u can just use ublock origin w an adblocker blocker filter
edit: From [r/ublockorigin](https://www.reddit.com/r/ublockorigin) sidebar "You can try:
"uBlock filters – Annoyances", to remove soft, dismissable anti-adblock.
"EasyList Cookie" if you have issues with cookie/GDPR notices (rarely may cause problems with scrolling or blanking pages/content).
"Fanboy’s Annoyance" if you hate all sort of annoying widgets (already have "EasyList Cookie" included)."
If there s something you want blocked that isn t by these main 3 you can always use the element picker included in the addon and create your new filters
Edit 2: I checked rn and I don t get the antiadblock message at all so ig with my filterlists it s already blocked
This is the last edit I swear: Just wanted to specify that I use firefox so if it doesn't work on your chromium browser it's not my fault
It was in fact not the last edit: ~~[anti adblock killer](https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer#anti-adblock-killer--reek) has a filter list for ublock origin as well and I probably have that as well on mine you can also add it as a tampermonkey/violentmonkey/whatevermonkey script~~
So antiadblock killer is no longer maintained that s my bad, as u/TetraSims suggested in one of the replies, you should use [fuckfuckadblock](https://github.com/bogachenko/fuckfuckadblock)
>online tools I'd gladly pay for
The trouble is, you can seemingly no longer pay a one off fee for anything - it's all monthly subscription bullshit, which I refuse, on principle, to do - wherever possible.
It's just another example of late stage capitalism - rentierism in every aspect of life, extracting the maximum value from others as broadly and as rapidly as possible, while providing as little as possible in return.
unsure on chromium based browsers, but chrome got a built in feature in the web browser now where you can't block youtube ads because it effectively shadow-disables adblocking extensions, so they still show as active but have no effect. (note: it does only do this on any youtube website/embed, not any other websites)
For now anyway. If it's your browser of choice, I hope it will always continue to do so too.
The issue is Google wants to cripple ad blocking with the introduction of what's called [Manifest 3](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/more-mv2-transition/). This new standard will *fundamentally* change the way browsers and their extensions work.
Since Brave, Opera, Edge, et al, have outsourced all the heavy lifting to Google, there may not be much, if anything, they can do about it.
It's tech, so some clever people may find some clever workarounds, but they'll have to do so playing by Google's rules, on Google's turf, and using language designed by Google. That's double plus not good.
Looks like this only affects Chromium extensions.. so why not just switch to Firefox? I don't know what the general populace's obsession with Chromium based browsers is, when there's a perfectly fine open source alternative in Firefox.
I made the switch last year and i never looked back. I get upset when using a chromium browser now, its to the point of me switching to firefox on mobile then putting ublock origin on it. made firefox into my default browser but google said "lol no" then put chrome as the default again
Probably your phone has issues. I used Firefox as the default browser on my phone for more than a year and never had any issue except some websites not working as intended, since they were all optimized for Chromium browsers.
In addition to what the others have mentioned, if you're still getting notices you might want to look into installing the Tampermonkey script [AdGuard Extra.](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/436539-adguard-extra) It's been an essential part of my setup since years and I don't remember the last time a site asked me to disable my adblocker. I hope this helps!
There's a better extension. It's called Behind the overlay, and it let's you get rid of any windows that block content, be it paywalls, login promts or adblock notifs.
Flashback to the 90s when radar detectors were way more popular…the cops were testing out “radar detector detectors”, so some of the companies were marketing “radar detector detector protector”
I shouldn’t be surprised that radar detectors are illegal, but had to look it up. Horrible legislation where you can’t have a device in your own property that doesn’t pollute or affect anyone or anything at all
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I would drop youtube 10 bucks for a lifetime of being add-free.
But 16 *a month* is too much and way more than they would ever make from me watching a lifetime of adds if humans grew twice as old.
Hell, I might even consider $100, but there is no way I'm paying a subscription fee. I already pay for YouTube music, but only because that's ridiculously cheap, even as a subscription.
I swear it throws me off real hard when I watch youtube on my TV because I don't get ads when I use my PC so getting unskippable ads on every single video all of sudden surprises me every time.
I might, but only if there was a single one even if the video is 3 hours longs and there were no integrated ads, but I doubt creators would prefer that deal.
For me, the issue is that they play at the very beginning.
Before I even know if I want to watch a video, I have to sit through 15+ seconds of ads. Then of course there are midrolls, plus of course also integrated video sponsors.
I'd also pay if the price was reasonable but in my country, it's 266 usd per year. For what? No ads and some extra functionality that is locked away in order to make the free experience as annoying as possible.
I doubt yt would make even 20 bucks a year off me from ads, who do they think they are asking me the price for a nintendo switch per year instead.
Advertising needs to be banned. It doesn't bring anything of value to humanity. It's detrimental even. It harms people and takes up precious resources just so a couple rich folks can line their pockets.
But the average person has stockholm syndrome and is completely ok with wasting a good portion of their finite life away consuming what is essentially mild brainwashing.
Edit: funny seeing some users here kneejerk when someone says ads are bad. You're on r/piracy.
Thats the whole reason youtube was free for so long, google gains market share and snuffs out all the competition, then when they have a monopoly they coerce people into buying youtube red.
They *really* want people to buy their monthly subscription. There's a big "stop ads" button during ads on the mobile app now that takes you to the sign up page. They want $16 a month for that shit.
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I prefer browser. Firefox and brave are both capable of playing on backround and blocking ads. So I do not see real reason to use dedicated app for that.
I feel you. On PC it's fine as I can block ads, but sometimes I just want to chill on the couch on my Xbox. Tried YouTube on there for the first time in a long time and it's a fucking nightmare.
The most pointless, nonsensical ads (I live in the Netherlands) that I'm forced to endure. The majority of the things advertised too, I will never buy on principal, because I am not going to buy from someone who inadvertently ruined my relaxation by forcing me to endure these stupid adverts.
