Probably not but one can hope… to the Fediverse lemmings!

  • Obinice@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get that though, it’s not possible to block YouTube ads, so the adblocker, ublock etc, is only blocking ads on other websites unrelated to YouTube. It’s got nothing to do with them.

    So… What gives?

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      They work great on desktop browsers, maybe yours isn’t configured right?

      And on Android there are alternatives…

      I watch a lot of YouTube though (mostly science channels) so I will probably be forced to start paying. I don’t like it.

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        I don’t think I have ever seen any ads on YouTube on any of my devices. Only seen ads and was utterly chocked by it on other people devices. Adblock on youtube certainly works.

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        1 year ago

        Use VPN, switch country to turkey, pay 20 bucks for a year of youtube premium. It sucks, but 20 bucks is more affordable than the 10 per month they are asking.

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          I’m lazy, I use NewPipe and Firefox for Android (with uBlock), and I just don’t see ads. Arrg!

          I do try to buy stuff from creators I care about though so they keep going, but I will not use YouTube directly as long as they track everything I do.

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        1 year ago

        Huh interesting, I have ublock origin in chrome and it’s never blocked a YouTube and, I was under the impression that Google does clever stuff to basically serve ads the same way as videos, so you can’t block one without the other.

        I used to use Vanced too, until it was discontinued the other year :-(

        Most of my YouTube watching is on my LG WebOS TV though, and unfortunately even pihole DNS blocking, the only thing I can do with the TV, can’t block any of it :-(

        • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@lemmy.world
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          Vanced discontinued development, but the app itself continues to work. Plus, I’m pretty sure they just rebranded and re-released a different app that doesn’t just rip off YouTube’s logo and whatnot. I just don’t know what it’s called now. ReVanced, I think.

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      1 year ago

      You watch an ad, the marketing company pays youtube

      then youtube pays the creator a share of that

      and youtube uses the rest for their employees, server fees etc

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      1 year ago

      Bravo browser on Android does a great job at blocking ads on YouTube. After the demise of Vanced this is how I watch YouTube.

    • HughJanus
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      1 year ago

      it’s not possible to block YouTube ads

      Why would you think that?

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      1 year ago

      it’s not possible to block YouTube ads

      Why would you think that?