Well currently they're delaying the video start by the time it would have taken the ad to play. It's still better than having to actually watch ads, but blockers are not in the best position right now.
I went to go look it up for my old setup, turns out its mainly for the older models, as the codecs are only supported on the newer revisions of the shield tv.
though with the shield tv, one of the missing things that would be nice to have would be AV1 support (as Nvidia only supported AV1 starting with Ampere based gpus)
I mean there are ways, like pihole, but I like the simple option of a really long hdmi cable that I use to plug my computer into the TV, so I never have to use any of the shitty built in TV apps.
You’re correct. Pihole works at the DNS level. Since YouTube hosts their ads on the same servers that host their videos, blocking the ads with DNS would also block the videos. Which I guess it technically works to block YT ads, but that’s a little like saying “set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.”
Honestly, I've not used it, I just know of it. From a quick search it looks like you're right tho, you'd probably need to use an external device like an android box or something.
Conduit is probably the best option, I just haven’t done anything with it yet. And I might have to convince partner to cut some holes in the wall to make that work. I’ll eventually figure it out.
So I was watching Forrest Gump and he’s running through the jungles of Viet Nam. All of a sudden he stops running. And I know that’s not right because he hasn’t rescued “him” yet.
Turns out my jerk face rabbit chewed through the Ethernet cable.
I have a script that takes a YT URL on my clipboard and uses yt-dlp to download it to my Jellyfin folder so I can watch on my Apple TV on The Big Telly.
If you’ve got a VPN, just install that on your Apple TV. Google doesn’t show ads in certain countries (the list is Googleable). That was an absolute game changer for me.
I use an Apple TV, but I assume it’s the same as any other streaming box or appropriate smart TV.
The absolute piece-of-piss way to block all YouTube ads on it is to install a VPN like Proton, choose a relevant country (easily googleable), and there will be no ads whatsoever in YouTube.
Google doesn’t serve ads on YouTube in a handful of countries.
Txt file with favorite channels as input for a yt-dlp download script schedule. Combined with a selfhosted invidious and freetube desktop app for other then favorite videos.
Honestly I am really tired of jumping trough hoops, have to make sure yt-dlp and invidious use a proxy (cloudflare warp) or google will ban your ip for being a bot.
But having to deal with the actual YouTube site or reopening my google account is worse. Its not even (but still also) the ads at this point but pure resentment against big tech.
The day I have to watch ads is the same day I stop youtube. So far ad blocks seem to work well for now and I'm more than willing to spend hours getting them working if needed.
I feel the pain anytime I look at a video outside of my browser. So if it becomes where I can't find a workaround, then I'll just have to go elsewhere. And there will be other places. There are other places, it's just hard to get people to not go to or be on the big one. Push people hard enough, they'll leave.
As an IT guy I consider an adblocker an essential part of my computer security suite.
I will not reconsider until there are laws in place forcing website owners to take legal and financial responsibility for any damage sustained to my computer when visiting their site, and loading their ads.
IF the laws are changed like that, I would reconsider getting rid of my adblocker, ai still wouldn't but I would reconsider the issue.
Exactly, people used to love ads. They would sit down and watch hour long compilation videos of the funniest and weirdest ones. People would get hyped for shit like Old Spice and Skittles and never skip it. Even the Superbowl was less entertaining than the ads it had and that was a mainstream opinion.
It's the exact same as the boomers who keep crowing "Why doesn't anyone wanna work?!" but now it's "Why doesn't anyone want ads?!" lmao
Nah, take a look at the stats of the number of people who tried out an adblocker for the first time when Youtube attempted to ban them several months back. Streisand Effect in action.
Back in the day it was just some stuff, like "bosch screwdrivers, 29.90" or something, now it's attention grabbing hyper annoying crap, who can even live with that?
I personally wouldn't, that's why I use Adblock Plus. But there's a reason everyone started hating on ABP when it started allowing non-intrusive ads by default. Most people do not want to see ads at all, no matter what.
Seriously bro! I got revanced on my phone and smart tube next on the tv. I legit had to think about the last time I used the official app and it was nothing but angry memories. Waking up in the middle of a, and I'm not making this up, hour plus long ad! Always auto playing some ai slop bullshit about some murder or something slightly cosmological.
I was jarred by an ad playing during LOTR on HBO just now.
yeah. I will go to look something up that I need or want to watch, but I'm often bailing halfway through that advertisement. it's not even worth my time
Okay how good is Smart Tube for ypu? I downloaded it to my family Fire TV but my mom just refuses to use it, so we watch long, loud, unbearable ads all the time. I get that there's no algorithm to find videos, but can you import subscriptions? My mom has noticed YT never shows her a few of her subscribed channels in her recommended anymore.
It's great. I'm pretty sure you can sign in so you get your algorithm and subscriptions. But it's an incredible app. Infinitely better than the normal YouTube app.
The ironic part is that there was a time where I'd watch hours long compilation videos of funny ads, and even now I watch 90s nostalgia ones set to vaporwave mixes. Hell, every person and their grandmother I knew at one time watched the Superbowl "just for the ads".
At some point, the goal of marketing shifted from "How do we keep your attention/whimsy" to "How can we force unwilling participants to comply?" Fuck that fascismo shit.
Right? If I don’t otherwise pay for the service then sure, some ads are fine. Problem is that at this point I’m seeing ads every few minutes, and if the video restarts in a weird spot and reloads funny after I reopen my laptop I might even get the same ads looping after literally two seconds of video.
Also, I was paying for the service and then they gave a fuckload of support to Israel to spread propaganda so I stopped.
Can they? Because I've got a modified YouTube ipa on my iPhone and that's more closed than Android could ever become in the span of the next few months.
