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YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable (blog.google)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] [S] -1 points 6 months ago (27 children)

Actually, YouTube is cracking down on adblockers.

So while you might not feel the pain now, you will eventually.

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  • [–] 59 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Nah, if Youtube blocks adblockers then I'll just waste my time elsewhere.

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago (11 children)

    There's always a workaround..

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Firefox + uBlock Origin has worked well for years.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (5 children)

    +1 combo. privacy badger, ublock origin and umatrix for fine tuning. also a youtube specific addon. seems okay

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    What's a YouTube specific add on?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Because they don’t put the effort in.

    Add a simple “the video isn’t served until the ad’s length has elapsed” and suddenly your only workaround is to spend 30s staring at a black screen.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    Laughs in

    Txt file with favorite channels as input for a yt-dlp download script schedule. Combined with a selfhosted invidious and freetube desktop app for other then favorite videos.

    Honestly I am really tired of jumping trough hoops, have to make sure yt-dlp and invidious use a proxy (cloudflare warp) or google will ban your ip for being a bot.

    But having to deal with the actual YouTube site or reopening my google account is worse. Its not even (but still also) the ads at this point but pure resentment against big tech.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    You got that script handy?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    I feel the pain anytime I look at a video outside of my browser. So if it becomes where I can't find a workaround, then I'll just have to go elsewhere. And there will be other places. There are other places, it's just hard to get people to not go to or be on the big one. Push people hard enough, they'll leave.

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