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

  • Obinice
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    131 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?

    • @davidgro
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      1 year ago

      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.

      • @bev
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        41 year ago

        Yes Newpipe is godsend!! YouTube on my terms😅😂

      • @MrMcMisterson
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        31 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.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          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.

      • @devfuuu
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        21 year ago

        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.

    • @iliketurtles
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      161 year ago

      You can absolutely block YouTube ads with ublock

    • @AshLassay
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      71 year ago

      It works on desktop. Also Sponsorblock blocks those annoying in-video ads.

      • Obinice
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        11 year ago

        Sponsorblock is great! I especially love how it can help me jump straight to the most important part of a video, great for when half the video is unrelated to the title and you just wanna jump right in!

      • Obinice
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        11 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
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          01 year ago

          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.

    • @Kwaker76
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      31 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.

        • @SGforce
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          21 year ago

          I like newPipe. Gets updated every time youtube does.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        YouTube has not yet fully deployed the use of an anti-adblocker. I’m sure it will happen across the board at some point. When it does you’ll have the same problem with Bravo.

    • @lwuy9v5
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      31 year ago

      ublock on mozilla for android or desktop does work.

    • Nioxic
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      11 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

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      A web site host can employ scripts to detect the use of an adblocker by the client agent. It trips a flag and shuts down access to the site. A blocker can filter ads from incoming data, but there’s nothing it can do to force the server to provide data.