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[FeralEcho]

Gimme all the ads you can give you greedy fucks.I still aint paying for your garbage premium shit.

 

[Nobody_Important]

I'm blown away people actually wqtch youtubers.

My youtube usage is I need a tutorial for something so its a one time use. I use Spotify for music so don't use music. I sometimes Google something and if there is a video result I may check out one or two. I might watch a fails compilation if I'm bored out of my head. I find it hard to believe so many people use it as a proper service. It's wild to me.

There is genuinely good content to found on YouTube if you know where to look. Especially if you are into cars, metal working, wood working, music, collectables of any kind, etc etc. The list goes on and on.



90% of YouTube is not the moronic crayon eaters that seem to get the majority of the attention and drama. There are real people with real thoughts, experiences and information to give that deserve an audience of similar interests.

 

[AGRacing]

The ad situation has become absurd on YouTube.. I've just abandoned videos several times in recent history when the 2 ad unskippable block shows up. It has resulted in less consumption of their content for sure.

There was also a time where I used to watch Youtube while falling asleep... certain Norm MacDonald clips , etc. Now I'm the middle of such videos they'll throw in a 2 and a half minute long and loud ad for a fucking hoodie or something where they repeat the same stupid shit 100 times.

 

[Nobody_Important]

The ad situation has become absurd on YouTube.. I've just abandoned videos several times in recent history when the 2 ad unskippable block shows up. It has resulted in less consumption of their content for sure.

There was also a time where I used to watch Youtube while falling asleep... certain Norm MacDonald clips , etc. Now I'm the middle of such videos they'll throw in a 2 and a half minute long and loud ad for a fucking hoodie or something where they repeat the same stupid shit 100 times.

Fun fact if you get ads you don't like or you can't skip just back out and jump back into the video. It only takes a few seconds, but you will reset the order to possibly get a 5 sec skipper instead of a 15+ sec ad.


You can also just report the ad to skip past it though YT doesn't always allow this.

 

[Harold Lloyd]

You guys obviously have much more exciting lives than me if you don't have time to sit through 20 secs of ads on videos you want to watch to pay for a service that you don't pay for...

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Listen, I understand that they have to make money but throwing 3 ads before a video starts and 2-3 others in the middle of the video is not the answer since it renders the whole experience insufferable.

I literally can't watch YT on my LG TV 'cause of that.

Same here. I use an Apple TV and the YouTube app is virtually unusable. Two ads at the start, and ads constantly littered throughout even the most mundane of videos. I am forced to AirPlay from my iPad (which has Adblock) to get a watchable experience.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

I spend half my life on youtube. Deserve some of my cents.
Well. I didnt pay premium until I needed it running in the background on my phone.

Prior to Youtube offering a subscription, everyone could have YouTube play in the background! They specifically removed this functionality and gated it behind the paywall.

PS: I use an iOS extension called “vinegar” and it allows background YouTube.

 

[Whitecrow]

Prior to Youtube offering a subscription, everyone could have YouTube play in the background! They specifically removed this functionality and gated it behind the paywall.

PS: I use an iOS extension called “vinegar” and it allows background YouTube.

I dont remember being able to have it before premium... anyways, I tried a few things in Android, but they were a hassle. So I ended up paying.
Honestly, paying and forgetting about it gives me mental peace and space, so it's very worth it.

 

[crazyjah2003]

Google is ad-drowning non-paid users to get them to pay. Like hell I will help them achieve that.

Every time I think of them going out of their way to annoy me just so I pay I feel resentful and defeated... Even gave in and paid them for a while despite me... but I cannot always afford it so my life is hell on that front. Not really blaming them since I feel like they need to monetize somehow.

 

[Tams]

I dont remember being able to have it before premium... anyways, I tried a few things in Android, but they were a hassle. So I ended up paying.
Honestly, paying and forgetting about it gives me mental peace and space, so it's very worth it.

Every time I think of them going out of their way to annoy me just so I pay I feel resentful and defeated... Even gave in and paid them for a while despite me... but I cannot always afford it so my life is hell on that front. Not really blaming them since I feel like they need to monetize somehow.

Just use Vivaldi.

 

[jason10mm]

And the worst part is that Google has little to no curation for their ads.
Just recently there were several cases of ads served by Google, on their search engine, were actual malware links.
Hackers were able to just buy ad space on Google, that directed users to viruses.

It's so bad, that even the FBI and other international agencies, recommend users to use adblockers as a safety measure.

Damn, if Google put ALL their knowledge of someone into targeted uncensored ads...

Youtube ad: "Since you like watching step-porn from 10pm to 11pm each night, we think you will LOVE....."

Totally random guy not at all like me: "Uh, honey, I can explain!"

 

[Spyxos]

 

[German Hops]

What do you mean by this?

