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

Hmmm maybe I'll just learn to read finally.

I'm not worried. The minute the ad blockers stop working I'll finally be able to do something else with my time.

Ublock Origin on Firefox With Sponsorblock is the answer.

Edit: Mispelling, fuck autocorrection

uBlock Origin intensifies

Youtube has ads?

Here is every single way I can think of to block YouTube ads:

uBlock Origin + Firefox

NewPipe on Android

Libretube on Android

uYou+ on iOS

FreeTube on *NIX and Windows

yt-dlp + mpv

YouTube Revanced

Invidious self hosting

Piped self hosting

And finally, last and definitely least

YouTube Premium

Donate to the creators who make content. Google does not deserve a penny of your hard earned money.

NewPipe is my friend

FreeTube on desktop, NewPipe on droid!

That explains the adblocker crackdown and enshittification of paid. Funnily enough, this pattern got me to block ads.

Anyone not blocking ads on YouTube needs to start blocking ads and sponsored content on YouTube.

https://www.mrfdev.com/enhancer-for-youtube

https://sponsor.ajay.app/

I have yet to see my first ad on any youtube video.

🤷 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases

WHY DONT WE HAVE A MAINSTREAM ALTERNATIVE YET

Ive been using adblockers, piped and other tools for so long that i dont even remember what the last time was when i saw a youtube ad.

AdNauseum. Not only does it block ads but it also fucks with advertisers by sending false clicks that cost them money.

This sounds like a problem I'm too third party client to understand

Occasionally I try the YouTube watch together thing on discord with my SO, and it really shows just how completely unusable YouTube is without an ad blocker.

Again YouTube ads? What the hell are you people talking about?

I watch youtube on a smart TV where I don't have a way to skip ads. I know there are ways to do it, I just never implemented.

The experience with Youtube is getting so much worse. It used to be one ad at the start of the video. Then it was two. And now ads in the middle of the video. They are also so long! It completely breaks the narrative of the video and is so distracting.

All of this just makes me want to watch less Youtube, which is likely not a bad thing.

When ads get in the way I simply don't watch the videos. It's not like anybody ever really needs to watch any particular video.

I highly recommend creators to upload videos to another site as well.

I'm still self hosting Invidious... Watching YouTube videos without ever visiting YouTube...

Finally subscribed to Nebula a few days ago. Between a third and half the creators I follow are there. I'm planning to move away from YouTube entirely, even if I can pay for premium or block ads I want to make the statement I don't support their service anymore.

Days ago I discovered vacuumtube for steam deck. It's basically youtube with tv interface but with all the adblocks. It works wonders in game mode and even has controller support.

Jokes on you, YouTube, my Chinese phone rolls their ads over yours!

I will continue to download all my videos to avoid ads. When they break the tools in such a way that this is no longer possible, I will stop watching videos from YouTube and seek entertainment elsewhere.

I’m actually looking to start a YouTube channel, but I don’t know if I should even bother since YouTube seems to be going out of its way to try to kill itself

Yall I got yt premium as a perk from my carrier and tried it out, it’s fucking AWFUL. Mostly the yt app. I get better speeds, quality and less interruptions just using brave