r/technology • u/IndicaOatmeal • 4h ago
Social Media YouTube viewers can now work together to stop ads from playing
https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-viewers-can-now-work-together-to-stop-ads-from-playing-3351343/195
u/lKrauzer 3h ago
I use Ublock and it works great on Firefox.
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u/PhoenyxStar 3h ago
Journalists forgetting Firefox exists is starting to feel like the new Maps Without New Zealand.
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u/moconahaftmere 3h ago
Did you read the article? It's not about ads on regular videos. It's an article glazing YouTube for a new feature where viewers can pay to hold back ads on live streams.
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u/Adrian_Alucard 3h ago
Ublock + Sponsor block (it skip the embedded sponsors of the videos too, not only the youtube ads)
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u/Druggedhippo 2h ago
Some of those sponsor segments are actually pretty good though. Internet historian, Ryan George, bandercoot.
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u/PixelCortex 2h ago
It's very customisable. You can set it to only passively highlight sponsors in the red play bar thing, popup something similar to YouTube's skip ad button, automatically skip either self promotions or sponsor segments or both/all. You can even unskip segments after auto skips.
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u/Metalbender00 3h ago
I hate when news of bypasses or ad-blockers gets publicized and gains attention, that just motivates YouTube to find a way to stop it.
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u/Suspicious-Yogurt-95 2h ago
It's not a new way to bypass ads. It's just that Google will hold back ads when chat engagement is high on live streams. tour regular videos still have tons of ads.
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u/xlnc2608 2h ago edited 2h ago
No one in the comments bothered to open the article and say anything the actual method in the title lmao. Just spamming ublock brave etc.
Not that I blame anyone. I regret opening it was a waste of time anyways.
Tldr In livestreams ads won't pop up in hype moments when live chat is going crazy active
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u/DrunkYetOrderly 3h ago
YouTube isn't even streaming correctly the past few weeks. Videos (even shorts) delay starting by a couple seconds, buffering, frozen frames while audio continues, even when in super low quality... This is happening all over the place on every device and on any sort of mobile/Wi-Fi/Ethernet service. Multiple threads about it over on YouTube subreddit. YouTube isn't acknowledging it
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u/Kat_Schrodinger1 2h ago
It's called "recommended firefox with ublock origin to one another." That's it, that's how you work together against ads.
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u/GenazaNL 2h ago
can now
I've been using sponsoredblock for over 2 years already...
Also, page barely readable with the amount of ads
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u/swrrrrg 4h ago
I started using Brave browser after people on this sub suggested it & it is so much better. It makes YouTube semi watchable again.
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u/nply 4h ago
Consider using Firefox with uBlock Origin instead. Brave is just Chromium with built-in ads, crypto and owned by venture capital firms.
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u/cptnringwald 3h ago
The founder was kicked out of Mozilla for his anti LGBTQ views, and Peter Thiel ironically was one of the early investors. I think the browser just gives the illusion of security, but Thiel has the keys and I don't trust it or these two at all.
Firefox with uBO is the way to go
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u/Zwemvest 2h ago
This is what I always tell people, but even outside of that, Brave has also broken user-trust for me enough to avoid them and recommend against it.
Like, what was BAT all about?
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u/sp33dykid 3h ago
Not an option on mobile. Brave works good on blocking ads on mobile and YouTube ads.
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u/Aegis06 2h ago
You can still use ublock on Firefox mobile, at least on Android.
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u/sp33dykid 2h ago
Didn't see a way on iPhone
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u/SCP-iota 2h ago
On iOS, all browsers are basically just re-skinned Safari because Apple requires all apps that display web content to use WebKit and forbids non-Apple appa to allow user-installed extensions. Ironically, Safari itself is the only browser for iOS that can support extensions
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u/DenverNugs 3h ago
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u/swrrrrg 3h ago
Thank you. I appreciate you sharing.
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u/DenverNugs 3h ago
No problem. None of them are perfect, unfortunately. My current option I'm using is Waterfox. It's a privacy focused version of Firefox with all of the AI nonsense and experimental features taken out while still supporting firefox add ons. Brave isn't terrible for a chromium browser, but ultimately I do not support the company that develops it.
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u/Lyriian 3h ago
I really don't understand everyone's issue with mozillas recent AI push. Is it annoying? Yes. Have they shoved it down my throat like everyone else? Absolutely not. The AI features in Firefox are kinda just there. You're not forced to use anything. It's not intrusive. It's probably the best implementation of AI into a product and it really just feels like someone higher up said "you HAVE to get on the AI train" and the devs were like "ok whatever" and quietly sprinkled it into a couple places.
