So far, every comment bar one has mentioned ad blockers.
You lot are as original and creative as the numpties making comments about the size of the pilot’s balls on aviation videos.
The one that worked in a pun was alright. This is the fediverse crowd though, this is very on-brand.
This is a post about unnecessary rage that absolutely noone has to deal with because everyone should use ad blockers. OP may or may not know, but the post suggests the later. I dont see how it is ‘unoriginal’ to comment about ad blockersin that case…
So far, every comment bar one has mentioned ad blockers.
The fact that almost everyone is saying the same thing is pretty much the definition of unoriginal.
Just out of curiosity, what do yall expect to happen when the only response to an ad supported free tier of something, is to block the ads? I know YouTube/google aren’t great companies, but when you run an ad blocker you also deprive the creators you love watching any revenue from your view. So you hurt the creators. If you can afford it, just sub to premium and stop acting like you’re entitled to everything for free. I despise ads just as much if not more than the next dipshit, but complaining about them, when there’s myriad ways of avoiding them, just makes you sound like a dingus.
Obligatory shout out to Nebula as a cheaper alternative for non-fiction/edutainment content.
Most creators have patreons. The big ones take sponsorships also. The pittance they get from any ads I may have watched do not matter.
So the alternative is to manage a subscription for every single creator I watch? Currently I sub to Nebula and YT premium. For ~$20 a month. If I were to go through and sub to every creator I watch’s lowest patreon tier, we’d be talking about dozens of individual subs totaling probably more than double what I pay now.
Or alternatively, run and adblocker and literally give the creators you watch 1$ per month and you’re still supporting them 100 times more than turning on ads would, and you still get to keep some semblance of privacy.
So your suggestion is to manage 15 subscriptions instead of one? Not every creator has a patreon or means of direct support. Not to mention some of these creators only upload once a year. And what happens when I want to watch someone new? Do I have to drop another creator to give this new person money
If you’re watching youtube and signed into an account you said goodbye to that level of privacy so long ago that an ad blocker isn’t going to do much.
Buying premium would absolutely do more than turning on ads, but it still would be nowhere near the efficacy of direct support. Most creators have methods of direct support, and those that don’t can easily be petitioned to start. For a creator that uploads once a year, perhaps you donate once per upload. Also, I don’t think it has anything to do with managing subscriptions and everything to do with dropping a little bit of money when you notice you’ve been enjoying something.
I don’t know why people are downvoting you tho.
People who complain about ads on the internet are such a weird concept.
Why experience ads if you don’t want to?
And you have the agency and ability to either pay for the service or investigate other means of avoiding them. Complaining about them is just annoying.
Sure they do, I’ve revoked my consent by installing an adblocker I haven’t watched a video ad in probably 8 years.
same. feels so weird when I have to use a users computer and it’s bloated with trash ads. if they’re smarter than the avg bear techwise, I’ll show them ublock, if they’re dicks, they suffer ads. I block almost 1.5 million ad sites in my pihole, it’s sickening how many there are.
UBlock as others have said. Or on android newpipe works well.
Edit: as a kind user pointed out, uBlock origin, not uBlock.
As another one has said, try tubular! It’s newpipe but with sponsor block integrated.
So it just removes the part in the video that they talk about the sponsor? I’ve never heard of such witchcraft.
It’s a community driven auto skipper. Any video that is not brand new will probably be tagged by someone and you can just enjoy it. If you use it in an actual browser you can also tag sections. It’s great.
uBlock Origin, not uBlock. They’re different - uBlock Origin forked from the original uBlock.
If you’re getting ads on videos, you need to get you shit together and install uBlock Origin asap.
uBlock Origin doesn’t accept donations. That’s the only product in this conversation worth supporting.
Nebula is a streaming service created by creators as an alternative to YouTube and is absolutely worth supporting. We’re not just talking about products here, we’re talking about the creators that make those products viable.
How well does it work? On my iPad, Safari Adguard can only black out ad content. (Screen is black during ad, and it displays how many seconds of ad is left)
Maybe try out Orion Browser. It has built-in ad-blocking and reliably gets rid of YouTube ads.