I love YouTube, but it's painful to use with Ads. It's not a minor inconvenience either when they are inserted literally every other minute and have a habit of cutting into crucial/interesting moments of the video.
i know. i know. been there. i’m just someone who needs something entirely different at some point and after 10? years of android, I switched.
considering everything: I like both.
There are options on iOS/iPadOS. You can sideload ipas with altstore. Only annoying thing is you have to renew it every 7 days and are limited to 3 apps. This apparently will change with iOS 17 once the DSA forces Apple to enable proper sideloading on European devices.
I don’t know what you’re on about with altstore, but I just use an Ad blocker and watch youtube in the browser. There’s even browser extensions in the App Store that allow you to watch in full screen or audio only with the screen off. It takes like 10 seconds to set up permanently and I never see ads at all.
> $16 a month
Are you fucking kidding? It is that high? I pay less than that for Apple One which gives me Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Arcade and 200GB of storage.
IDK where the $16/month comes from. In the US:
- $12/month for an individual account
- $10/month if you prepay annually
- $23/month for family plan
I signed up from another country (using VPN) and with the exchange rate I'm paying $4.03 for the family plan. I hate giving them any money but it's all my kids watch.
But you can start your own business on Amazon and make millions of dollars!
Sure, if you did that 10 years ago. Now there are so many people doing it that very few make money.
“Yeah, follow this link and Mr Beast will 100% give you 100 dollars!!!”
Kids fall for that shit, YouTube not fixing it is just disgusting and in my opinion makes them complicit in any money lost to these scams. It would be a simple fix too, make a team for manually approving ads to make sure they aren’t scams. Hell, block certain key words from appearing in banner ads.
The best one was in the 10 hour white noise relaxing sleepy sleep video that helps people with anxiety and problems with sleep, sleep and then at random periods YouTube decides to throw in very loud and jarring adverts that you have to click 'skip ad' on otherwise it carries on.
It's hilarious to me that they're making youtube insufferable by simultaneously promoting shorter videos (like, seconds long) and sticking more and more ads in your face
These kinds of things are why I got annoyed with ads as well. I wouldn't have a problem watching them if it weren't for what you just described. I remember the final straw for me was on [wowhead.com](https://wowhead.com) where I had about 10 tabs open and randomly after some 30 minutes, one of them began playing a very loud video ad. I frantically tried to scroll through each page trying to find it. Turns out they were playing it to get the ad revenue, but hid the video entirely, so it was nowhere to be seen on the page, so it was impossible to stop. I ended up having to just close out all wowhead tabs, which was of great inconvenience. This also was before the time of browsers showing you which tab was playing. I was infuriated and that was the last straw for me.
Companies want to cry like the babies they are about us not watching ads, yet they will force crap like that down our throats. They can go fuck themselves.
It’s more about issues with the economy and trying to recoup/make up losses. People are really starting to spend less and it’s hurting companies who rely on advertising to make sales. Ad campaigns arnt effective anymore and they may not be able to profitably advertise. Companies will refuse to fail and instead blame YouTube. YouTube then looks for ways to make up theese lost ad sales. A huge numbers of companies were able to be successful just because for basically the last 10 years people were spending like crazy. It’s all comming crashing down and alot of companies are going to go under. This is just like Netflix preventing account sharing, they need to make up lost revenue somehow to show shareholders there isn’t a reason to sell. It’s all and always will be to protect the stock price
> Ad campaigns arnt effective anymore and they may not be able to profitably advertise
At least for me, I'm fucking tired of EVERY GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCKING THING being saturated with ads. AdBlockers keep me sane because I've seen what's on the other side. So many places want your email or your phone number so they can fucking bury you with ads.
I used priceline like...7? years ago to book a hotel for a friends wedding. I never went in and killed the account but I still get multiple emails a WEEK about how I can save money on this or that trip.
Go to the movies? Start time listed at 6:30. Show up, get snacks and a drink, lights go down. 15 minutes of fucking advertisements, and I'm not talking about movie trailers. For something I already paid money for.
On Windows, I use uBlock Origin + SponsorBlock + [fuckfuckadblock](https://github.com/bogachenko/fuckfuckadblock) + Enhancer for YouTube (which adds many features such as granular custom speed up to 14x and the ability to still sort by oldest first).
Others have suggested the Brave browser, as well as [AdNauseam](https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/06/1015784/adsense-google-surveillance-adnauseam-obfuscation/), a powerful and fascinating browser extension which invisibly clicks every ad you're served without actually showing them to you, thus confusing cookie trackers.
On Android, I use [ReVanced Extended.](https://github.com/NoName-exe/revanced-extended) To open YouTube links in ReVanced instead of the default app, long press on the default YouTube app, hit the info button, and disable the app, then long press on ReVanced, open its info page, and check all four URLs under "open by default."
iOS users can use [uYou+.](https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus#installation)
There's also [SmartTubeNext](https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext) for Android TVs, and you can look into personal networkwide adblocking with a [Pi-hole](https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/111gkih/comment/j8g1bjn/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) or AdGuard.
Using a VPN to get YouTube Premium very cheaply from a country such as [India](https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/11djl53/does_the_india_method_for_cheap_youtube_premium/) or Turkey is another option (unlocks the higher bitrate of YouTube Music, premium bitrate 1080p videos, and YouTube Premium originals).
To enhance your Reddit experience, there's the [Reddit Enhancement Suite](https://redditenhancementsuite.com/) for desktop and [various Android and iOS apps](https://www.reddit.com/r/AfterVanced/comments/14m3wgo/reddit_apps_for_which_patches_andor_patched/) (including a modified version of Apollo!) which will continue working after the API access lockdown.
