threads. OP addressed this already: "But then again - it is mostly crap so why bother. Perfectly fine with less YouTube in my life."
- thunky 1y ago
  Odd take. YouTube has just about anything you might be interested in, in abundance. Even if it is "mostly crap" there would probably still be more non-crap than you could consume in your lifetime.
gardnr 1y ago
We must have different definitions of "a few bucks"...
- yodsanklai 1y ago
  It's $23 for 5 persons. I share it with several friends.
eqvinox 1y ago
The problem isn't the ads, the problem is the (suggested) content. (And the ads.)
bgwalter 1y ago
Why would you want your credit card and real name connected to your consumption history? Watch too much Daily Wire? Good luck with your Google interview. Want to enter the US on a visa? Perhaps they'll demand your YouTube history next.
- joquarky 1y ago
  The absence of history is also conspicuous.
Jotalea 1y ago
Youtube Premium -> NewPipe Youtube Music (Premium too) -> RiMusic 13.99 -> free

rot256 1y ago

PipePipe? https://pipepipe.dev/ https://pipepipe.dev/ EDIT: also skips sponsor segments.

-__---____-ZXyw 1y ago
Seconded, pipepipe is excellent

netsharc 1y ago

If it's Android, you can install NewPipe. For my Kodi box that is connected to a 24" monitor in my bedroom, the Youtube plugin used to work, but it got slower and slower. I've now created a PHP wrapper to yt-dlp, I load the webpage (hosted on my NAS) on my phone, paste the video URL, click download, and a while later the video is an MP4 video stored on my NAS, ready to view on Kodi.

201984 1y ago
On Android, you can also use Firefox with uBlock Origin.

pbasista 1y ago

You seem to suggest that you have a device which does not allow you to watch YouTube videos on it without ads. Is that the case? The uBlock Origin browser extension removes all YouTube ads. It works fine on Firefox, even on mobile. With Chrome, it is possible to use the "lite" version of this extension that seems to block at least the YouTube ads without issue. On Android, there are several apps which can do it, for example NewPipe or Grayjay. At least NewPipe works fine on Android TVs as well. Also on Android TVs, it is possible to use Kodi with YouTube and InputStream Adaptive add-ons which can also be used to watch YouTube without ads. I would avoid buying devices which claim to support YouTube but do not allow watching it without ads, for whatever reason.

loloquwowndueo 1y ago
I have the YouTube app on iOS. I never found a way to remove ads other than paying (lol). Then again - I didn’t look too hard as by then I’d already realized 99% of YouTube content is crap anyway. Sure I could install a combination of apps that would let me watch ad-free. But at this point I’m weaned off - better off without the damn thing.
- -__---____-ZXyw 1y ago
  Absolutely. People waste their lives away watching it, pointing and clicking for the advertisers, but hey, at least they're more clever than the slobs watching TV, right?

1317 1y ago

laughing at all the sibling replies completely missing the point