I don't remember the exact procedure for this, but here's the summary. You'll first want to install sidestore or sidestore + livecontainer. Computer needed for that. You'll also want a stock YouTube ipa file that you can then mod with YouTube Plus or similar utility.
You'll have to update livecontainer (if you installed it) and YouTube every 7 days unless you have a dev license but Sidestore does it with a single button press in-app so it's not that inconvenient. You can install ipas within sidestore (limited amount at a time) or livecontainer (as many as you want I believe, but it's more complicated) without connecting to a computer once the initial setup is done
For us advanced users true, but for the bulk of people where ”just use this app instead” has worked previously, will not do it anymore. Whole lotta more hoops to jump through and google knows many will not be able to.
The ads seem to be pretty variable depending on usage so I suspect not everyone is seeing the same thing. I rarely use YouTube in any form. When I do and I'm rawdogging it for whatever reason, it seems like I get a few short ads, like 30s or less. They're annoying but not awful.
A friend keeps YouTube running constantly on his TV in the background while he works. He gets so many ads and they're so long! Like several minutes of ads, mostly unskippable, over the course of a 15 minute video. I don't know how people deal with that shit.
I clearly need to up my adblock game. But do y'all also use PeerTube, Nebula, Curiosity Stream? Happy to vote with dollars if there's a good candidate.
My issue with those sites is that since they're not direct mirrors, they don't have a dedicated archive. And since archive.org has stopped saving youtube videos, that could lead to a lot of lost media. It's a cultural cornerstone that's been around for nearly two decades. If I can't access 15 year old YGOTAS videos then it's just not a viable replacement to me lol
Am I bad because I pay for YouTube? I watch it so so much on different devices and also use YouTube music instead of Spotify. The paid teir hasn't undergone enshittification yet (it always does). Thats when ill stop.
I'm long past the point of even considering paying Google a dime for other people's content.
I'm getting sick of titles like these "... this changes everything...", "scientists are mystified", "...nobody knew...", or some ridicoulus question as title. Majority of creators are hinting lately that yt "suggests" how to title and organize the topic for maximum visibility and monetization. In effect mandating their enshittification features.
Nvm, the moment NewPipe stops being able to play a video in a normay way is the end of yt for me. Just like I left reddit for lemmy.
I’d suggest already exploring alternatives now.
There’s front ends, alternate links, … all with pro’s and cons.
I will say though, once you stop using an account and cut out the feed/algo out of your diet it becomes apparent very quick how much of a grip they hold on our attention just by the layout and such. Now I just check 2 channels every few days and even that’s losing my interest.
Nothing wrong with that. I pay for YouTube premium. Tbh I got fed up with all the hoops on mobile so I just started paying for it and honestly, its been a good fit for me.
I watch a ton of YouTube content so paying for it to support creators and not having ads is fine with me.
I too pay for youtube because i also use music and use it in 3 separated place. Honestly it worth it for me, and it's not as expensive even after the price hike recently. Until it gone to the shitter i'll keep using it.
Ublock origin has been working for YouTube for me, they've had some rough patches where YouTube updated and then they had to update, but it's been smooth for the past couple years.
Download the videos with yt-dlp and watch them locally. If you have a home server, you can set it up to automatically download new videos from specific playslists or channels and add them to Jellyfin.
The simple answer is to not use YT, coming from someone that uses YT. Also, if there isn't already, there will be something developed that will do the trick. It's a game of cat and mouse. If they can feed them, then there will be a way to detect them and block them. At least that's my expectation anyway.
Unpopular opinion but youtube + music is good value.
But my journey here was unique.
I grew up during the era when ipods / mp3 players incentivized having personal libraries of music files. After itunes became hostile towards that I switched to Google Music which allowed you to upload music files and stream them to your devices. It was great because I had some obscure remixes and indy band albums that I'd lost the CD for years ago.Ended up paying for Google Music after a 3 month trial.
Eventually Google Music became Youtube Music and with it came Youtube Premium. Tried Spotify but it didn't have some artists that I can't remember now anyways. So I just kept paying for youtube music and not seeing ads on youtube.
We need to pick our battles. I don't see much difference in paying Google for a service than having a Spotify family plan like I do. I know spotify has its own problems and my money would be more ethically spent on some other service, but with everything else going on life I can't be arsed to switch to anything right now. For me it gives enough value for the money spent and that's good enough for now.
For everyone saying they'll leave YT, Google knows there are nine that won't, so they'll keep pushing till they hit the wall where this becomes unprofitable for them.
Personally, if it ever gets to the point that I can't avoid ads on YouTube, I will stop watching, except for the occasional tutorial that I can't find an alternative for--so maybe, a couple of times a year.
Is it easily selfhostable again? I used to have it on my private server but eventually it ate some shit and the configuration of different helpers became too much of a burden.
I guess so? If you follow the docs its pretty easy. Although Invidious is now broken due to recent youtube changes, that always happens tho. Cat and mouse game
Although Invidious is now broken due to recent youtube changes, that always happens tho. Cat and mouse game
Yeah I really needed it tonight and it was a major disappointment that all of the public instances are broken with no ETA on being fixed. As I mentioned in another thread, I love invidious, I'm deeply grateful to the devs an those who run the public instances, I deeply mourn piped, but I fear for invidious' future. It already seems like a once much more thriving community has been struggling to keep going. Like, it was sad to see ggtyler leave the scene, though I get why and can't blame him.
I know it's self hostable of course but I don't think most people are willing to do that, tbh I'm not even sure I am. But I guess I'd have no other choice if the public instances all went kaput because I will not be using that disgusting site youtube and giving them more traffic. I'd be too bitter to be able to enjoy or even focus on any of the videos.
oh yeah, reddit even banned the sub for it, r/invidious. What fuckin' bullshit is that, you know?
I built it mostly for my mum and dad so that dad could download MP3 music and mum could download her sewing videos and play them in VLC.