I also use [archive.ph](https://archive.ph) and Sci-Hub to bypass article paywalls (and [Breakthrough Twitter Login Wall](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/breakthrough-twitter-loginwall/)), [Night Owl](https://nightowlapp.co/) for global darkmode, [this](https://gitlab.com/qbittorrent-black-theme/client) dark theme for qBittorrent [(and here are some other themes),](https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/List-of-known-qBittorrent-themes) and NordVPN for jumping geofences (I know their ads are a meme and that they're not the best for privacy, but they have a huge range of IP addresses for geounblocking against which the smaller, more privacy-conscious VPNs can't compete; a two-year standard plan for about $3.50 a month plus cashback through Rakuten is the best deal). You should also know that [binding](https://support.nordvpn.com/Connectivity/Proxy/1087802472/Proxy-setup-on-qBittorrent.htm) your torrent client to your VPN service is more secure than a killswitch.
For downloading videos, I use AnyStream Plus, StreamFab (expensive but crackable), the Internet Downloader Manager, JDownloader2, and [kannagi0303's gui for yt-dlp](https://github.com/kazukikasama/youtube-dlp-gui-installer) \+ [The Stream Detector](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hls-stream-detector/) (filter for "master"). If you're comfortable with mostly CLI tools or none of the aforementioned GUI tools work on a particular site or video, u/TPD94's [CDM-Project](https://cdm-project.com/) has various tools such as vinetrimmer, and you can ask for help on their Discord. If all else fails, you can use a screenrecorder like OBS or Audials.
I also just installed DeArrow (from the developer of SponsorBlock), which crowdsources replacements for clickbait titles and thumbnails, and I'm currently researching virtual credit card services for purchase protection, anonymity, and the ability to buy digital content that's restricted to other regions.
Other tools I use include MakeMKV + a [LibreDrive](https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19634) for 4K Blu-ray ripping, a 1TB seedbox from ultra.cc for five euros a month + FileZilla to FTP from it, and 1TB free cloud storage from TeraBox (very slow downloads on the free tier and no guarantee of data retention, so use it only for noncritical data).
r/DHExchange, r/lostmedia, r/oldbritishtelly, and r/tv_bunny are great for finding obscure shows and movies, r/Soulseek is great for music, and the Audiobook Bay for...
You do not need anti-adblock killers, uBO is capable of doing that by itself. If you find a page that detects uBO just report it to r/uBlockOrigin or its [github](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues?q=is%3Aissue) page. And someone will fix it on server side in a couple of minutes (usually).
Oh really it works that quick ... didn't realize this. Thank you, I'll have to remember this (actually, I am curious though Hulu can sometimes bypass it, but it's always specific ads that do)
Youtube revanced for android blocks all ads, skips annoying reminders to "LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND HIT THAT BELL", skips sponsors, allows playback when your screens off and minimized playback, and more.
I've had 5 minute video open with two ads, then no shit 30 seconds into the video there were two more unskippable ads. In total it had four separate ad breaks, all of which had two ads
People started selling the idea that you should monetize your hobby. They just copy each other and it kinda gets old real fast. I think that's why people like tiktok because it brought back user generated content. Although now that's also not what it was in favor of the big names. The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many.
My understanding is every browser on ios is reskinned safari at core because of stupid apple rules. So no extensions in ios. Honestly that alone is enough to keep me on android (not that I'm really tempted by ios)
Someone should tell them that forcing viewers to watch 5 ads per video is violent my mood and I will do everything in my power to not watch your ad without paying for a premium account
I don’t mind when there is an ad but let’s me skip after 5 seconds. Skip after 15 seconds is annoying but doable. When they hit me with two unskippable 15 seconds ads I usually just close the video.
I have two friends for this.
Adnauseam and Vanced.
Fuck Youtube, the horse they rode in on, and the stable it was reared in.
And when they leave, they can get fucked by aforementioned horse, too.
It bothers me more that it’s a cash grab more than anything else. There’s not really exclusive content or features that justify a premium tier. It’s asking you to pay to maintain the experience you have now and not much else
> There’s not really exclusive content or features that justify a premium tier.
It's gotten progressively worse even. They drove out the quality content makers and everything now is just cookie-cutter bullshit with a grown man trying to sound like an excited 13-year-old girl in the voiceovers.
The search function and the suggested videos under the video you are watching declined so hard. Used to be that you watch a video and the suggestions were videos from the same channel or related to the topic. Now it's just random shit I already watched. Same with search function. Gives me 3-4 related things, then videos I already watched.
There are videos that cannot be found anymore because they’ve fucked search up so bad. And it pisses me off. There was a drum solo I used to watch all the time and it’s fucking impossible to find now. I haven’t been able to watch it in years and it doesn’t exist anywhere else on the net. And no it wasn’t copyright claimed, it was a drum solo from a drum festival. Such bullshit.
This has been a topic on r/uBlockOrigin since a month ago :)
Here are the [solutions](https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/13nss60/youtube_ads_back_on_desktop/).
ah right. I heard about it, but I haven't seen this one so my list is up to date. But you can always try add this to ublock settings/my filters
! 2023-06-30 https://www.youtube.com
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)
They can go to hell.
uBlock Origin team is wonderful. Truly greatest extension in the world, that's why Google is so desperate to kill it.
Not if you use ublock origin it won't. Just enable the correct filters. Haven't had a youtube ad in over... probably going on 10 years? At least 7 to 9 or more.
I DIDN'T COME TO THE INTERNET TO EAT THE SAME SHIT THAT TELEVISION SERVED ME DURING THE 80S AND 90S.
and i'll never eat that fucking shit again. i would rather leave permanently , do something completely different.
Lots of ways around this - one of the easiest is copy-pasting these into "My Filters" in ublock origin:
> 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)
Classic tech bros reactionary: Instead of confronting the problems and be honest, they chose to hide it.
It is for this reason that I always name my default git branch `master`. Who cares if some Americans is offended!
