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Linus Tech Tips uploaded a video showing how to block ads on Youtube. Which was removed by Youtube for community guidelines violations.

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Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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I don’t see any mention of the YouTube adblock trick, so from the vid:

Copy YouTube URL. Paste it in Bing and search. Scroll passed Bing’s sponsored bullshit and click on the thumbnail for the video you searched. It will then play, still in Bing, with no ads.

So if you’re on a work or government or w/e computer that doesn’t allow installing adblock extensions, there ya go. No downloads or anything, just YouTube and Bing.

 

…this is the first time I’ve ever had any interest in using Bing, lol.

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stom@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Why is this lengthy process preferable to using ublock on Firefox?

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Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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It isn’t. But there are situations where that isn’t an option, like being on a work or government computer where downloading firefox or installing an extension will get you fired. When that’s the case, YouTube+Bing is a “good enough”/“better than nothing” option.

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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Scroll passed Bing’s sponsored bullshit

Ah. Still some ads then.

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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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But you’re not forced to actually wait through them like on YT - you can just scroll past.

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mke@lemmy.world
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There’s a chance duckduckgo does something similar, but sadly I can’t check at the moment.

Leaving a comment so I remember to try it later—unless anyone reading is willing to do so.

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AEsheron@lemmy.world
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Makes sense, it’s basically just a Bing wrapper.

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Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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It does indeed.

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mke@lemmy.world
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Thank you.

Whenever using this trick, I’d suggest using DDG instead of Bing if possible.

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JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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I wonder if those are less likely to be blocked on networks.

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umbrella@lemmy.ml
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are the instances always flaky and laggy just for me?

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NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world
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I run a local instance of invidious and it is…chefs kiss

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