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YouTube: "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube". Bad news
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Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Damn. YouTube is huge…
Giallo Corsa
Gold Member
Listen, I understand that they have to make money but throwing 3 ads before a video starts and 2-3 others in the middle of the video is not the answer since it renders the whole experience insufferable.
I literally can't watch YT on my LG TV 'cause of that.
I literally can't watch YT on my LG TV 'cause of that.
ClanOfNone
Member
I paid for the premium because 98% of the video content I watch comes from there. Only reason I hang on to Netflix is for the kids.
I think I've had premium for about 2 years, I can only imagine how much worse the ads are now, they were already insufferable back then.
I feel like I get my money's worth out of it, besides the kids I hadn't used any of my streaming services in forever. I was paying like $50 a month for service nobody was using.
lol, the first thing my teenage daughter did when she started working was get herself youtube premium.
I think I've had premium for about 2 years, I can only imagine how much worse the ads are now, they were already insufferable back then.
I feel like I get my money's worth out of it, besides the kids I hadn't used any of my streaming services in forever. I was paying like $50 a month for service nobody was using.
lol, the first thing my teenage daughter did when she started working was get herself youtube premium.
Trunx81
Member
Same. And if you book Premium in another country, like India, it’s a lot cheaper. My daughter loves her YT-Videos and some adds definitely don’t target minors ..
HoodWinked
Member
Makes sense they pretty much hit maximum saturation not sure how much larger they can grow thier audience so now they have to grow revenue per user.
Also are you guys deliberately calling them adds? It's ads like advertisements.
Also are you guys deliberately calling them adds? It's ads like advertisements.
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mortal
Gold Member
YouTube Premium is the only streaming subscription I pay for atm. I use it for tutorials, for news, and entertainment.
I hate that they've recently raised the price, but the background play feature and not having to deal with constant ads are worth it for me, at least for the time being.
I hate that they've recently raised the price, but the background play feature and not having to deal with constant ads are worth it for me, at least for the time being.
Unknown Soldier
Member
This only happens if your ad blocker sucks btw
uBlock Origin was quickly updated to bypass this guard puppy
uBlock Origin was quickly updated to bypass this guard puppy
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Same. I especially hate all of the political ads around elections seasons. So, I'll pay the13 bucks or whatever it is not to see them.
Vicetrailia
Member
YouTube is trash.
Their business model is to show people so many ads to force subscription to a service that’ll be $60 a month for a family one day.
Their entire company is trash because all they do is make things worse by strongarming and exploiting everyone and everything. It’s like they are massive pegging rapists or something.
Their business model is to show people so many ads to force subscription to a service that’ll be $60 a month for a family one day.
Their entire company is trash because all they do is make things worse by strongarming and exploiting everyone and everything. It’s like they are massive pegging rapists or something.
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keraj37
Member
Its just such a slippery slope with these fuckers.
If they said "oh ya pay X per month to remove ads". I may consider it. But as more and more people sign up then, surprise, now they will raise the price to X+3 or whatever. So I prefer not even to start with that shit. SmartTubeNext for the NVIDIA Shield on my TV and Adblock Plus on my computers.
If they said "oh ya pay X per month to remove ads". I may consider it. But as more and more people sign up then, surprise, now they will raise the price to X+3 or whatever. So I prefer not even to start with that shit. SmartTubeNext for the NVIDIA Shield on my TV and Adblock Plus on my computers.
justonething
Jada's BFF
It's pretty hilarious to hear in this thread people are actually paying for youtube. Any creator worth their shit has several other means of monetization. NO ONE should rely on youtube's drip fed ad revenue. They can and do pull the revenue plug whenever they feel uncomfortable with you. Ad rev should be seen as just a small bonus. Don't pay greedy youtube middleman, support the creators directly and continue blocking those ads.
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DaleinCalgary
Member
Youtube premium is the only subscription I have that I say is worth the money.
winjer
Gold Member
Google and Youtube already make billions by stealing user metadata and selling it to anyone they can.
This is something that even Google has acknowledged, that users don't pay for their services with money, but with their privacy and data.
So charging this fee, is just double dipping.
This is something that even Google has acknowledged, that users don't pay for their services with money, but with their privacy and data.
So charging this fee, is just double dipping.
Vicetrailia
Member
Google is ad-drowning non-paid users to get them to pay. Like hell I will help them achieve that.
Sony
Nintendo
winjer
Gold Member
And the worst part is that Google has little to no curation for their ads.
Just recently there were several cases of ads served by Google, on their search engine, were actual malware links.
Hackers were able to just buy ad space on Google, that directed users to viruses.
It's so bad, that even the FBI and other international agencies, recommend users to use adblockers as a safety measure.
Just recently there were several cases of ads served by Google, on their search engine, were actual malware links.
Hackers were able to just buy ad space on Google, that directed users to viruses.
It's so bad, that even the FBI and other international agencies, recommend users to use adblockers as a safety measure.
DetectiveBananas
Member
AdGuard still works great for me on phone, tablet, and laptop. YouTube without it is insufferable. I would barely watch it otherwise.
Kacho
Member
Yep. If you use YouTube constantly it's a no brainer.
keraj37
Member
Well, if I cannot go around that issue without paying for premium, I will stick to odysee, rumble etc, I cannot stand ads, no matter how good content there is going to be on yt.
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
I'm paying for YouTube premium and it's my only non-stop active subscription service. It offers endless entertainment and on top of that YouTube Music. For me it's a no-brainer.