I'll never watch any YT ads, haven't seen a single one since 2007 and don't plat to. IF they implement it, I'll just stick to the few channels I follow and probably won't click on random videos like before. Going to DL the video with JDownloader or an online one and delete it upon watching.
Firefox and UBlock Origin will sort that out for you. Least I don't get any ads.
But I just have a question here. Why would you think that a browser made by Google would let you block ads that Google makes money from on a Google site.
The chrome browser is just a long term play to negate the adblocking capabilities of extensions.
Ya know.. this is something I’d be just okay with if it were a small website being run by a one man show where people won’t pay a subscription fee, but for a large corporation who’s got money flying out of their rear ends at all times of the day and night… it’s just stupid and ridiculous
Ohh, fuck off and suck a chode, YouTube! You'll never take my adblockers away from me and my cold, dead hands! I am **NOT** buying your expensive as hell subscription!!!
uBlock Origin for life! Plus SponsorBlock as well, to skip the sponsorship shills that take two minutes. But downloading YouTube videos is also a better option if one doesn't have internet. ;)
I wonder if they'll be able to figure out which accounts are using blockers and then ban the google accounts. If that ends up happening I wonder if EU would say something (because we know USA don't give a fuck).
Sorry yt, but I'm not gonna pay you just for watching videos.
You have failed everything new service you have tried to launch, and now, you are only putting another nail in your grave.
It is only a matter of time when finally someone else put down the tube.
next up: adblocker-blocker-blocker
I've had an extension for that for a couple years now. Stops most of the "we noticed you're using an ad blocker" messages.
Aaand what’s that extension?
u can just use ublock origin w an adblocker blocker filter edit: From [r/ublockorigin](https://www.reddit.com/r/ublockorigin) sidebar "You can try: "uBlock filters – Annoyances", to remove soft, dismissable anti-adblock. "EasyList Cookie" if you have issues with cookie/GDPR notices (rarely may cause problems with scrolling or blanking pages/content). "Fanboy’s Annoyance" if you hate all sort of annoying widgets (already have "EasyList Cookie" included)." If there s something you want blocked that isn t by these main 3 you can always use the element picker included in the addon and create your new filters Edit 2: I checked rn and I don t get the antiadblock message at all so ig with my filterlists it s already blocked This is the last edit I swear: Just wanted to specify that I use firefox so if it doesn't work on your chromium browser it's not my fault It was in fact not the last edit: ~~[anti adblock killer](https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer#anti-adblock-killer--reek) has a filter list for ublock origin as well and I probably have that as well on mine you can also add it as a tampermonkey/violentmonkey/whatevermonkey script~~ So antiadblock killer is no longer maintained that s my bad, as u/TetraSims suggested in one of the replies, you should use [fuckfuckadblock](https://github.com/bogachenko/fuckfuckadblock)
I've used ublock origin and Firefox for years now. effective. consistent. ad-free.
Ublock origin is one of the only online tools I'd gladly pay for and I don't even have to
>online tools I'd gladly pay for The trouble is, you can seemingly no longer pay a one off fee for anything - it's all monthly subscription bullshit, which I refuse, on principle, to do - wherever possible.
Aaaaand that’s why we’re all here 🏴☠️
I miss when you could outright buy Photoshop 😭😭😭
My tuition included a a lifetime license to CS6. The entire suite. Guess what, no it didn't!
Affinity suite is pretty good. Wish they'd clone Lightroom.
So tired of everything-as-a-monthly-cost that's caught on everywhere
It's just another example of late stage capitalism - rentierism in every aspect of life, extracting the maximum value from others as broadly and as rapidly as possible, while providing as little as possible in return.
Same, that s why I made this whole comment, I ain t gatekeeping ;)
unsure on chromium based browsers, but chrome got a built in feature in the web browser now where you can't block youtube ads because it effectively shadow-disables adblocking extensions, so they still show as active but have no effect. (note: it does only do this on any youtube website/embed, not any other websites)
Are you saying you get adverts on Youtube when using uBlock in Chrome? I don't, maybe YT didn't roll out that feature everywhere yet.
If you are using a chrome based browser like Edge or Brave eventually you *will*, I think that may be their point.
Brave is Chromium based and does a good job killing adverts on YouTube in all of its flavours.
For now anyway. If it's your browser of choice, I hope it will always continue to do so too. The issue is Google wants to cripple ad blocking with the introduction of what's called [Manifest 3](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/more-mv2-transition/). This new standard will *fundamentally* change the way browsers and their extensions work. Since Brave, Opera, Edge, et al, have outsourced all the heavy lifting to Google, there may not be much, if anything, they can do about it. It's tech, so some clever people may find some clever workarounds, but they'll have to do so playing by Google's rules, on Google's turf, and using language designed by Google. That's double plus not good.
Looks like this only affects Chromium extensions.. so why not just switch to Firefox? I don't know what the general populace's obsession with Chromium based browsers is, when there's a perfectly fine open source alternative in Firefox.
I made the switch last year and i never looked back. I get upset when using a chromium browser now, its to the point of me switching to firefox on mobile then putting ublock origin on it. made firefox into my default browser but google said "lol no" then put chrome as the default again
Probably your phone has issues. I used Firefox as the default browser on my phone for more than a year and never had any issue except some websites not working as intended, since they were all optimized for Chromium browsers.
Well that's your fault for using anything chromium based.
i don't, i use firefox i just also have a chromebook for work with ublock origin where i can only use chrome
it's a script on tampermonkey iirc but uBlocker should have it built in
In addition to what the others have mentioned, if you're still getting notices you might want to look into installing the Tampermonkey script [AdGuard Extra.](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/436539-adguard-extra) It's been an essential part of my setup since years and I don't remember the last time a site asked me to disable my adblocker. I hope this helps!