Thing is, the domain is registered to me, hosted on my own metal, and run in my own house. I don't really think I'm smart enough to fully secure and obfuscate my site, but also not dumb enough to let the public go ham on it while exposing myself to legal action from one of the most powerful companies on earth.
If I get time soon, I'll try to spin up a clone with some layers of protection and anonymity, and share that.
I'll check out Nebula if YouTube gets to the point where I can't avoid ads. But, till then, I won't pay for what I can get free, simple as. If it comes to it, and most of the producers are there that I want to see, I will pay, whereas I won't knowingly give Google one cent. I expect, though, if Nebula gets popular enough, they too will start with ads.
For the ppl who didn't read it properly: Its an unskippable ad feature, like we have in cable tv, but ONLY for TV audience. Don't think it is going to be implemented on browser based sessions.
I only watch for shows not anywhere else. For instance, Tested, Perkins Brothers, Sabine, Louis Rossman, TechMoan, Just have a think, William Spaniel, etc.
Why even watch YouTube anymore? I might even do something no one would think they would do: download an offline AI slop generator. Slightly better than staring at a wall.
Are you and I watching the same YouTube? People are making really cool stuff, as they always have and always will, and that stuff happens to be in YouTube right now.
Honestly debatable. I've seen more and more good channels depart or stop posting, or others gradually turn into "react" content channels that only discuss tiktok drama or politics. Even so-called Breadtube for smaller channels has become synonymous with that embedded stereotype.
I compared a screenshot I took of my subscriptions feed from a year ago to now and was startled by the amount of change in incendiary content. It's like the definition of doomscrolling.
I used to spend over 4 hours a day on youtube just watching video essays and skit comedy, but now I split most of that time across writing, itch.io, and catching up on anime. I have so much more free time I finally decided to start One Piece lmao (might try finishing Bleach too)
Thank gawd I learned how to read. Big changes are coming from the corpo nazi sector and my response will be the same. Lets tango nazis..... I mean at this point google is a nazi military contractor so at some point we are going to have to detach from the titty. The world we used to know is gone... They are no longer trying to please us and this is a blessing because we need to detach from the titty. Hopefully moving on to better platforms. Youtube is a boomers website like the dusty turd website for anti social boomers that goes by the name of facebook. I hope you don't use facebook. Anywhooo out with the old in with the new.
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atropa@piefed.social · 194 pts · 170d
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip · 31 pts · 170d
to the people who read stuff on /c/technology, likely not.
username_1@programming.dev · 13 pts · 170d
snooggums@piefed.world · 46 pts · 170d
American here, I hate ads and haven't seen any on YouTube for years. Well, other than movie trailers and stuff I chose to watch intentionally.
OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 170d
Same here. It's jarring to use someone else's device. AdGuard does a great job on my phone.
redlemace@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
you guys go to YT ? I wonder how and why it's still out there. They make it so obvious they don't want people to watch video's there
atropa@piefed.social · 2 pts · 169d
Pamasich@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 169d
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 122 pts · 170d
laughs in uBlock Origin
Damarus@feddit.org · 25 pts · 170d
Well currently they're delaying the video start by the time it would have taken the ad to play. It's still better than having to actually watch ads, but blockers are not in the best position right now.
Dagamant@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 170d
That’s what they say but not what I’m experiencing. Either way, blank screen is better than ads
Nindelofocho@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 170d
Same here. They really underestimate how much more annoying ads are
Lfrith@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 170d
athatet@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 169d
I’m not watching ads so it’s doing exactly what I want it to thank you very much.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 169d
What delay? click vid, yt asks if I want to know why my connection is slow, by the time I read that the vid plays. FF+UBO+Linux
arcine@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 169d
Prox@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 170d
On your TV?
nulluser@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 170d
I'm not the person you're responding to, but I'm running SmartTube on an Nvidia Shield here. Works amazing.
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 170d
It astonishes me that the shield is still the best of the streaming boxes after all these years.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 170d
its still very capable, but best depends. iirc there are certain audio formats the shield doesnt support.
i personally would love a new shield using ~switch 2 soc just so i can move emulation/lower end pc onto it.
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 170d
What format does the shield not support that other boxes do support?
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 170d
I went to go look it up for my old setup, turns out its mainly for the older models, as the codecs are only supported on the newer revisions of the shield tv.
though with the shield tv, one of the missing things that would be nice to have would be AV1 support (as Nvidia only supported AV1 starting with Ampere based gpus)
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 170d
It’s so versatile. One of the last great products Nvidia came up with before shooting up AI crack.
Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 22 pts · 170d
I mean there are ways, like pihole, but I like the simple option of a really long hdmi cable that I use to plug my computer into the TV, so I never have to use any of the shitty built in TV apps.
Edit: not pihole, apparently.
Decq@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 170d
pihole hasn't worked for years to block youtube ads, no?
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 170d
You’re correct. Pihole works at the DNS level. Since YouTube hosts their ads on the same servers that host their videos, blocking the ads with DNS would also block the videos. Which I guess it technically works to block YT ads, but that’s a little like saying “set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.”
Decq@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
I thought so too, but maybe I missed something new with Pihole/YT Ads.
Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 170d
Honestly, I've not used it, I just know of it. From a quick search it looks like you're right tho, you'd probably need to use an external device like an android box or something.
guy@piefed.social · 1 pts · 169d
What, it works for me? Put on an 8 hour video while doing chores and had ads every 5 minutes. Filled with rage I installed pihole and no more ads.
