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Re: YouTube Ads

Post by hoppfrosch » 04 Dec 2023, 02:24

Not a blocker - but an addon easing the yt-ad-pain as well

https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/yt-ad-speedup-skip-ads-faster/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by Atofe » 02 Dec 2023, 11:24

Oh man, YouTube ads can be such a pain, right? I've been down that road of trying to dodge them too. I remember using Privoxy for a while, and it felt like a victory... until, of course, it stopped working. It's like YouTube's one step ahead, always tweaking things to make sure those ads get through.

Honestly, at this point, I've kind of accepted that ads are part of the YouTube experience. Sure, they're annoying, especially when you're really into the video, but it's almost like a trade-off for the free content.

I did hear about this Power AdSpy tool, though. It's more for understanding ad strategies than blocking them, but it's kind of cool to see the mechanics behind these ads. Makes me feel a bit like an insider, even if I can't skip them.

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by anaheims » 24 Jun 2021, 07:36

I've been using AdBlockPlus for a long time now and just don't see ads. Thanks to this application, I can easily watch movies and play at syndicate casino au. Never had any problems. In addition, also subscribed to YouTube, which also allows you to get rid of ads :superhappy:

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by Delta Pythagorean » 01 May 2021, 02:03

I use uBlock on pc, enough said there.
As for mobile I use YouTube Vanced, no ads, and in the settings there's a setting for "sponsor skipping" which skips ahead on the video a set amount based on a "global" "wiki" for the videos. So one person somewhere else can add a block for a sponsor, for a segment that asks the user to subscribe and all that, for when the person plugs their merch, etc. I love it.

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by SOTE » 30 Apr 2021, 17:49

tidbit wrote: ↑
30 Apr 2021, 17:18
 ublock origin, never configured a thing. totally stock. haven't seen an ad on youtube in forever...
Agree, uBlock works. No ads. If YouTube/Google could look past the greed, arguably they would do well to have some lower tier cheap premium option that was just ad-free. Turned the blocker off to remember how it feels, was just flooded beyond belief. It was insufferable, don't know how non-technical people can take it.

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by tidbit » 30 Apr 2021, 17:18

ublock origin, never configured a thing. totally stock. haven't seen an ad on youtube in forever (except maybe when I turn it off and forget to turn on. but thats rare)
using Vivaldi browser.

USA, if that matters.

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by HuckD » 16 Mar 2021, 20:56

As a 74-year-old who spends a lot of time on YouTube, I decided it just wasn't worth the effort and aggravation to keep fighting the ads on a desktop, laptop, tablet and my phone. I signed up for YouTube Premium and don't regret it.

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by SOTE » 17 Feb 2021, 00:36

scriptor2016 wrote: ↑
02 Jan 2021, 22:05
 YouTube has really stepped up their ad game and it is indeed out of control. It's near unbearable now.

I don't know if this is common knowledge or not, but I'm now using nsfwyoutube.com to destroy all ads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVKEM4K8J8A

nsfwyoutube.com/watch?v=gVKEM4K8J8A
The uBlock extension for Chrome and Firefox works really well, if you configure it properly. The thing about nsfwyoutube, is not quite sure if they are up to anything. Remember, as a website, they can be collecting user information and doing unpublicized things. But anyway, all this is on Google and their insanity. Clearly users who are being overwhelmed with ads will push back in various ways.

Google should have sat down a long time ago and figured out ways to make ads more "digestible" and viewer friendly on YouTube. Arguably, I rather see ads at the beginning and/or end, instead of in the middle of the content. Getting ad attacked every few minutes is the worse. Sadly, there are some content creators who add their own ads or can't get monetized with YouTube, tend to love putting ads in the middle of content as well. But at least with such content creators, this behavior is infrequent, because they have other methods to get support, like direct donations or donations on live streams. As for YouTube, they should have debatably divided up their premium service, to create a cheap ad-free option. As for what they have now, their base premium is way too expensive to be attractive, if the person simply doesn't want to see ads.

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by gregster » 16 Feb 2021, 13:41

Nofeko wrote: ↑
16 Feb 2021, 12:13
 Well youtube is a winner in any case... You either watch ads and they get paid for it or you get a free ad account but you pay youtube to remove ads anyway :lol: So they don't care in any way
gregster wrote: ↑
29 Nov 2019, 21:46
 in my main browser Firefox I haven't seen Youtube ads for a long time
Still true today ^^^
So I am quite happy if YT doesn't care.