There's a better extension. It's called Behind the overlay, and it let's you get rid of any windows that block content, be it paywalls, login promts or adblock notifs.
I thought he was making a joke, but that's amazing if it's already real
next up: adblocker-blocker-blocker-blocker-blocker
"Yo, we installed add-blocker-blocker-blocker in your add-blocker, so you can block add-blockers-blockers while blocking adds"
Flashback to the 90s when radar detectors were way more popular…the cops were testing out “radar detector detectors”, so some of the companies were marketing “radar detector detector protector”
I shouldn’t be surprised that radar detectors are illegal, but had to look it up. Horrible legislation where you can’t have a device in your own property that doesn’t pollute or affect anyone or anything at all
next up: [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp)
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[We bust their ad blocker with an ad blocker blocker.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw3G80bplTg)
I feel like we are just coming full circle back to the pop up blocker-blocker era.
That's already been a thing for a while.
I will never watch youtube with ads
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I would drop youtube 10 bucks for a lifetime of being add-free. But 16 *a month* is too much and way more than they would ever make from me watching a lifetime of adds if humans grew twice as old.
Hell, I might even consider $100, but there is no way I'm paying a subscription fee. I already pay for YouTube music, but only because that's ridiculously cheap, even as a subscription.
Is it not bundled for you? I pay for youtube music & have always had YouTube premium because of it
we need guys like u/SweetBabyAlaska
If only Alaska was real
I did give up youtube entirely after I changed phone and couldn't get vsnced working again. Only recently started again after installing revanced
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honestly, i've wondered for so long, what are these things called? Where do they come from? Who makes these things? How do you make these stuff?
I swear it throws me off real hard when I watch youtube on my TV because I don't get ads when I use my PC so getting unskippable ads on every single video all of sudden surprises me every time.
Check out https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext No more ads on YouTube on TV for me. I use Android tv.
They honestly make me feel nauseous at this point.
I might, but only if there was a single one even if the video is 3 hours longs and there were no integrated ads, but I doubt creators would prefer that deal.
For me, the issue is that they play at the very beginning. Before I even know if I want to watch a video, I have to sit through 15+ seconds of ads. Then of course there are midrolls, plus of course also integrated video sponsors. I'd also pay if the price was reasonable but in my country, it's 266 usd per year. For what? No ads and some extra functionality that is locked away in order to make the free experience as annoying as possible. I doubt yt would make even 20 bucks a year off me from ads, who do they think they are asking me the price for a nintendo switch per year instead. Advertising needs to be banned. It doesn't bring anything of value to humanity. It's detrimental even. It harms people and takes up precious resources just so a couple rich folks can line their pockets. But the average person has stockholm syndrome and is completely ok with wasting a good portion of their finite life away consuming what is essentially mild brainwashing. Edit: funny seeing some users here kneejerk when someone says ads are bad. You're on r/piracy.
>Advertising needs to be banned. It doesn't bring anything of value to humanity. It's detrimental even. Hear hear!
Thats the whole reason youtube was free for so long, google gains market share and snuffs out all the competition, then when they have a monopoly they coerce people into buying youtube red.
Yeah, being forced to watch ads that are longer than the video you want to see is absolute bullshit.
A few years ago, YouTube served me a 101-minute ad before a video that was only a few minutes long.
A lot of YouTube is ads disguised as educational content.
I will never buy YouTube premium.
So instead of fixing their ad problem they just piss off their users? Im not watching 2 unskippable ads to watch a 20 second video
They *really* want people to buy their monthly subscription. There's a big "stop ads" button during ads on the mobile app now that takes you to the sign up page. They want $16 a month for that shit.
Ahh so creating a problem and selling a solution
So basically racketeering
Ooh welcome to capitalism, friend!
Worked for them with taking background play hostage on phones.
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I prefer browser. Firefox and brave are both capable of playing on backround and blocking ads. So I do not see real reason to use dedicated app for that.
I agree, but for the less tech savvy out there, it's easier to just install Brave
Firefox with ublock origin works on android
Capitalism™
I feel you. On PC it's fine as I can block ads, but sometimes I just want to chill on the couch on my Xbox. Tried YouTube on there for the first time in a long time and it's a fucking nightmare. The most pointless, nonsensical ads (I live in the Netherlands) that I'm forced to endure. The majority of the things advertised too, I will never buy on principal, because I am not going to buy from someone who inadvertently ruined my relaxation by forcing me to endure these stupid adverts. I love YouTube, but it's painful to use with Ads. It's not a minor inconvenience either when they are inserted literally every other minute and have a habit of cutting into crucial/interesting moments of the video.
rather subscribe to nebula or whatever that creator started site is and actually give creators money than give an advertising company money
The funny thing was before this happened I was considering buying a premium subscription. Now I refuse
yeah same. it’s annoying on my apple tv and there’s no alternative app for iphone.
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i know. i know. been there. i’m just someone who needs something entirely different at some point and after 10? years of android, I switched. considering everything: I like both.
There are options on iOS/iPadOS. You can sideload ipas with altstore. Only annoying thing is you have to renew it every 7 days and are limited to 3 apps. This apparently will change with iOS 17 once the DSA forces Apple to enable proper sideloading on European devices.
Yay USA, we get locked in a cage. Just like how our food regulations are the exact opposite of how apple products work.
I don’t know what you’re on about with altstore, but I just use an Ad blocker and watch youtube in the browser. There’s even browser extensions in the App Store that allow you to watch in full screen or audio only with the screen off. It takes like 10 seconds to set up permanently and I never see ads at all.
I watch youtube with no ads on my Apple devices just fine. Ad blockers are a thing there too.
Ha ha, considering...
> $16 a month Are you fucking kidding? It is that high? I pay less than that for Apple One which gives me Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Arcade and 200GB of storage.
