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I can't find mention of whether or not there are ads. Ads are a deal-breaker for me with the kidlet. Currently whenever she asks to "See ostriches" or "People t

I can't find mention of whether or not there are ads. Ads are a deal-breaker for me with the kidlet. Currently whenever she asks to "See ostriches" or "People throwing fish!" (we brought her to Pike's Place market in Seattle and the kid was oddly obsesseed) it's a dice roll whether we sit through a Lexus ad. I'd happily pay a modest amount for a product like this one provided she doesn't have to see ads (regardless of whether targeted to kids of their Lexus-purchasing parents)

coldpie 12y ago
On PC, AdBlock works great on YouTube. If you're using a mobile app, yeah, I think you're SOL for now. I also would pay a monthly fee for an ad-free YouTube.
- kaybe 12y ago
  If you block all trackers (eg ghostery) ads usually just don't show up. Seems like there are no ads without tracking.
- 0942v8653 12y ago
  I have my Raspberry Pi set up as a DNS adblocker: https://github.com/jacobsalmela/pi-hole https://github.com/jacobsalmela/pi-hole
- ashark 12y ago
  Recently, I've seen two things change on YouTube: 1) (a few months ago) Adblock stopped working. Fine, ads were rare, short, and skipable, didn't bother me enough to try to fix it. 2) (a few weeks ago) The percentage of videos displaying ads increased significantly, and most of them are now unskipable. I even had one that lasted for maybe two minutes with no sign of ending the other day (it hadn't repeated yet, it was that long! There was no indication of how much longer it would be) which eventually prompted me to reload the page, which clued me in that the "unskipable" ads can be skipped immediately by refreshing the page—it rarely (maybe 5% of the time, tops) plays an ad on the second load.
  - johnmcverth 12y ago
    What are you even doing on a tech site if you can't even reinstall an adblocker and select the proper lists?
  - magicalist 12y ago
    > (a few weeks ago) The percentage of videos displaying ads increased significantly, and most of them are now unskipable. Whether or not ads are unskippable (and whether or not to show ads at all) is up to the video owner, so it's more likely you've just wandered into a different subset of videos recently. I almost never see unskippable ads anymore, though it seems like the worst offenders are "official" vevo music videos and (most annoyingly, since the video itself is already an ad) some studios' movie trailers.
- j_s 12y ago
  As of Jan'2014, stopping YouTube ads requires blocking the following domains: ads.youtube.com s0.2mdn.net s1.2mdn.net googleads.g.doubleclick.net Many routers include functionality to blacklist by domain, eg. Netgear: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20483/~/set-up-a-netgear-router-to-block-access-to-certain-websites http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20483/~/set-up...
  - coldpie 12y ago
    Hey, thanks! I'll give that a shot.
munaf 12y ago
YouTube Kids includes kid-friendly ads: http://mashable.com/2015/02/23/youtube-kids/ http://mashable.com/2015/02/23/youtube-kids/
- famousactress 12y ago
  Late to reply, but thanks for the clarity! I can't help but think this is an unfortunate misstep. First off, I don't think there is such a thing as a "kid friendly" ad, at least not for really little ones (<= 6?). Second, the GOOG is gonna know about my kid's relationship TO ME and what she watches. That gives them plenty of new data to monetize against selling me shit, or whatever other awesome stuff they want to do with that information. But of course, they'll presumably do that also.. I just wonder what making the product ad-free would do for increasing the user-base (since ads cost me as a user, and presumably I'm not the only one)

coldpie 12y ago

On PC, AdBlock works great on YouTube. If you're using a mobile app, yeah, I think you're SOL for now. I also would pay a monthly fee for an ad-free YouTube.

kaybe 12y ago
If you block all trackers (eg ghostery) ads usually just don't show up. Seems like there are no ads without tracking.
0942v8653 12y ago
I have my Raspberry Pi set up as a DNS adblocker: https://github.com/jacobsalmela/pi-hole https://github.com/jacobsalmela/pi-hole
ashark 12y ago
Recently, I've seen two things change on YouTube: 1) (a few months ago) Adblock stopped working. Fine, ads were rare, short, and skipable, didn't bother me enough to try to fix it. 2) (a few weeks ago) The percentage of videos displaying ads increased significantly, and most of them are now unskipable. I even had one that lasted for maybe two minutes with no sign of ending the other day (it hadn't repeated yet, it was that long! There was no indication of how much longer it would be) which eventually prompted me to reload the page, which clued me in that the "unskipable" ads can be skipped immediately by refreshing the page—it rarely (maybe 5% of the time, tops) plays an ad on the second load.
- johnmcverth 12y ago
  What are you even doing on a tech site if you can't even reinstall an adblocker and select the proper lists?
- magicalist 12y ago
  > (a few weeks ago) The percentage of videos displaying ads increased significantly, and most of them are now unskipable. Whether or not ads are unskippable (and whether or not to show ads at all) is up to the video owner, so it's more likely you've just wandered into a different subset of videos recently. I almost never see unskippable ads anymore, though it seems like the worst offenders are "official" vevo music videos and (most annoyingly, since the video itself is already an ad) some studios' movie trailers.
j_s 12y ago
As of Jan'2014, stopping YouTube ads requires blocking the following domains: ads.youtube.com s0.2mdn.net s1.2mdn.net googleads.g.doubleclick.net Many routers include functionality to blacklist by domain, eg. Netgear: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20483/~/set-up-a-netgear-router-to-block-access-to-certain-websites http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20483/~/set-up...
- coldpie 12y ago
  Hey, thanks! I'll give that a shot.

munaf 12y ago

YouTube Kids includes kid-friendly ads: http://mashable.com/2015/02/23/youtube-kids/ http://mashable.com/2015/02/23/youtube-kids/

famousactress 12y ago
Late to reply, but thanks for the clarity! I can't help but think this is an unfortunate misstep. First off, I don't think there is such a thing as a "kid friendly" ad, at least not for really little ones (<= 6?). Second, the GOOG is gonna know about my kid's relationship TO ME and what she watches. That gives them plenty of new data to monetize against selling me shit, or whatever other awesome stuff they want to do with that information. But of course, they'll presumably do that also.. I just wonder what making the product ad-free would do for increasing the user-base (since ads cost me as a user, and presumably I'm not the only one)