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by Nofeko » 16 Feb 2021, 12:13

Well youtube is a winner in any case... You either watch ads and they get paid for it or you get a free ad account but you pay youtube to remove ads anyway :lol: So they don't care in any way

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by Guest » 07 Feb 2021, 20:41

scriptor2016 wrote: ↑
02 Jan 2021, 22:05
 YouTube has really stepped up their ad game and it is indeed out of control. It's near unbearable now.

I don't know if this is common knowledge or not, but I'm now using nsfwyoutube.com to destroy all ads.

If this is the link to your video:

https www.youtube.com /watch?v=gVKEM4K8J8A Broken Link for safety

then remove everything before the youtube part and in its place type in nsfw as seen below:

nsfwyoutube.com/watch?v=gVKEM4K8J8A

and it takes you to the site which plays all youtube videos, 100% ad free.

The downside is that comments are not available, but hey at least we can watch entire videos without a single advertisement.

There are very rare times it doesn't work as I assume Google is on to this trick and I would guess they are trying to stop this at every turn, but it is 99% of the time up and running. My only worry is that the more people who know about this, the bigger it gets and then Google finds a way to shut it down for good, even though it is entirely legal. Keep this on the downlow ;)


Again I apologise if this is a common thing but for anyone who may have not seen this before, then enjoy :)
Isn't using an adblocker extension the best solution in this case? It only blocks the ads and not anything else.

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by scriptor2016 » 02 Jan 2021, 22:05

YouTube has really stepped up their ad game and it is indeed out of control. It's near unbearable now.

I don't know if this is common knowledge or not, but I'm now using nsfwyoutube.com to destroy all ads.

If this is the link to your video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVKEM4K8J8A

then remove everything before the youtube part and in its place type in nsfw as seen below:

nsfwyoutube.com/watch?v=gVKEM4K8J8A

and it takes you to the site which plays all youtube videos, 100% ad free.

The downside is that comments are not available, but hey at least we can watch entire videos without a single advertisement.

There are very rare times it doesn't work as I assume Google is on to this trick and I would guess they are trying to stop this at every turn, but it is 99% of the time up and running. My only worry is that the more people who know about this, the bigger it gets and then Google finds a way to shut it down for good, even though it is entirely legal. Keep this on the downlow ;)


Again I apologise if this is a common thing but for anyone who may have not seen this before, then enjoy :)

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by jballi » 14 Dec 2020, 15:56

Old post. Someone woke it last month. Still relevant.

YouTube ads are out of control. I was watching a medium-long video a few months back. Someway, somehow, there was an ad every couple of minutes. If you count the ads at the beginning and end of the video, there were 8 to 10 ads for a 13 minute video. I vowed then never to watch a YouTube video with ads if I could help it.

The solution?

1) Ad blockers and DNS proxy services with ad block sites. Ad blockers are good but they don't all work well for YT ads. DNS proxy with ad blockers have the same problem. However, some ad blockers work very well for YT and they block ads for other apps.

Personally, I use a DNS proxy server that includes many ad sites but it is no good for YT. I've never used an ad blocker so I can't speak much on that topic.

2) Downloading the video without the ads works the best. Well, at least for me.

Web sites that download YT videos do work, for the most part, but they have their own problems. Most of them have their own ads and many of the ads are pop-ups.

The best solution I've found so far is 3D Youtube Downloader. They have a 32-bit and 64-bit version and it's free. You may need to update the program every once in a while because stuff on the internet, especially from Google, changes occasionally.

You can find a few alternate programs here. And no, I haven't tested any of them.

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by Greast » 08 Dec 2020, 18:51

@Guest
Hmm, what youtube version you have. I think they fixed it :/

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by Guest » 27 Nov 2020, 08:29

I rewind the video to the very end and then turn on the replay, so my ads turn off while watching.

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by Greast » 26 Nov 2020, 16:33

@wmm666
In phone?

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by wmm666 » 26 Nov 2020, 05:36

Used uBlock Origin for many years.

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by Greast » 14 Nov 2020, 19:16

@guest3456
What do you mean by "firewall and block on the network level". It's just like an adblocker that blocks internet ads, so it's like software detected a Google Advertisement and it blocks. I have been using it for over 1 year and I am being happy to use this as an adblocker and I have a great experience!

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by guest3456 » 14 Nov 2020, 18:03

Greast wrote: ↑
14 Nov 2020, 14:51
 @guest3456
If you use a paid Adguard it blocks all advertisements in all apps including the Youtube app. But of course, it costs around 13$, but it's worth it.
hmmm interesting, so then it must be like a firewall and block on the network level?

Re: YouTube Ads

Post by Greast » 14 Nov 2020, 14:51

@guest3456
If you use a paid Adguard it blocks all advertisements in all apps including the Youtube app. But of course, it costs around 13$, but it's worth it.

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