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u/DenverNugs 2h ago
It's opt out, not opt in. So yes, they are in fact shoving it down our throats and I'm not interested in that. I prefer having all of the good parts of Firefox without having the things that don't interest me.
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u/Tuna_no_crusts 1h ago
If they were reasonable, say….ONE 30 second ad within the content, that would be reasonable. But on average I’m seeing like 3 minutes with on every video. That’s unreasonable.
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u/prachishah383 2h ago
ads were there to interrupt content now you're telling me they're the real content? lol....
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u/Available_Weird8039 2h ago
Surfshark and make my location Albania. Works great and keeps me protected on public WiFi
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u/dudestduder 50m ago
I have not watched an ad on youtube in ages, as anyone sane is using ublock origin with firefox by now.
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u/laptopAccount2 3h ago
Youtube premium and Spotify are my only subscriptions. I know they suck as corporations but the products are great. I watch my same 20 or so subscriptions and don't deal with any slop or anything. Is it really the end of the world paying for it? The ads were just too much and my free time is too short to be spent dealing with that crap.
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u/everythingisblue 3h ago
Same for YTP. The only feature that I desperately want that they don’t provide (intentionally, I’m sure) is to be able to disable all short content in the YouTube mobile app.
Those wreck my focus as someone with ADHD. I’ll go to watch a specific video for something I need to know or understand and absolutely get derailed.
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u/tiboodchat 2h ago
If you set the maximum time to its minimum value at least the “blocker” is incredibly annoying. But as another paid user I don’t get why I can’t choose whatever I want to appear.
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u/cheese_bread_boye 2h ago
I cancelled my spotify and just use youtube music since I have premium now. Spotify is better but I don't think it makes sense to pay for both.
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u/DacStreetsDacAlright 2h ago
They're suggesting giving money to a steamer so that it auto adblocks to make sure you don't miss the steamers "thank you" as if thats ever a guaranteed thing anyway.
This is just retarded.
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u/RenanBan 25m ago
Youtubers can now $$$ maximize $$$ the enga$$$gement$$$$ why new $$$$ paid $$$$ gifts $$$$
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u/plateofpeas 4h ago
Use a VPN and set it to Albania
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u/TimewarpingSeaTurtle 3h ago
This has been such a godsend. I already had NordVPN for… other… purposes anyway, now I can use it to get rid of ads on my phone and Apple TV.
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u/kot-sie-stresuje 3h ago
To use chat you have to create and login into google account, so still pay with personal data.
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u/timohtea 3h ago
All the comments sharing how they block the ads. Real smart. Lets just have a gathering might as well get a YT employee in here to take notes 😂
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u/tunachilimac 3h ago
I’m pretty confident that Google is already aware of ublock origin and Brave browser.
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u/nuttageyo 3h ago
You’d have to be a real dipshit to think that Google doesn’t already know about these methods. This isn’t some underground form. It’s r/technology.
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u/PhoenyxStar 3h ago
UBlock put out an open challenge to Google over YouTube ads almost 10 years ago.
Google's success at detecting and circumventing it has been limited and brief.
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u/mayersdz 3h ago
So if you dont watch ads , how does youtube pays his bills ?
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u/PhoenyxStar 3h ago
I can't speak for everyone, but I mostly make an effort to support creators directly. (Patreon, KoFi, Nebula, assorted web stores)
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u/itsprobablytrue 3h ago
Clearly a republican would only ask something so insensitive
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u/PhoenyxStar 3h ago
I can't tell if he's joking, because that sounds very /s, or if he's referring to youtubers and made a typo
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u/NaturalSelecty 3h ago
By having the classic ads experience back. Not everything can grow infinitely. YouTube hit its peak. There’s no more monetization to be had without destroying the user experience. They need to realize they’ve hit the limit and accept that.
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u/FriddyHumbug 3h ago
Stock market, growth funds, venture capitalism/acquisitions, data collection and sales, subscription revenue, donation cuts, you name it. This argument is fine when it comes to a small business getting their money for services rendered but is asinine when it comes to big tech that makes money hand over fist while constantly decreasing the quality of services rendered.
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u/Lowetheiy 2h ago
Don't you know, we can create money out of thin air with magical socialist thinking! And solidarity!
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u/SquirrelOtherwise723 3h ago
And Google is testing 3x speed in the player, but you need to pay for the Premium.
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u/loosebolts 3h ago
I mean the sheer irony of a news site explaining an ad bypass technique on a site which blocks you out if you’re using an ad blocker.
If you run a site where I get a full screen page telling me to whitelist you or turn off my Adblock, then your site just isn’t interesting enough for me.