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YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (9 children)

this is all bullshit btw, it won't do anything for thirdparty clients and yt-dlp for example.

This is because blocking is entirely client side now, with no way of youtube determining whether or not its happened at all.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

We'll just copy the video and recast without ads I guess? I do watch several videos many times over for diy, so it would be relatively painless to just download and modify.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

When I have to wade through sixteen different "Would you like to join YouTube Plus!?!?!?!" pop-ups every time I whisper the words "online video" in the direction of my phone, I'm rarely inclined to use YouTube to begin with. Its a bad fucking service.

My TV doesn't pull this shit on me. I get Show -> Ads -> Show -> Ads in regularly spaced intervals, like I'm a civilized human being. I don't get WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET SLIGHTLY FEWER ADS!!!!! GIVE ME ~~$8~~ ~~$12~~ ~~$15~~ $20!!!!! every time the fucking thing turns on.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I pay for premium.. but also like my sponsorblock.. and 3rd party clients. Let me have it all momma Google.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I can’t justify premium. For the same price I can buy for my family:

AppleTV+, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+

Or:

YouTube but without ads

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Begun the arms race have .

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

The demise of Youtube begins

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

I think it is time to bring back The Wadsworth Constant!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Meaning they can bury that toxic ad placement bidding now?

No need to answer, i know they wont.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (5 children)

there is a plugin I bought, it's community driven where you can tag sections of the video as ad, sponsored, etc, and auto skip it. it's really nice, was like $5. will post when I find the link, but even if ads are server side, this plugin will skip. someone has to bite the bullet though and tag time stamps unfortunately.

found it, called dearrow, also changed clikcbait thumbnails and titles are editable by community.

https://dearrow.ajay.app/

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