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YouTube's ad problem just got worse: Users now seeing 90-second unskippable ads!
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this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2026
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Personally I think it's time to just move on you tube is done.
But if it's roku they can add the playlet channel. Youtube without ads.
YouTube will not be done until a viable alternative is established.
Its done for me, there is nothing there I need to see.
I’m really surprised by this. YouTube is such a great source for adding skills and knowledge if you can weed through the crap.
It is admittedly more and more difficult to weed though.
Slowly though. Watching is wasting a lot of time, and nearly everyone on there stretches it out in the name of "content" and sponsers.
There are a few that don't, but realistically, that knowledge is elsewhere. It's a shame people don't self host videos as much any more. I just embed them in my web page if I absolutely need to.
Or simply make the files available, which if you look around, a lot of them are out there, so download and watch at your pace, and delete when done.
every time a viable alternative is established google will buy it
the only real alternatives to youtube for me are probably curiousity stream and floatplane, both of which cost subscriptions i can't afford at the moment.
edit also Nebula! forgot about that one.
With Linus? You couldn't pay me to watch that.
Edit: I did grab a subscription to Nebula for a year for €25 because I like someone on there. Seemed reasonable for a whole year of everything they have, and I do like watching Legal Eagle these days.
It's run by Luke technically, but yeah it's under Linus Media Group. A lot of creators I like (such as Wade from Dank Pods) are on there.
I would never give that clown a dime.
yeahhh thats the invidious frontend i was gonna install.
got it. It is as simple as them adding the channel. It doesn't have a lot of features, but it is serviceable.