 

[hyperbertha]

Why is adblock plus doing nothing to bypass this?

 

[Shake Your Rump]

ROFL. Adblockers "violate youtube's terms of service". Hilarious.

edit: glanced at the comments there... one dude actually says "just watch the ads, it's not a big deal". I refuse to believe an actual human being typed that.

 

[Uhtred]

I paid for the premium because 98% of the video content I watch comes from there. Only reason I hang on to Netflix is for the kids.
I think I've had premium for about 2 years, I can only imagine how much worse the ads are now, they were already insufferable back then.

I feel like I get my money's worth out of it, besides the kids I hadn't used any of my streaming services in forever. I was paying like $50 a month for service nobody was using.

lol, the first thing my teenage daughter did when she started working was get herself youtube premium.

Same honestly it’s my main source of watching TV

 

[thatsafakewebsitebro]

I use a cracked version on my phone. It’s still working so let’s see how long this lasts.

 

[gaming_again]

Not only that, but you get a worse experience than if you pirate or do things yourself. I recently read an issue where YT premium needs you to connect to the internet to play offline content. It's ridiculous. I just use brave and save videos for later instead

Same. Download vid, watch and delete. If I love a created then I’ll make a playlist and run it while I do the washing up so they get ad revenue.

 

[Spyxos]

What do you mean by this?

That Youtube will not give up and it is probably getting harder and harder to use Adblocker. And I don't know if I'm just interpreting it that way, but it almost sounds like a threat.

 

[AV]

It's so funny that you just click "okay" and then continue watching with no ads. Feels like this gif.

 

[deriks]

I pay for Premium, but I really wanted another site to watch videogame content. YouTube sucks nowadays

 

[supernova8]

I always find it funny when people think that a business cares when someone that isn't providing a source of revenue (via ads/payment) stops using their service. You really think they care if freeloaders don't use their service?

This is the same people that "boycott" websites because they won't let you visit them without adblocker or people that "boycott" Netflix because they don't get to use their buddy's password. You are not a revenue stream for them, they are not going to miss you.

If they thought outright blocking people who use adblock was an overall good idea for their business then they would've done it already.

Not sure why OP is seeing the pop-up he's seeing. It hasn't come up on Youtube for me.

Plus even if someone personally uses adblock and therefore doesn't directly watch ads (and thus contribute to ad revenue generated from advertisers), every time they share a video via social media, there's probably a bunch of people who don't use adblock that will watch it (and generate revenue) and therefore it ends up being (indirectly) profitable for Youtube.

It's probably a similar reason to why Microsoft doesn't seem to crack down much on all the seemingly dodgy Windows keys going around (let alone pirated Windows torrents).

 

[Drew1440]

I would be more accepting of the adverts if they didn't interrupt the video, I absolutely hate that and immediately pushes me to Brave/uBlock. I think most would accept an ad or two at the start of the video and nothing else.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Isn't the ad situation up to the individual channels though? I always saw it purely as greed from the channel and not so much anything youtube enforces themselves.; a long good video with reasonable ad breaks that can be skipped, or better yet pop-ups that don't stop the video? Fine, I'm getting this for free after all, however there are plenty of channels out there filling their videos with ads, like every 60 seconds you have to watch some unskippable nonsense, the worst one I've seen was a 30 second unskippable ad, for a 20 second video...utter madness.

These channels are absolutely doing this to maximise their revenue, and you can often tell it's also channels who pump out artificially long videos so they can serve you even more ads.
Obviously youtube allows this because it makes the premium sub more attractive, but I don't think there's any directive from youtube to have videos be bombarded with ads.

 

[Mistake]

I pay for Premium, but I really wanted another site to watch videogame content. YouTube sucks nowadays

Rumble is still a turn off with how political it is, but there's a few channels on there. Odyssey or kick are probably the two best alternatives at this point for gaming stuff

 

[winjer]

Isn't the ad situation up to the individual channels though? I always saw it purely as greed from the channel and not so much anything youtube enforces themselves.; a long good video with reasonable ad breaks that can be skipped, or better yet pop-ups that don't stop the video? Fine, I'm getting this for free after all, however there are plenty of channels out there filling their videos with ads, like every 60 seconds you have to watch some unskippable nonsense, the worst one I've seen was a 30 second unskippable ad, for a 20 second video...utter madness.

These channels are absolutely doing this to maximise their revenue, and you can often tell it's also channels who pump out artificially long videos so they can serve you even more ads.
Obviously youtube allows this because it makes the premium sub more attractive, but I don't think there's any directive from youtube to have videos be bombarded with ads.

Youtube is putting ads, even on videos and channels that are not moneteized.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Youtube is putting ads, even on videos and channels that are not moneteized.

