▲ 81 ▼ Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 years ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/technology@beehaw.org 58 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 29 points 2 years ago (3 children) Most people using a smartphone use the default YouTube app. And that app does not have any ability to block ads. Most people don't know they can block ads or even if they did, they don't know how. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago I've heard of enough people wanting ads too. And people complaining that they want them back after they were blocked. It gets harder and harder to have any faith in humanity these days. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yep. It's becoming more and more common for folks to know that they can do it, but it certainly isn't ubiquitous. It wasn't that long ago when I caught my partner listening to music on YouTube with all the ads and I blew their mind away by installing NewPipe. They just had no idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] three@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is kind of a sticky situation for me. While I'm pretty tech savvy, my partner is not. I'd love to have them use NewPipe. But as a NewPipe user myself, it has been very buggy lately due to YouTube changing things. I understand why it's buggy but they would not and I think it would be more annoying than helpful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago Firefox+U-block Origin works pretty well on mobile permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago I've had no problems with ReVanced. It's a little complicated to set up so I wouldn't blame a non-techy for not doing it, but if you can set it up for them, it works great. And it has the huge bonus of being able to connect to your YouTube account to let you do things like comment and add to playlists, to work well when switching between desktop and mobile. permalink fedilink source parent [–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago I use YouTube in Firefox for Android because it has ublock. That's by far the easiest way. All the other apps wouldn't work for me or don't show my recommendations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago I've heard of enough people wanting ads too. And people complaining that they want them back after they were blocked. It gets harder and harder to have any faith in humanity these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yep. It's becoming more and more common for folks to know that they can do it, but it certainly isn't ubiquitous. It wasn't that long ago when I caught my partner listening to music on YouTube with all the ads and I blew their mind away by installing NewPipe. They just had no idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] three@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is kind of a sticky situation for me. While I'm pretty tech savvy, my partner is not. I'd love to have them use NewPipe. But as a NewPipe user myself, it has been very buggy lately due to YouTube changing things. I understand why it's buggy but they would not and I think it would be more annoying than helpful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago Firefox+U-block Origin works pretty well on mobile permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago I've had no problems with ReVanced. It's a little complicated to set up so I wouldn't blame a non-techy for not doing it, but if you can set it up for them, it works great. And it has the huge bonus of being able to connect to your YouTube account to let you do things like comment and add to playlists, to work well when switching between desktop and mobile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] three@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is kind of a sticky situation for me. While I'm pretty tech savvy, my partner is not. I'd love to have them use NewPipe. But as a NewPipe user myself, it has been very buggy lately due to YouTube changing things. I understand why it's buggy but they would not and I think it would be more annoying than helpful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago Firefox+U-block Origin works pretty well on mobile permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago I've had no problems with ReVanced. It's a little complicated to set up so I wouldn't blame a non-techy for not doing it, but if you can set it up for them, it works great. And it has the huge bonus of being able to connect to your YouTube account to let you do things like comment and add to playlists, to work well when switching between desktop and mobile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago Firefox+U-block Origin works pretty well on mobile permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago I've had no problems with ReVanced. It's a little complicated to set up so I wouldn't blame a non-techy for not doing it, but if you can set it up for them, it works great. And it has the huge bonus of being able to connect to your YouTube account to let you do things like comment and add to playlists, to work well when switching between desktop and mobile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago I use YouTube in Firefox for Android because it has ublock. That's by far the easiest way. All the other apps wouldn't work for me or don't show my recommendations. permalink fedilink source parent