Decq@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
I'm curious how. Maybe a different region? I don't have Pihole anymore but it didn't use to do anything for me for YouTube. Luckily we have uBlock.
guy@piefed.social · 1 pts · 166d
Maybe? My region is Sweden. I really haven't had any ads on YouTube since installing pihole. "Works on my machine"
dkppunk@piefed.social · 14 pts · 170d
I would love to run a long hdmi cable from my pc to my tv, but I have rabbits and they like the spicy hay
Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 170d
Oh no, I feel that, we had an orange kitty who adored his electric spaghetti! We had to run cables through that tube conduit stuff everywhere >.<
dkppunk@piefed.social · 3 pts · 170d
Oh the orange ones are the most fun. I had a couple oranges as a kid and they were so sweet and so dumb. I loved them lol
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 170d
Look for an armored HDMI cable. They are wrapped in a steel jacket. Conduit is also an option.
dkppunk@piefed.social · 1 pts · 169d
Conduit is probably the best option, I just haven’t done anything with it yet. And I might have to convince partner to cut some holes in the wall to make that work. I’ll eventually figure it out.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 169d
So I was watching Forrest Gump and he’s running through the jungles of Viet Nam. All of a sudden he stops running. And I know that’s not right because he hasn’t rescued “him” yet.
Turns out my jerk face rabbit chewed through the Ethernet cable.
Rabbits do love that spicy hay.
dkppunk@piefed.social · 2 pts · 169d
And we love them even with their destructive habits. I love my two babies 😊
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 169d
When he was still with us, we loved our jerk face too.
Rabbit Tax:
dkppunk@piefed.social · 2 pts · 169d
What a handsome fella he was! Thank you for sharing.
Here are my buns
excursion22@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 170d
Yeah I unsmarted my TV and just threw Mint on an old laptop. FreeTube works great on there.
Mac@mander.xyz · 14 pts · 170d
I have this thing called a DisplayPort cable. So yes, uBlock origin on my TV.
Edit: I'm realizing this might be coming across really shitty, but i promise I'm just intending some tongue-in-cheek dry joking.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 170d
Smart tube is GOATED.
djdarren@piefed.social · 7 pts · 170d
I have a script that takes a YT URL on my clipboard and uses yt-dlp to download it to my Jellyfin folder so I can watch on my Apple TV on The Big Telly.
Fuck adverts.
Quicky@piefed.social · 4 pts · 170d
If you’ve got a VPN, just install that on your Apple TV. Google doesn’t show ads in certain countries (the list is Googleable). That was an absolute game changer for me.
galacticbackhoe@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
I haven't tried it personally, but have heard good things:
https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat
Lfrith@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 170d
projektilski@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 170d
There are some options on some TVs. WebOS has an app which can be sideloaded.
Quicky@piefed.social · 3 pts · 170d
I use an Apple TV, but I assume it’s the same as any other streaming box or appropriate smart TV.
The absolute piece-of-piss way to block all YouTube ads on it is to install a VPN like Proton, choose a relevant country (easily googleable), and there will be no ads whatsoever in YouTube.
Google doesn’t serve ads on YouTube in a handful of countries.
Sxan@piefed.zip · -1 pts · 170d
Probably a fair percentage of users block þeir smart TVs from connecting to þe internet.
m3t00@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 170d
/me chuckles in umatrix
Beep@lemmus.org · -1 pts · 170d
Actually, YouTube is cracking down on adblockers.
So while you might not feel the pain now, you will eventually.
Carnelian@lemmy.world · 98 pts · 170d
They’ve been “cracking down on adblockers” for over a decade
LedgeDrop@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 169d
"They" have also been trying to prevent consumers/us from taking ownership of our devices and data for the last 2-decades.
... and, ya know what? It's working.
knightly@pawb.social · 59 pts · 170d
Nah, if Youtube blocks adblockers then I'll just waste my time elsewhere.
Salvia@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 170d
Nikki@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 170d
real maybe I'll actually go through the mountains of DVDs and blu rays in our apartment
monketman82@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 170d
There's always a workaround..
snooggums@piefed.world · 18 pts · 170d
Firefox + uBlock Origin has worked well for years.
ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 170d
++ SponsorBlock and you got chef's kiss
m3t00@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 170d
+1 combo. privacy badger, ublock origin and umatrix for fine tuning. also a youtube specific addon. seems okay
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 170d
What's a YouTube specific add on?
m3t00@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 170d
then theres this yt related thing. don't think it does much
m3t00@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 170d
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 170d
Are these from reliable sources? I'm always hesitant with extensions as they are given a lot of access and often seem to be from shady sources.
SorryQuick@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 169d
Because they don’t put the effort in.
Add a simple “the video isn’t served until the ad’s length has elapsed” and suddenly your only workaround is to spend 30s staring at a black screen.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 169d
Better than ads
monketman82@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
Deal.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 170d
Laughs in
Txt file with favorite channels as input for a yt-dlp download script schedule. Combined with a selfhosted invidious and freetube desktop app for other then favorite videos.
Honestly I am really tired of jumping trough hoops, have to make sure yt-dlp and invidious use a proxy (cloudflare warp) or google will ban your ip for being a bot.
But having to deal with the actual YouTube site or reopening my google account is worse. Its not even (but still also) the ads at this point but pure resentment against big tech.
andybytes@programming.dev · 3 pts · 170d
You got that script handy?
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 170d
I wont be home till quite a few hours.
But also its general boilerplate enough an ai can help you get you one according to your own preferences.
There are also a number of examples online.
This one looks pretty interesting https://github.com/panchi64/auto-ytdlp
frongt@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 169d
Why not run tubearchivist or something?
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 169d
First I hear of if but a quick scroll shows it mostly to organize an existing collection so you would still need to download.
I put them straight into jellyfin which works fine for me.
thetrekkersparky@startrek.website · 9 pts · 170d
The day I have to watch ads is the same day I stop youtube. So far ad blocks seem to work well for now and I'm more than willing to spend hours getting them working if needed.
Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 170d
When it reaches that point I'll stop watching YouTube. I will never feel the pain they inflict.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 3 pts · 170d
I feel the pain anytime I look at a video outside of my browser. So if it becomes where I can't find a workaround, then I'll just have to go elsewhere. And there will be other places. There are other places, it's just hard to get people to not go to or be on the big one. Push people hard enough, they'll leave.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social · 3 pts · 170d
Cracking down just means I don't watch the content, still not getting ads.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 169d
The moment I'm unable to watch YouTube ad-free is the moment I never watch YouTube again.
Pamasich@kbin.earth · -2 pts · 169d
btsax@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 169d
Is your friend using a chromium browser?
solidsmoke@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 170d
If they just made the ads unintrusive people wouldn't bother installing adblockers. But sure make the ads longer and see what happens.
just2look@lemmy.zip · 32 pts · 170d
Also changed how ads are served so they wouldn't be a known security issue. Intrusive or not I will block all of them until security improves.
stoy@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 170d
I have said it before, and I'll say it again.
As an IT guy I consider an adblocker an essential part of my computer security suite.
I will not reconsider until there are laws in place forcing website owners to take legal and financial responsibility for any damage sustained to my computer when visiting their site, and loading their ads.
IF the laws are changed like that, I would reconsider getting rid of my adblocker, ai still wouldn't but I would reconsider the issue.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 170d
djdarren@piefed.social · 7 pts · 170d
It's like you don't care about stonks and shareholder value.
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 169d
I care about those things.
I want them to go down faster >:)
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 6 pts · 169d
Exactly, people used to love ads. They would sit down and watch hour long compilation videos of the funniest and weirdest ones. People would get hyped for shit like Old Spice and Skittles and never skip it. Even the Superbowl was less entertaining than the ads it had and that was a mainstream opinion.
It's the exact same as the boomers who keep crowing "Why doesn't anyone wanna work?!" but now it's "Why doesn't anyone want ads?!" lmao
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 170d
If they made ads unobtrusive they wouldn’t be able to charge as much for them.
murmelade@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 169d
Wrong. Still would.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 3 pts · 169d
Nah, take a look at the stats of the number of people who tried out an adblocker for the first time when Youtube attempted to ban them several months back. Streisand Effect in action.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 169d
Back in the day it was just some stuff, like "bosch screwdrivers, 29.90" or something, now it's attention grabbing hyper annoying crap, who can even live with that?
Pamasich@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 169d
Most people still would.
I personally wouldn't, that's why I use Adblock Plus. But there's a reason everyone started hating on ABP when it started allowing non-intrusive ads by default. Most people do not want to see ads at all, no matter what.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 51 pts · 169d
My smart tube app wasn't working tonight so watched YouTube on the normal app. I can't believe people live like this, it's actually unwatchable.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 169d
Seriously bro! I got revanced on my phone and smart tube next on the tv. I legit had to think about the last time I used the official app and it was nothing but angry memories. Waking up in the middle of a, and I'm not making this up, hour plus long ad! Always auto playing some ai slop bullshit about some murder or something slightly cosmological.
I was jarred by an ad playing during LOTR on HBO just now.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 168d
yeah. I will go to look something up that I need or want to watch, but I'm often bailing halfway through that advertisement. it's not even worth my time
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 169d
If you run Fcast receiver on your android TV device, you can cast to it from Grayjay without ads.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 168d
There's an abundance of work arounds, for certain. I've been using NewPipe for a year or two now.
Mostly just annoying to go through this ritual of jury rigging every new device to use basic Internet services.
Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 168d
Okay how good is Smart Tube for ypu? I downloaded it to my family Fire TV but my mom just refuses to use it, so we watch long, loud, unbearable ads all the time. I get that there's no algorithm to find videos, but can you import subscriptions? My mom has noticed YT never shows her a few of her subscribed channels in her recommended anymore.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 167d
It's great. I'm pretty sure you can sign in so you get your algorithm and subscriptions. But it's an incredible app. Infinitely better than the normal YouTube app.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 50 pts · 170d
What's the end game with YouTube? Will it eventually cut all videos and show nothing but ads?
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 17 pts · 169d
The ironic part is that there was a time where I'd watch hours long compilation videos of funny ads, and even now I watch 90s nostalgia ones set to vaporwave mixes. Hell, every person and their grandmother I knew at one time watched the Superbowl "just for the ads".
At some point, the goal of marketing shifted from "How do we keep your attention/whimsy" to "How can we force unwilling participants to comply?" Fuck that fascismo shit.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 169d
That's always been the goal of marketing.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 169d
Demolition Man becoming increasingly prescient.
dellish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 169d
Ahhh, so similar to Facebook then. I don't bother with that site either.
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
All-Despising Baby Skull
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 169d
It's called enshittification.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 170d
Time to double down on the adblocks, then. I get it conceptually, but I still don't understand this need for infinite growth at everyone's expense.
Soup@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 170d
Right? If I don’t otherwise pay for the service then sure, some ads are fine. Problem is that at this point I’m seeing ads every few minutes, and if the video restarts in a weird spot and reloads funny after I reopen my laptop I might even get the same ads looping after literally two seconds of video.
Also, I was paying for the service and then they gave a fuckload of support to Israel to spread propaganda so I stopped.
mikedd@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 169d
GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 169d
Do the right thing!
TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 169d
But like all corporations once that IPO went through they abandoned any semblance of morality at the alter of obscene profit.
BiomedOtaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 169d
Dam ads exist ? Been on YouTube Revanced for 5 years now 😂😂🖕🖕 fuck you google.
I'd very much suggest everyone try YouTube Revanced.
Tiresia@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 169d
Though android is likely going to crack down on them before the end of the year, so new users should switch to a degoogled or open source phone OS.
Or download the videos using ytdlp, and use a cable to transfer them to your phone like it's 2012.
BiomedOtaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 169d
I'm on graphene is already
Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 169d
Im using 1Blocker on Safari macOS and iOS and get no ads on YouTube.
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 169d
Thanks, Google. I was trying to cut down my usage of YouTube.
What are the best Fedi alternatives?
sefra1@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 169d
Peertube, but lacks content.
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 169d
If that's the only issue, then it's good enough.
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
It's what Lemmy was when I started up after reddit killed their 3rd party apps. Like a year later Lemmy exploded
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
Peertube it is, then.
aquovie@lemmy.cafe · 7 pts · 169d
When I checked the Fedi alternatives were far-right hangouts. Part of that unfortunate "free speech absolutist" == "asshole" phase.
It's not Fediverse but I like Nebula. It's more like a co-op so I don't mind paying for it at all.
moseschrute@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 169d
Not fediverse, but Nebula is good
The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 169d
I don't think it's fedi but I like odysee
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 3 pts · 169d
Invidious if you don't wanna install a bunch of software
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 169d
I mean alternative platforms, not alternative ways to use YouTube (although this looks useful in the meantime, so thanks anyway)
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 169d
Nebula sound promising.
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 169d
MaeBorowski@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 169d
https://tankie.tube/
BlakeFox808@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 169d
Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 168d
WATCH THE ADS OR IT'S PIRACY!
m3t00@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 170d
yt pops up that 'slowdowns? read more...' nag while i'm not watching the ad. make me feel special
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 8 pts · 170d
The slowdown is becsuse the adblocker had to take an additional 0.002 seconds to block the ads.
m3t00@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 170d
seems to pause for 5-10 seconds, while the ad plays out of sight. i can wait
pfr@piefed.social · 15 pts · 169d
Grayjay, feetube, Smartube, Newpipe etc etc...
Scrollone@feddit.it · 8 pts · 169d
It's all fine and fun until Google prevents people from installing third party APKs in a few months...
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 4 pts · 169d
Invidious
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 169d
Can they? Because I've got a modified YouTube ipa on my iPhone and that's more closed than Android could ever become in the span of the next few months.
HolidayGreed@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 169d
Where can I find more info about this .ipa?
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 169d
I don't remember the exact procedure for this, but here's the summary. You'll first want to install sidestore or sidestore + livecontainer. Computer needed for that. You'll also want a stock YouTube ipa file that you can then mod with YouTube Plus or similar utility.
You'll have to update livecontainer (if you installed it) and YouTube every 7 days unless you have a dev license but Sidestore does it with a single button press in-app so it's not that inconvenient. You can install ipas within sidestore (limited amount at a time) or livecontainer (as many as you want I believe, but it's more complicated) without connecting to a computer once the initial setup is done
workgood@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 169d
hietsu@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 169d
For us advanced users true, but for the bulk of people where ”just use this app instead” has worked previously, will not do it anymore. Whole lotta more hoops to jump through and google knows many will not be able to.
Scrollone@feddit.it · 1 pts · 169d
There will be an advanced flow for now, maybe (they didn't explain how it will work). But our freedom is getting restricted nonetheless
The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 169d
We've got a business model that didn't even exist 25 years ago, and we're making insane money!
How can we fuck it up?
RblScmNerfHerder@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 168d
What are 'ads'? 🤷🏼
SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 168d
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 168d
The ads seem to be pretty variable depending on usage so I suspect not everyone is seeing the same thing. I rarely use YouTube in any form. When I do and I'm rawdogging it for whatever reason, it seems like I get a few short ads, like 30s or less. They're annoying but not awful.
A friend keeps YouTube running constantly on his TV in the background while he works. He gets so many ads and they're so long! Like several minutes of ads, mostly unskippable, over the course of a 15 minute video. I don't know how people deal with that shit.
RblScmNerfHerder@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 167d
Man, they must LOVE people like him!
Surely, he must know he's actively contributing to the issue. No?
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 167d
I would be shocked if he cared. It's just not amongst his concerns.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 169d
You just gotta love the headline in the article, it's trying to sell it as a great new feature
Ilumar@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 169d
It is for their target audience. They're not talking to you, they're talking to their customers.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 168d
Oh I know, and that is sort of the point that their customers apparently hate humans
xc2215x@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 170d
What a bad idea.
sturmblast@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 169d
Nothing is ever enough
somtwo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 169d
Line must go up!
pageflight@piefed.social · 8 pts · 170d
I clearly need to up my adblock game. But do y'all also use PeerTube, Nebula, Curiosity Stream? Happy to vote with dollars if there's a good candidate.
this@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 170d
I've been using grayjay lately and when it needs to play an unskipable add you just get a nice looking blank screen to look at instead.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 170d
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 2 pts · 169d
My issue with those sites is that since they're not direct mirrors, they don't have a dedicated archive. And since archive.org has stopped saving youtube videos, that could lead to a lot of lost media. It's a cultural cornerstone that's been around for nearly two decades. If I can't access 15 year old YGOTAS videos then it's just not a viable replacement to me lol
RamRabbit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
Nebula is pretty good and I'm happy to support creators making quality content.
UBlock Origin on Firefox murders all YouTube ads. Works great. Would recommend.
comrade19@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 170d
Am I bad because I pay for YouTube? I watch it so so much on different devices and also use YouTube music instead of Spotify. The paid teir hasn't undergone enshittification yet (it always does). Thats when ill stop.
fierysparrow89@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 169d
I'm long past the point of even considering paying Google a dime for other people's content.
I'm getting sick of titles like these "... this changes everything...", "scientists are mystified", "...nobody knew...", or some ridicoulus question as title. Majority of creators are hinting lately that yt "suggests" how to title and organize the topic for maximum visibility and monetization. In effect mandating their enshittification features.