Paltheos
Member
Despite all the gloom and doom around this subject I've had no problems on youtube when viewing on Firefox.
Twitch on the other hand is a problem unless I'm subbed to a particular streamer (so... 1 at the moment), as my browser hiccups on twitch's ad banner telling me that an ad is playing for the next 30 seconds, which itself usually freezes in place. Obviously they want me to sub or turn off my blocker but really all it's done is disincentivize me from trying out new channels.
Twitch on the other hand is a problem unless I'm subbed to a particular streamer (so... 1 at the moment), as my browser hiccups on twitch's ad banner telling me that an ad is playing for the next 30 seconds, which itself usually freezes in place. Obviously they want me to sub or turn off my blocker but really all it's done is disincentivize me from trying out new channels.
LordOfChaos
Member
Game over if they block adblockers. And sponsorblock, also indispensable. I hope they can work around it.
Seems like we're just going to get funneled into Premium otherwise because the amount of ads has become insufferable.
Seems like we're just going to get funneled into Premium otherwise because the amount of ads has become insufferable.
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
How does pihole work? Would it stop this? I think it might be time to try it
NoLootBoxDev
Member
I remember some years back an ad that lasted for 1 hour...
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
This is the trend in tech for virtually every platform or service.
1. Start by offering a service that is free for everyone and works great.
2. Once it becomes popular, start either removing those features and hiding them behind a pay only version or make the experience absolutely insufferable and tell consumers if they want it to be good again, you need to pay.
3. Once people start paying just to stop the annoyances, gradually increase the price every so often to where eventually you realize you're now paying close to double for something you originally didn't pay anything at all for.
It's the dirtiest tactic going. I'd pay for YT if they offered something great. Like free movies with YT Premium. Or free TV series with Premium. But you're essentially paying a monthly fee to stop ads and download videos to watch offline.
1. Start by offering a service that is free for everyone and works great.
2. Once it becomes popular, start either removing those features and hiding them behind a pay only version or make the experience absolutely insufferable and tell consumers if they want it to be good again, you need to pay.
3. Once people start paying just to stop the annoyances, gradually increase the price every so often to where eventually you realize you're now paying close to double for something you originally didn't pay anything at all for.
It's the dirtiest tactic going. I'd pay for YT if they offered something great. Like free movies with YT Premium. Or free TV series with Premium. But you're essentially paying a monthly fee to stop ads and download videos to watch offline.
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willothedog
Member
The next step will be to start embedding ads directly into the stream so they cannot be skipped.
GymWolf
Member
I would be perfectly ok with any ads before or during a video if the censorship wasn't so fucking shit and didn't made everything so sanitized.
I swear people are afraid of everything to not get demonitized, and sometimes they still get fucked anyway.
Cursing
Saying words like suicide or other "offensive" words
Showing guns or blood or talking about violence
You can't say that a chick is fucking ugly or a dude act too gayish
So much else
But hey, you can find a lot of video of 2 dudes literally buttfucking each others...
Yt turned into an absolute turd and they are still relevant because lazy fucks like me can't find alternative or even looked for it.
I swear people are afraid of everything to not get demonitized, and sometimes they still get fucked anyway.
Cursing
Saying words like suicide or other "offensive" words
Showing guns or blood or talking about violence
You can't say that a chick is fucking ugly or a dude act too gayish
So much else
But hey, you can find a lot of video of 2 dudes literally buttfucking each others...
Yt turned into an absolute turd and they are still relevant because lazy fucks like me can't find alternative or even looked for it.
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Vicetrailia
Member
What alternative is there?
AlteredForms
Banned
TransTrender
Gold Member
No ads here with FF
Mistake
Member
Not only that, but you get a worse experience than if you pirate or do things yourself. I recently read an issue where YT premium needs you to connect to the internet to play offline content. It's ridiculous. I just use brave and save videos for later instead
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
i came here for adblock suggestions and leave satisfied.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Switched over to ublock origin and it's gone for me now. Thanks
thegame983
Member
Imagine tollarating ads.
Dural
Member
Yep, I've had family premium for 5+ years now and there's no way I'd ever go back. All my kids and my wife each have their own accounts so I don't have to have their crap screwing up my recommended list. Plus Youtube Music is pretty great, me and my wife both use it in the car rather than paying for SiriusXM. I also have sponsorblockcast running on my home server to auto skip the in video sponsors.
Hudo
Member
Luckily, I have yet to experience Youtube blocking me because of my adblocker. If that really starts to happen, I'll probably watch fewer videos (or another technical solution will emerge to circumvent adblock-blocking). I will certainly not subject myself to an adblocker-free Youtube experience because it's fucking shit. You've got multple ads at the start of the video and then regularly inbetween. It's so aggressive and annoying that I'd rather not watch anything if there's no way to block that shit.
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NeoGiffer
Member
newtypepilot
Member
I'm more surprised that people don't use ublock as their adblocker lol
Susurrus
Member
I always find it funny when people think that a business cares when someone that isn't providing a source of revenue (via ads/payment) stops using their service. You really think they care if freeloaders don't use their service?
This is the same people that "boycott" websites because they won't let you visit them without adblocker or people that "boycott" Netflix because they don't get to use their buddy's password. You are not a revenue stream for them, they are not going to miss you.
This is the same people that "boycott" websites because they won't let you visit them without adblocker or people that "boycott" Netflix because they don't get to use their buddy's password. You are not a revenue stream for them, they are not going to miss you.
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