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at this point, I consider that 26 eur i'm paying monthly simply my US Tech Bro tax.
YouTube revanced ๐
Or Morphe. Same devs.
I like paying for services rather than using free services that sell my data and brainwash me with ads. Adblock is fine, but how are they supposed to make money? Should the service be free?
I get where you're coming from, but the issue isn't that YouTube makes money, it's how aggressively they're doing it simultaneously.
The platform runs on creator content, yet payout rates, especially for smaller channels, have barely moved while YouTube's revenue keeps growing. They're squeezing every side of the equation at once while the people actually making the product worth watching see the least of it.
Ad-blocking isn't theft. It's a rational response to a platform that's decided unskippable ads are acceptable on top of an already profitable model. If the value exchange felt fair, fewer people would bother. Early days of streaming showed that people accept a fair deal. Enshittification has driven many of us back to the seven seas.
What is adblock? Can someone explain it to me like I'm five?
Think of your computer or phone like a dance club. Adblock is the bouncer you hire (download for free) that keeps ads out and let's content in. Ads are clever and wear disguises so you have to regularly update your adblocker.
Ads go bye bye I think
Adblockers have been mentioned a hundred times, as they should.
Annual reminder to donate to Invidious too. YouTube has done some serious work to try and block most of the instances.
Is there a way to put uBlock or similar on a smart TV? PiHole doesn't block YouTube ads. I just use my PC because I haven't figured out how to put an ad blocker on the TV.
Don't forget to use ublock and adguard !
It has been nearly ten years since I purchased the lifetime AdGuard membership for Android.
I can't believe most people are out there raw dogging the internet. It's damn near unusable and the dark patterns aren't even hidden anymore.
I mean, I'm not.
For me it isn't the length, but the frequency that is bothering me. It's insain, it's like every 3-5 mins depending on the video length. It's unusable atleast in my case. Only watching from devices I have adblocker on now. Not my phone.
Like the other person commented, I use Firefox Plus adblocker on my phone and it's fine.
Why not use adblock on your phone too? Like Firefox+Adblock(FF allows addons like on desktop)
Can you run Firefox extensions on iPhone?
Not that I know of. But Brave blocks YouTube ads on iOS. I know brave is somewhat problematic, but options on iOS are limited
The day ad block stops working is the day I stop using sites with ads
For TV - SmartTube Next
For android - Youtube With Morphe Patches.
And, life is beautiful again!
Pihole+ublock+privacy badger = win
+sponsorblock
Whoโs these users? I have an ad blocker. It does the job.
I just realised i haven't watched a single ad in like 2 years
Thanks ublock origin!
I haven't seen an ad in 16 years. Thanks ublock origin/dns hole/not watching TV/not going to the movies/not reading magazines.
And FM - the local radio stations are the biggest dumpholes of ads
maybe adblock is good
Firefox/Ublock origin + adguard DNS + sponsorblock. My personal devices are not billboards, and they haven't allowed ads in years
Edit: youtube revanced on Android. Sponsorblock has saved me over 4 hours since I reinstalled the app earlier this year
and smarttube for android tv. i had friends over "wait, youtube without ads is actually enjoyable???"
You should look I to Morphe now. Apparently main dev of ReVanced left and made it.
Vanillo (Not open source sadly) and PeerTube are the best options we have right now
When you see the long ad, just close the fuckin' browser window. Immediately. And then use something else.
They'll only get the point and change if you stop giving them your eyeballs for shit you don't wanna see.
Where?
Oh! On the web interface? n_n I don't use the web interface. It's video, so I use a video player. I see no ads, ~ if I do [like ads read out by the podcast host], I skip ahead.
on YouTube's TV app
That's where you went wrong. Come to the free software community. We can mend bugs (like malicious features (like ads)) with free software, being free to use, study, share & change the software.
if I do [like ads read out by the podcast host], I skip ahead.
That's what Sponsorblock is for. :)
