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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I haven't seen an ad on YouTube in several years. Doubt I'll ever see one.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Haven't seen an anti-adblock message yet, and I block ads in all sorts of ways across my devices.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

lol, good luck with that Google

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Monopolistic and some shit

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

with FF and ublock i can watch yt as always. Never got the poup. But as of today, the youtube page is just blank. I can search and watch anything, but the start-page is blank. (no account)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I got fed up with this shit and invested a bit of time into getting a working Premium Family plan through a cheap country (Ukraine is about $4 per month). I invited my whole family (parents included) so essentially 6 people have an ad-free YouTube now for less than $1 each (per month). I assume that's still less than what they have gotten by serving us a shit ton of ads. And I am rid of that cat and mouse game for a while.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

No they don't.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Well uh... Whatever they're doing ain't working for me, because I'm yet to see one of these popups.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Let the blocking war commence. Beligerents are referred to as Blockheads.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is there a fediverse alternative to youtube?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Switched to FreeTube. Problem solved.

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