Nvm, the moment NewPipe stops being able to play a video in a normay way is the end of yt for me. Just like I left reddit for lemmy.
comrade19@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 168d
Yeah damn I refuse to click on that stuff. I like the slow content which is what I'm subscribed to and is all ill watch
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 8 pts · 169d
Yeah you're literally part of the problem lol
You're actively funding enshittification, at least the rest of us are innocent
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 170d
Nah, nothing wrong with that. The problem isn't users, it's what the company expects from users.
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 5 pts · 169d
You’re not bad, google is bad.
I’d suggest already exploring alternatives now. There’s front ends, alternate links, … all with pro’s and cons.
I will say though, once you stop using an account and cut out the feed/algo out of your diet it becomes apparent very quick how much of a grip they hold on our attention just by the layout and such. Now I just check 2 channels every few days and even that’s losing my interest.
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 170d
Nothing wrong with that. I pay for YouTube premium. Tbh I got fed up with all the hoops on mobile so I just started paying for it and honestly, its been a good fit for me.
I watch a ton of YouTube content so paying for it to support creators and not having ads is fine with me.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 169d
How much do they actually get from that?
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
According to an LTT video that broke down thier revenue about 11 months ago, 45% of your premium sub is divided among creators that you watch.
Not sure how thats calculated, but it seems to be a pretty sizable chunk according to LTT.
Skip to around 4:50 in the video
https://youtu.be/GeCP-0nuziE
NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 170d
I sure like it. "Free" YouTube is like using a browser without an blocker now - I forget how bad it is and I can't believe people live like that.
Being able to cancel Spotify was a nice bonus too.
RamRabbit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
What do you mean? UBlock Origin kills all the YouTube ads. Not giving money to Google is perfectly fine.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 169d
I have literally never seen a YouTube ad, I think, in my entire life. I would never pay for that experience.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 1 pts · 169d
That's why they invented adblock lol
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 169d
I too pay for youtube because i also use music and use it in 3 separated place. Honestly it worth it for me, and it's not as expensive even after the price hike recently. Until it gone to the shitter i'll keep using it.
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
null@lemmy.org · 7 pts · 170d
What's the best way to avoid the ads if you can't just block them with your router anymore?
Coolcoder360@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 170d
Ublock origin has been working for YouTube for me, they've had some rough patches where YouTube updated and then they had to update, but it's been smooth for the past couple years.
null@lemmy.org · 2 pts · 169d
That works fine on my pc or phone, but it's not a viable solution for a tv.
RamRabbit@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 169d
Hook an old PC up to your TV and use a wireless keyboard to control it. Don't use the TV's software.
pycorax@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 170d
Download the videos with yt-dlp and watch them locally. If you have a home server, you can set it up to automatically download new videos from specific playslists or channels and add them to Jellyfin.
BassTurd@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 170d
The simple answer is to not use YT, coming from someone that uses YT. Also, if there isn't already, there will be something developed that will do the trick. It's a game of cat and mouse. If they can feed them, then there will be a way to detect them and block them. At least that's my expectation anyway.
this@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 170d
Grayjay has been working well for me lately. I expect I'll just see more "waiting for media to become availible" screens soon.
minorkeys@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 168d
Good thing YouTube itself is skippable.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 170d
I'm using Unhook and uO for browsers, and Freetube on PC or Newpipe on the phone.
I'm also tweaking an Android box to be able to use only Newpipe.
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 169d
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 1 pts · 169d
Duckplayer on Android also skips ads!
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 169d
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
Canconda@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 169d
Unpopular opinion but youtube + music is good value.
But my journey here was unique.
I grew up during the era when ipods / mp3 players incentivized having personal libraries of music files. After itunes became hostile towards that I switched to Google Music which allowed you to upload music files and stream them to your devices. It was great because I had some obscure remixes and indy band albums that I'd lost the CD for years ago.Ended up paying for Google Music after a 3 month trial.
Eventually Google Music became Youtube Music and with it came Youtube Premium. Tried Spotify but it didn't have some artists that I can't remember now anyways. So I just kept paying for youtube music and not seeing ads on youtube.
Beep@lemmus.org · -7 pts · 169d
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 169d
We need to pick our battles. I don't see much difference in paying Google for a service than having a Spotify family plan like I do. I know spotify has its own problems and my money would be more ethically spent on some other service, but with everything else going on life I can't be arsed to switch to anything right now. For me it gives enough value for the money spent and that's good enough for now.
Canconda@lemmy.ca · -1 pts · 169d
Maybe youre too young to remember when iTunes charged $15 for a digital album in .AAC
Thanks for making lemmy just a little bit redditer. I'll block you now
Beep@lemmus.org · -1 pts · 169d
I am talking about ethics here. Not your favourite method of listening to music.
Paying money to Google is one of the worst unethical decisions you can do.
Hate me as you want, but this is just the raw truth.
reddig33@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 170d
Pure greed.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 170d
Time to donate to Invidious I guess.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 3 pts · 169d
That's the spirit!
Meanwhile everyone keeps donating to Youtube Premium and then complaining about it lol
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
No, they saw that comment and YT went and did something that fucked invidious today.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 169d
For everyone saying they'll leave YT, Google knows there are nine that won't, so they'll keep pushing till they hit the wall where this becomes unprofitable for them.
Personally, if it ever gets to the point that I can't avoid ads on YouTube, I will stop watching, except for the occasional tutorial that I can't find an alternative for--so maybe, a couple of times a year.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 5 pts · 169d
Y'all still on YouSlop?
Invidious gang rise up!
hietsu@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 169d
Is it easily selfhostable again? I used to have it on my private server but eventually it ate some shit and the configuration of different helpers became too much of a burden.