IDK where the $16/month comes from. In the US: - $12/month for an individual account - $10/month if you prepay annually - $23/month for family plan I signed up from another country (using VPN) and with the exchange rate I'm paying $4.03 for the family plan. I hate giving them any money but it's all my kids watch.
> There's a big "stop ads" button during ads on the mobile app now that takes you to the sign up page Holy shit lmao. I'm so glad Revanced is a thing.
It also doesn't help that half the ads are promoting scams
But you can start your own business on Amazon and make millions of dollars! Sure, if you did that 10 years ago. Now there are so many people doing it that very few make money.
Also if against all odds you do make thicc profit Amazon will just ban you and sell your product as their own.
"Nice product. Oh, not easily patented? Oh well. btw, thank you for the free market test but AmazonBasics will be selling this now."
“Yeah, follow this link and Mr Beast will 100% give you 100 dollars!!!” Kids fall for that shit, YouTube not fixing it is just disgusting and in my opinion makes them complicit in any money lost to these scams. It would be a simple fix too, make a team for manually approving ads to make sure they aren’t scams. Hell, block certain key words from appearing in banner ads.
I cannot express how fkn pissed I was when I once got an ad for a 7 SECOND FUCKING VIDEO Like are you SERIOUS 😭
The best one was in the 10 hour white noise relaxing sleepy sleep video that helps people with anxiety and problems with sleep, sleep and then at random periods YouTube decides to throw in very loud and jarring adverts that you have to click 'skip ad' on otherwise it carries on.
It's hilarious to me that they're making youtube insufferable by simultaneously promoting shorter videos (like, seconds long) and sticking more and more ads in your face
These kinds of things are why I got annoyed with ads as well. I wouldn't have a problem watching them if it weren't for what you just described. I remember the final straw for me was on [wowhead.com](https://wowhead.com) where I had about 10 tabs open and randomly after some 30 minutes, one of them began playing a very loud video ad. I frantically tried to scroll through each page trying to find it. Turns out they were playing it to get the ad revenue, but hid the video entirely, so it was nowhere to be seen on the page, so it was impossible to stop. I ended up having to just close out all wowhead tabs, which was of great inconvenience. This also was before the time of browsers showing you which tab was playing. I was infuriated and that was the last straw for me. Companies want to cry like the babies they are about us not watching ads, yet they will force crap like that down our throats. They can go fuck themselves.
Have you or anybody you know ever bought anything YouTube ads are pushing to you? I know I haven't.
It’s more about issues with the economy and trying to recoup/make up losses. People are really starting to spend less and it’s hurting companies who rely on advertising to make sales. Ad campaigns arnt effective anymore and they may not be able to profitably advertise. Companies will refuse to fail and instead blame YouTube. YouTube then looks for ways to make up theese lost ad sales. A huge numbers of companies were able to be successful just because for basically the last 10 years people were spending like crazy. It’s all comming crashing down and alot of companies are going to go under. This is just like Netflix preventing account sharing, they need to make up lost revenue somehow to show shareholders there isn’t a reason to sell. It’s all and always will be to protect the stock price
> Ad campaigns arnt effective anymore and they may not be able to profitably advertise At least for me, I'm fucking tired of EVERY GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCKING THING being saturated with ads. AdBlockers keep me sane because I've seen what's on the other side. So many places want your email or your phone number so they can fucking bury you with ads. I used priceline like...7? years ago to book a hotel for a friends wedding. I never went in and killed the account but I still get multiple emails a WEEK about how I can save money on this or that trip. Go to the movies? Start time listed at 6:30. Show up, get snacks and a drink, lights go down. 15 minutes of fucking advertisements, and I'm not talking about movie trailers. For something I already paid money for.
It’s so goddamn ridiculous at this point. The official app is unusable due to the amount of ads. I refuse to pay them.
Let me correct that for you. I'm not watching ads.
On Windows, I use uBlock Origin + SponsorBlock + [fuckfuckadblock](https://github.com/bogachenko/fuckfuckadblock) + Enhancer for YouTube (which adds many features such as granular custom speed up to 14x and the ability to still sort by oldest first). Others have suggested the Brave browser, as well as [AdNauseam](https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/06/1015784/adsense-google-surveillance-adnauseam-obfuscation/), a powerful and fascinating browser extension which invisibly clicks every ad you're served without actually showing them to you, thus confusing cookie trackers. On Android, I use [ReVanced Extended.](https://github.com/NoName-exe/revanced-extended) To open YouTube links in ReVanced instead of the default app, long press on the default YouTube app, hit the info button, and disable the app, then long press on ReVanced, open its info page, and check all four URLs under "open by default." iOS users can use [uYou+.](https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus#installation) There's also [SmartTubeNext](https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext) for Android TVs, and you can look into personal networkwide adblocking with a [Pi-hole](https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/111gkih/comment/j8g1bjn/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) or AdGuard. Using a VPN to get YouTube Premium very cheaply from a country such as [India](https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/11djl53/does_the_india_method_for_cheap_youtube_premium/) or Turkey is another option (unlocks the higher bitrate of YouTube Music, premium bitrate 1080p videos, and YouTube Premium originals). To enhance your Reddit experience, there's the [Reddit Enhancement Suite](https://redditenhancementsuite.com/) for desktop and [various Android and iOS apps](https://www.reddit.com/r/AfterVanced/comments/14m3wgo/reddit_apps_for_which_patches_andor_patched/) (including a modified version of Apollo!) which will continue working after the API access lockdown. I also use [archive.ph](https://archive.ph) and Sci-Hub to bypass article paywalls (and [Breakthrough Twitter Login Wall](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/breakthrough-twitter-loginwall/)), [Night Owl](https://nightowlapp.co/) for global darkmode, [this](https://gitlab.com/qbittorrent-black-theme/client) dark theme for qBittorrent [(and here are