eldavi comments on YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 days ago (7 children)

i found that i have zero tolerance for ads after blocking all the ads in all my devices at the firewall.

now i marvel that people are able to tolerate it somehow -- they can literally watch the same one hundreds of times in a few minutes and they don't seem to even be aware of it.

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[–] Mikelius@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 child)

It always confuses the hell out of me when I see an ad from someone's phone or computer when showing me a YouTube video or something. It's so jarring that I feel like I got malware on my skin lol

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[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

IKWYM!

I think ppl get used to it and it starts to feel normal. But if you get out from under it, and you see it even once, it's awful.

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[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 2 points 2 days ago (4 children)

What firewall rules do you implement that effectively blocks YouTube ads?

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[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day ago

Different person here, but with yt-dlp I never see ads. Well, not the ones YT adds. The only thing I ever saw is if somebody diverts into speaking an ad in their own voice as part of their stream. That's harder to prevent. For YT ad inserts tho, can't remember ever seeing one.

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago*

it's technically not just youtube ads -- it's all ads and done through pfsense.

i think ublock origin and youtube sponsor block is more effective for youtube specifically

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[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)