Beep@lemmus.org to TechnologyEnglish · edit-221 days agoYouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippableblog.googleexternal-linkmessage-square229linkfedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down112file-text
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minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·21 days agoFirefox + uBlock Origin has worked well for years.
minus-squareilillilillilillilillilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 days ago++ SponsorBlock and you got chef’s kiss
minus-squarem3t00🌎🇺🇦linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days ago+1 combo. privacy badger, ublock origin and umatrix for fine tuning. also a youtube specific addon. seems okay
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoWhat’s a YouTube specific add on?
minus-squarem3t00🌎🇺🇦linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·21 days agothen theres this yt related thing. don’t think it does much
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 days agoAre 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.
minus-squarem3t00🌎🇺🇦linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agofirefox addons. they almost all have a ‘not maintained’ warning. use at your own risk, as they say
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoBecause 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.
There’s always a workaround…
Firefox + uBlock Origin has worked well for years.
++ SponsorBlock and you got chef’s kiss
+1 combo. privacy badger, ublock origin and umatrix for fine tuning. also a youtube specific addon. seems okay
What’s a YouTube specific add on?
then theres this yt related thing. don’t think it does much
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.
firefox addons. they almost all have a ‘not maintained’ warning. use at your own risk, as they say
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.
Better than ads
Deal.