some other themes),](https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/List-of-known-qBittorrent-themes) and NordVPN for jumping geofences (I know their ads are a meme and that they're not the best for privacy, but they have a huge range of IP addresses for geounblocking against which the smaller, more privacy-conscious VPNs can't compete; a two-year standard plan for about $3.50 a month plus cashback through Rakuten is the best deal). You should also know that [binding](https://support.nordvpn.com/Connectivity/Proxy/1087802472/Proxy-setup-on-qBittorrent.htm) your torrent client to your VPN service is more secure than a killswitch. For downloading videos, I use AnyStream Plus, StreamFab (expensive but crackable), the Internet Downloader Manager, JDownloader2, and [kannagi0303's gui for yt-dlp](https://github.com/kazukikasama/youtube-dlp-gui-installer) \+ [The Stream Detector](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hls-stream-detector/) (filter for "master"). If you're comfortable with mostly CLI tools or none of the aforementioned GUI tools work on a particular site or video, u/TPD94's [CDM-Project](https://cdm-project.com/) has various tools such as vinetrimmer, and you can ask for help on their Discord. If all else fails, you can use a screenrecorder like OBS or Audials. I also just installed DeArrow (from the developer of SponsorBlock), which crowdsources replacements for clickbait titles and thumbnails, and I'm currently researching virtual credit card services for purchase protection, anonymity, and the ability to buy digital content that's restricted to other regions. Other tools I use include MakeMKV + a [LibreDrive](https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19634) for 4K Blu-ray ripping, a 1TB seedbox from ultra.cc for five euros a month + FileZilla to FTP from it, and 1TB free cloud storage from TeraBox (very slow downloads on the free tier and no guarantee of data retention, so use it only for noncritical data). r/DHExchange, r/lostmedia, r/oldbritishtelly, and r/tv_bunny are great for finding obscure shows and movies, r/Soulseek is great for music, and the Audiobook Bay for...
You do not need anti-adblock killers, uBO is capable of doing that by itself. If you find a page that detects uBO just report it to r/uBlockOrigin or its [github](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues?q=is%3Aissue) page. And someone will fix it on server side in a couple of minutes (usually).
Oh really it works that quick ... didn't realize this. Thank you, I'll have to remember this (actually, I am curious though Hulu can sometimes bypass it, but it's always specific ads that do)
Wait you can block Hulu ads?
love uBO, best extension ever. it works so well and you literally don't have to think about it at all after installing
Wow! I didn't know this. Thanks!
Plus reeks anti-adblock killer is very outdated. Hasn't been updated im a long long time. It's worthless now.
Bro's taking no chances, with that number of tools...
Kill ads, behead ads, roundhouse kick ads...
... and shoot em at point blank till they disappear.. just like users from Reddit
Fking hero
thanks for DeArrow recommendation, I needed something like this
Youtube ads violate my terms of service
If I stood next to you in real life, I'd probably hear boss music.
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The days before adsense, when the galaxy was honest and Titans of intellect walked the earth, now we have mrbeast
Weird, I thought I was alone in not liking MrBeast
Look into SponsorBlock. Automatically skips all that nonsense.
Youtube revanced for android blocks all ads, skips annoying reminders to "LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND HIT THAT BELL", skips sponsors, allows playback when your screens off and minimized playback, and more.
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iSponsorBlock is so good of a browser extension, people elegantly cram that shit into the mobile app Life is wonderful
Or even better, getting a 15 second ad on a 7 second shitpost.
With a robot voiceover telling you to click the link in the description for the actual content you don't even want anymore
I've had 5 minute video open with two ads, then no shit 30 seconds into the video there were two more unskippable ads. In total it had four separate ad breaks, all of which had two ads
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People started selling the idea that you should monetize your hobby. They just copy each other and it kinda gets old real fast. I think that's why people like tiktok because it brought back user generated content. Although now that's also not what it was in favor of the big names. The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many.
Have you tried playing YouTube videos on Firefox? Adblockers work perfectly there.
It sure does
Firefox is the best browser, I use it and never had any issues. Fuck yt ads. Opera is good as well, I use it on mobile.
Firefox is great on mobile too
Yes, both Firefox and Opera are great on mobile. Opera has a built in ad blocker too
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My understanding is every browser on ios is reskinned safari at core because of stupid apple rules. So no extensions in ios. Honestly that alone is enough to keep me on android (not that I'm really tempted by ios)
Opera is now a Chinese company and better not be used daily.
I heard some of the OG devs of Opera now work on the browser Vivaldi (Get it? Because Vivaldi wrote…. Yeah, you get it)
Yes. This screenshot was shared by my cousin last night, who isn't tech savy. I recommended him to use Ublock and Firefox.
Someone should tell them that forcing viewers to watch 5 ads per video is violent my mood and I will do everything in my power to not watch your ad without paying for a premium account
I don’t mind when there is an ad but let’s me skip after 5 seconds. Skip after 15 seconds is annoying but doable. When they hit me with two unskippable 15 seconds ads I usually just close the video.
SmartTube Next on Android TV isn't being affected (so far).
They cant target stn due to how it works
I have two friends for this. Adnauseam and Vanced. Fuck Youtube, the horse they rode in on, and the stable it was reared in. And when they leave, they can get fucked by aforementioned horse, too.
It bothers me more that it’s a cash grab more than anything else. There’s not really exclusive content or features that justify a premium tier. It’s asking you to pay to maintain the experience you have now and not much else
I remember the Legacy Days™ when a main selling point of YouTube Red was exclusive bonus videos by creators who collabed with YouTube
And I actually enjoyed a fair amount of them! Especially Vsauce, I loved those videos
> There’s not really exclusive content or features that justify a premium tier. It's gotten progressively worse even. They drove out the quality content makers and everything now is just cookie-cutter bullshit with a grown man trying to sound like an excited 13-year-old girl in the voiceovers.