Sure, but that's not what I'm saying; Youtube isn't responsible for those ads every 60 seconds, that's what the channels do.

 

[winjer]

Sure, but that's not what I'm saying; Youtube isn't responsible for those ads every 60 seconds, that's what the channels do.

Channels can define points at which ads are shown. But it's youtube that decides if those slots are filled, with how many ads, and the time for each.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Channels can define points at which ads are shown. But it's youtube that decides if those slots are filled, with how many ads, and the time for each.

...so it's the channels like I said, if they don't define those points, the video won't be filled to the brim with ads.

 

[nkarafo]

I'm using Firefox + Ublock Origins combo.

Got hit with the warning today.

 

[Bwesh]

It only appears for me when auto playing the next video. I can still use adblock and ublock origin and not have ads if I don't have auto play.

 

[nkarafo]

I'm using Firefox + Ublock Origins combo.

Got hit with the warning today.

Ok, quoting myself here because i messed up.

Turns out it wasn't Ublock's fault, i have the Youtube Enhancer addon and that one also has it's own adblock which was ON by default. Turns out Youtube was detecting this one because after i disabled it (leaving only Ublock enabled) the popup stopped appearing.

 

[YCoCg]

...so it's the channels like I said, if they don't define those points, the video won't be filled to the brim with ads.

No cause YouTube will just place ads randomly then, which is worse.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

No cause YouTube will just place ads randomly then, which is worse.

That doesn't make any sense, there are plenty of videos that don't have an ad every minute and just have them at the start and end; it's not Youtube that's packing videos with ads, it's the channels, because that's how they maximise their own revenue.

 

[YCoCg]

That doesn't make any sense, there are plenty of videos that don't have an ad every minute and just have them at the start and end; it's not Youtube that's packing videos with ads, it's the channels, because that's how they maximise their own revenue.

Videos can get "claimed" by people who didn't upload and then it's the claimers who can then say they want adverts and just dump them wherever. I know this because I recorded some live footage of a band and uploaded it to YouTube and the record label claimed it and frustratingly it has a damn advert in the middle of the video.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Videos can get "claimed" by people who didn't upload and then it's the claimers who can then say they want adverts and just dump them wherever.

Yes of course, but then this still isn't Youtube doing it, it's the claimant trying to get revenue; same difference with it being the channel itself.

 

[nkarafo]

Welp, ad nagging popup popped again with just Firefox and Ublock Origins. No other addons conficts this time.

FreeTube time i suppose.

 

[xrnzaaas]

good luck trying to win, google

 

[Rat Rage]

Welp, ad nagging popup popped again with just Firefox and Ublock Origins. No other addons conficts this time.

FreeTube time i suppose.

Maybe clearing cookies and enabling "block all third party cookies" will fix it?

 

[Rayderism]

If YT ever puts up a box that tell me ad blockers are not allowed, I will just block the element that tells me that. I actually had that work on a site before. I laughed heartily.

 

[nkarafo]

Maybe clearing cookies and enabling "block all third party cookies" will fix it?

deleting custom filters and clearing the cache in the Ublock options and then updating the filters again fixed it (for now)

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Premium is just too damn expensive, I reckon they’d make more money at £5 a month, they’d be falling over all the subs.

Make it a tier thing:

£5 - basic ad-free 1080p
£10 - as above but £4k
£15 - as above but YouTube music

Most people just want to kill the ads, I could live with 1080p just for YouTube and I’ve already for Spotify.

 

[Spyxos]

A bit offtopic, but since today I don't see the thumbs down anymore.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Also, going to echo the sentiments others have already expressed in here about freeloaders “boycotting” the service.

You’ve literally just done them a favour by freeing up server space, so good for you I guess?

A bit offtopic, but since today I don't see the thumbs down anymore.

Yeah, they removed that ages ago. Kind of defeats the point but eh.

 

[Spyxos]

Also, going to echo the sentiments others have already expressed in here about freeloaders “boycotting” the service.

You’ve literally just done them a favour by freeing up server space, so good for you I guess?

Yeah, they removed that ages ago. Kind of defeats the point but eh.

I have a addon that still shows you the dislikes, but it stopped working today.

 

[Syphon Filter]

imagine paying youtube for no ads.

 

[ReBurn]

imagine paying youtube for no ads.

About as funny as imagining the people who think they're somehow hurting youtube by leaving forever when youtube is literally telling them to fuck off.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Well, I got it. The pop up on YouTube claiming “ad blockers are not permitted”. I’m not sure what the point was, since I simply closed the prompt and continued to watch videos. I am using ublock origin on Firefox.

 

[DavidGzz]

I was getting that pop-up but still wasn't seeing ads. Maybe I have Ublock already? Lol

 

[JayK47]

I am now seeing the popup. I am able to close it and continue to watch YouTube ad free, for now...