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YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto

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YouTube is testing a series of new unskippable 30-second ads that will appear far more often for viewers.
  • _cryptagion [he/him]
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    196•14 days ago

    I haven’t seen an ad on Youtube in several years, thanks to uBlock Origin.

    • @[email protected]
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      19•13 days ago

      I find funny, that after watching YouTube for not over an hour, my ublock icon already says >1k

    • @[email protected]
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      49•14 days ago

      Same, also revanced on Android

      • @[email protected]
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        13•13 days ago

        Ssshhh…

      • @[email protected]
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        4•12 days ago

        Or newpipe… Or pipepipe.

        • @[email protected]
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          2•12 days ago

          Or Tubular

        • @[email protected]
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          1•12 days ago

          Or Freetube on pc, a FOSS desktop client

      • @[email protected]
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        2•13 days ago

        I was using libre tube for a while and that broke.

        What’s the best link for revanced?

        • @[email protected]
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          5•13 days ago

          You have to patch it yourself, sorry.

          Youtube APK: https://www.apkmirror.com/wp-content/themes/APKMirror/download.php?id=8859989&key=ed463ff40f33fca91601472e78686e6bd92bf430&forcebaseapk=true (Download this)

          ReVanced Manager: https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-manager/releases/download/v1.24.0/revanced-manager-1.24.0.apk (Patch the Youtube APK with this)

        • @[email protected]
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          2•13 days ago

          Best link is to look up the Reddit page to find their links in the info bar. We shouldn’t be posting links here, or we might very well lose the privilege once Google catches on…

        • @[email protected]
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          1•13 days ago

          Love libretube but it just wouldn’t play videos consistently. Ended up moving to grayjay

    • Libra00
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      9•14 days ago

      Yeah, close to probably 10 years for me.

      • @[email protected]
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        7•13 days ago

        I’ve been ad-free youtubing since it came out in '06 or whenever that was. It’s a shame that they disabled uBlock on Chrome, I used to really enjoy my chromebook before it became spam cancer

        • @[email protected]
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          7•13 days ago

          there is mv3 version of ubo here:
          https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home

          dunno how well it works on yt, though. i use dlp on a pc for the time or two a month i ‘need to’ look at a yt vid.

          adguard’s free browser extension is also mv3 compliant (for chrome). i think the old adblockplus (disable ‘acceptable ads’ and ignore offer to ‘upgrade’ to a paid version) is, too.

          • @[email protected]
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            5•13 days ago

            “Not as well as uBlock Origin” is the answer to that.

            I got warnings to disable my ad blocker on my Chromebook recently, but did not get the same on my Linux desktop using Firefox.

            I really ought to get away from the default software on the Chromebook (Firefox via Crouton or Android or something), but it didn’t work well last time I tried.

            • @[email protected]
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              1•13 days ago

              Is there support for blocking individual elements of a page in v3 version of uBlock Origin? (I won’t be surprised if it lacked it). I usually block various other elements of page like useless headers/footers/comment sections on some sites I routinely visit on Firefox.

        • Libra00
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          1•13 days ago

          Yeah, I used ABP for a while and got occasional ads, didn’t discover uBO til later.

    • @[email protected]
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      4•13 days ago

      I have seen 2 ads on Youtube in several years because Youtube revanced ad blocking didnt work twice

    • Frenchfryenjoyer (she/her)
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      3•13 days ago

      Browsing YouTube like the good old dayz

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