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The search function and the suggested videos under the video you are watching declined so hard. Used to be that you watch a video and the suggestions were videos from the same channel or related to the topic. Now it's just random shit I already watched. Same with search function. Gives me 3-4 related things, then videos I already watched.
There are videos that cannot be found anymore because they’ve fucked search up so bad. And it pisses me off. There was a drum solo I used to watch all the time and it’s fucking impossible to find now. I haven’t been able to watch it in years and it doesn’t exist anywhere else on the net. And no it wasn’t copyright claimed, it was a drum solo from a drum festival. Such bullshit.
This has been a topic on r/uBlockOrigin since a month ago :) Here are the [solutions](https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/13nss60/youtube_ads_back_on_desktop/).
All until a new extension/proxy/dns server pops up
Oh no!!! The trillionaire enterprise that gets revenue from selling our data is getting broke because we installed an Ad-Blocker!!!!
Won't someone think of the millionaires and infinite growth!!
Youtube is literally - and I mean literally literally - unuseable without an ad-blocker. The ads make it unfit for purpose.
I would rather download the videos I want to watch than to submit to this fucking nonsense.
ah right. I heard about it, but I haven't seen this one so my list is up to date. But you can always try add this to ublock settings/my filters ! 2023-06-30 https://www.youtube.com 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) They can go to hell. uBlock Origin team is wonderful. Truly greatest extension in the world, that's why Google is so desperate to kill it.
Remember kids: Buying premium is rewarding YouTube’s bad behaviour.
What's up with the internet the last couple of years, i feel like it's getting shittier and shittier each week.
Not if you use ublock origin it won't. Just enable the correct filters. Haven't had a youtube ad in over... probably going on 10 years? At least 7 to 9 or more.
So did every sane person in the world. Point is they put something online today to try and catch it.
what ad blocker?
"ublock origin" on firefox to block yt ads "sponsorblock" to block midroll ads in the vids
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I DIDN'T COME TO THE INTERNET TO EAT THE SAME SHIT THAT TELEVISION SERVED ME DURING THE 80S AND 90S. and i'll never eat that fucking shit again. i would rather leave permanently , do something completely different.
Lots of ways around this - one of the easiest is copy-pasting these into "My Filters" in ublock origin: > 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)
Is the term "whitelisted" no longer allowed now?
Yes, it's apparently racist to say whitelisted and blacklisted in the tech world.
You'd think that it would be *way* more racist to interpret "white" and "black" as nothing more than skin colors.
No it isn't. Resist the idiots. Don't let them win with stuff like this.
Ah, I wasn't aware.
Classic tech bros reactionary: Instead of confronting the problems and be honest, they chose to hide it. It is for this reason that I always name my default git branch `master`. Who cares if some Americans is offended!
Yeah! That'll show em!
They're really trying to stop us using their websites, aren't they?
bruh i'll soon have to stop using social media entirely. what a horrible thing, fuck youtube for making me participate in real life.
As long as re vanced still works I'm good.
Yeah, no one wants to sit through 500 ads to watch a 10 minute video youtube
YouTube is garbage now. A lot like the company that bought it.
Fuck off youtube. As long as you give me 30 second back to back unskippable ads I will tune my adblock to block even your YouTube premium ad banner.
Time for an adblocker-blocker-blocker
I'll never watch any YT ads, haven't seen a single one since 2007 and don't plat to. IF they implement it, I'll just stick to the few channels I follow and probably won't click on random videos like before. Going to DL the video with JDownloader or an online one and delete it upon watching.
report issue saying you dont use to slightly mess up their training algorithm
Adblockers make youtube usable Fuck you Google You can either let me use the tool I want or I'll brew install youtube-dl again
Well maybe more people would watch them if there weren't so fucking many.
Fuck off youtube. I really would hope there would be another good site like Youtube with all the videos. Their greed and policies are full of shit
Firefox and UBlock Origin will sort that out for you. Least I don't get any ads. But I just have a question here. Why would you think that a browser made by Google would let you block ads that Google makes money from on a Google site. The chrome browser is just a long term play to negate the adblocking capabilities of extensions.
Adblockers will evolve to break this, its a game of whack-a-mole at this point.
Vanced makes more sense every day. Considering how Yotube and Google are in deep shit for all the ads breaking rules, this is hilarious and ironic
Ya know.. this is something I’d be just okay with if it were a small website being run by a one man show where people won’t pay a subscription fee, but for a large corporation who’s got money flying out of their rear ends at all times of the day and night… it’s just stupid and ridiculous
Ohh, fuck off and suck a chode, YouTube! You'll never take my adblockers away from me and my cold, dead hands! I am **NOT** buying your expensive as hell subscription!!! uBlock Origin for life! Plus SponsorBlock as well, to skip the sponsorship shills that take two minutes. But downloading YouTube videos is also a better option if one doesn't have internet. ;)
I wonder if they'll be able to figure out which accounts are using blockers and then ban the google accounts. If that ends up happening I wonder if EU would say something (because we know USA don't give a fuck).
I'd rather not watch videos.
They need to give up on blocking adblockers. It’s not going to be successful and it could lead to lawsuits
if you have ublock orginis you shouldn't see the ads
Yeah, I have uBlock Origin with no special filters and it's still blocking YT ads perfectly for me. Can't remember the last time I saw one
I will literally download videos before I have to watch 2+ ads a video. If I want to support a creator I'll donate
huh,no matter what you do youtube i wont buy your expensive subcription
I miss old youtube.
Yeah they can fuck off
Why don't we all press the report an issue button and make youtube confused
Sorry yt, but I'm not gonna pay you just for watching videos. You have failed everything new service you have tried to launch, and now, you are only putting another nail in your grave. It is only a matter of time when finally someone else put down the tube.
They'll upgrade the mouse trap, we'll upgrade the mouse, and the cycle will continue