Fijxu@programming.dev · 2 pts · 169d
I guess so? If you follow the docs its pretty easy. Although Invidious is now broken due to recent youtube changes, that always happens tho. Cat and mouse game
MaeBorowski@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 169d
Yeah I really needed it tonight and it was a major disappointment that all of the public instances are broken with no ETA on being fixed. As I mentioned in another thread, I love invidious, I'm deeply grateful to the devs an those who run the public instances, I deeply mourn piped, but I fear for invidious' future. It already seems like a once much more thriving community has been struggling to keep going. Like, it was sad to see ggtyler leave the scene, though I get why and can't blame him.
I know it's self hostable of course but I don't think most people are willing to do that, tbh I'm not even sure I am. But I guess I'd have no other choice if the public instances all went kaput because I will not be using that disgusting site youtube and giving them more traffic. I'd be too bitter to be able to enjoy or even focus on any of the videos.
oh yeah, reddit even banned the sub for it, r/invidious. What fuckin' bullshit is that, you know?
DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 170d
Nah.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 170d
The private yt-dlp/ffmpeg/python3 webapp I made to download YouTube videos just got 10 threads wider, and YouTube is gonna pay for it
sonofearth@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 170d
Agent641@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 169d
I built it mostly for my mum and dad so that dad could download MP3 music and mum could download her sewing videos and play them in VLC.
Thing is, the domain is registered to me, hosted on my own metal, and run in my own house. I don't really think I'm smart enough to fully secure and obfuscate my site, but also not dumb enough to let the public go ham on it while exposing myself to legal action from one of the most powerful companies on earth.
If I get time soon, I'll try to spin up a clone with some layers of protection and anonymity, and share that.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 169d
opening up the instance is very risky indeed, but I think they meant the source code
Agent641@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
Ah, well that I can probably do, once I tidy up my code a bit and properly document the tech stack
Liketearsinrain@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 170d
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 169d
I'll check out Nebula if YouTube gets to the point where I can't avoid ads. But, till then, I won't pay for what I can get free, simple as. If it comes to it, and most of the producers are there that I want to see, I will pay, whereas I won't knowingly give Google one cent. I expect, though, if Nebula gets popular enough, they too will start with ads.
RblScmNerfHerder@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 169d
Hatshepsut@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 170d
Freetube works great. You’ll get IP blacklisted, VPN fixes that.
GuyIncognito@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 169d
I support Iran striking Google offices and datacentres
crypt0cler1c@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 169d
Hopefully content creators upload to other platforms. I'm loving my media stack between Nebula and Patreon. There are tons of good services out there.
Imagine if we started browsing the web again instead of depending on one company, one app, one algo...
projektilski@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 169d
How will they be unskippable?
kunaltyagi@programming.dev · 7 pts · 169d
Server will not send you more video till you answer a survey correctly about the ad /s
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 169d
Weren't they saying last year they will be doing that? did they delay it, or what happened?
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
projektilski@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 169d
So they will be skippable :)
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
idkman@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 169d
For the ppl who didn't read it properly: Its an unskippable ad feature, like we have in cable tv, but ONLY for TV audience. Don't think it is going to be implemented on browser based sessions.
Hiro8811@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 168d
Who?
utopiah@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
Genuinely no idea why people keep on using YouTube. There are countless quality alternatives, from Vimeo to PeerTube to torrents.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
I only watch for shows not anywhere else. For instance, Tested, Perkins Brothers, Sabine, Louis Rossman, TechMoan, Just have a think, William Spaniel, etc.
baatliwala@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 169d
I gave up some time back and bought Premium Lite, it's cheap enough and I extensively watch YouTube on TV. At least the creators get a cut I guess...
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · -2 pts · 170d
Why even watch YouTube anymore? I might even do something no one would think they would do: download an offline AI slop generator. Slightly better than staring at a wall.
Joelk111@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 169d
Are you and I watching the same YouTube? People are making really cool stuff, as they always have and always will, and that stuff happens to be in YouTube right now.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 2 pts · 169d
Honestly debatable. I've seen more and more good channels depart or stop posting, or others gradually turn into "react" content channels that only discuss tiktok drama or politics. Even so-called Breadtube for smaller channels has become synonymous with that embedded stereotype.
I compared a screenshot I took of my subscriptions feed from a year ago to now and was startled by the amount of change in incendiary content. It's like the definition of doomscrolling.
I used to spend over 4 hours a day on youtube just watching video essays and skit comedy, but now I split most of that time across writing, itch.io, and catching up on anime. I have so much more free time I finally decided to start One Piece lmao (might try finishing Bleach too)
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 169d
Ads are getting worse, too bad, it was good while it lasted.
Joelk111@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 169d
I haven't watched an ad on YouTube in years.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 169d
May I suggest reading a book
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 169d
On my list somewhere actually, but I need to notnfeel existential anxiety to do that.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 169d
Why are these the only three options lol
andybytes@programming.dev · -3 pts · 170d
Thank gawd I learned how to read. Big changes are coming from the corpo nazi sector and my response will be the same. Lets tango nazis..... I mean at this point google is a nazi military contractor so at some point we are going to have to detach from the titty. The world we used to know is gone... They are no longer trying to please us and this is a blessing because we need to detach from the titty. Hopefully moving on to better platforms. Youtube is a boomers website like the dusty turd website for anti social boomers that goes by the name of facebook. I hope you don't use facebook. Anywhooo out with the old in with the new.
merde@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 170d
boomers are still watching TV with channels to zap and a remote.
if a boomer is on fecesbook, that's to look at their grandkids' photos.
When was the last time you talked to a boomer?
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 2 pts · 169d
Anyone a year older than a zoomer to them is a boomer lmfao
moonshadow@slrpnk.net · -2 pts · 170d
Everyone with cable is dead now, yt through the built-in app on a crappy smart tv is definitely 'boomer' activity
riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 170d
detatch from the titty