there are tech workers out there who unironically believe that viewing ads is a moral imperative. I want to say "nothing human is alien to me" but these fuckers are just unbelievable

Baleted

Edit: I’m leaving this picture here for now to illustrate how funny takes you agree with can be harmful, regardless of your intentions. And how when others call you out on unconscious bigotry you should address it.

Edit again: No one asked for me to remove the picture. Just thought it was the right thing to do.

I already pay Google with my data, they don't need more money

why are you complaining so much? the Doritos™ Dew™ verification can is sugar-free and ethically sourced, and it actually tastes pretty good!

Users who look away during ads will be shot.

When people use an ad-blocker to watch YouTube, they are freeriding on the creators' work, which is disrespectful to say the least.

People don't complain about Netflix or Amazon Prime charging money.

Jfc they have Chrome flair

Or just, you know, pay for the content? It's called YouTube Premium. People don't complain about Netflix or Amazon Prime charging money.

Because unlike Netflix or Amazon its user generated content. Also, normal people dont pay for those either.

I haven't had any problems on firefox yet

Or just, you know, pay for the content? It's called findom. People don't complain about other kinks.

Sorry I don't want my 6yo child seeing fucking ads for alcohol, P2W mobile games, and sex pills

It's bad enough he's so susceptible to click-bait "minecraft parkour" type bullshit videos...

It seems there are two broad sects of pro-advertising assholes on the internet:

There are the people who believe watching ads is a necessary evil for art to exist at all, and their willingness to toil in the marketing mines is some sort of moral virtue they have over the ad blocking "freeloaders".

And there are the tech perverts who actually get excited about the latest fucking spyware hidden throughout their OS, browser, and apps because they take some sort of sick enjoyment in being subjected to increasingly personalized ads as if the only problem with marketing brainwashing is that it just isn't quite relevant enough to their interests yet.

The first group is annoying, but the second is genuinely terrifying.

Thank you hexbear for existing and you guys being here. I always thought that people simping for corpos was weird. Let me take care of this chud

People don't complain about Netflix or Amazon Prime charging money

Yes I do

I posted it earlier, so I'll post it here as well

Using uBlock origin works as long as you add the below lines:

! 2022-07-23 https://mobile.twitter.com

mobile.twitter.com##.r-11nfnuw.r-16wqof.r-1dqxon3.r-16y2uox.r-kemksi.css-1dbjc4n

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false)

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0)

youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, [])

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)

To add these, simply go to uBlock > Dashboard > My Filters, you can just wholesale copy/paste into there

After, go to the Filter Lists tab, and press Apply Changes, then Update Now (or maybe those need to be reversed, it's been a while)

If you had a youtube tab open, close browser and re open

Haven't needed to do anything since throwing that script on back in 2023 when YouTube forced the issue

Chromecucks btfo

Firefox is all good

imagine defending google, the west is so fucking cooked

You can use a Boot Slurp to generate 2 new unique advertisements!

iNoVaTiOn!!1!

I am once again asking my fellow gommunists to use alternative YouTube frontends like invidio.us