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YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 1 week ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

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[–] timeghost@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I recommend turning off the device completely when an ad starts. This not only works, but has improved my entire life.

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago

"unskippable" laughs in ublock/revanced

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

YouTube has ads?

Sincerely,

Ublock Origin User

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I used to pay for premium a couple years ago because I still wanted to support the creators I watched, but ever since they started implementing AI everywhere and stealing peoples videos for training data I figured Google doesn't deserve my money no matter how small. I'd much rather watch with uBlock and spend that $20 I used to spend on YouTube Premium on the various YouTubers Patreons.

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[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Yeah thats enough to push me off the main app, I was already annoyed by the ads, the fact they are going unskippable is a end gamer for me

I just wished there was a app i could load onto my tv and play the videos on there ( i have a samsung so suggestions welcome)

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

While cstom ROMs of Android TV do exist, Samsung does not want you to truly own your device and has locked it down. The only option I see is to use your TV as a dumb TV: hook up any PC to your TV's HDMI ports (I use a Raspi 5 running Ubuntu for that). The PC gives you full control over what you want to install, which may include an adblocker in the browser or free YouTube frontends such as FreeTube.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good thing I use the LibRedirect plugin in Firefox to redirect YouTube link to Invidious.

In addition to uBlock, of course.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I buckled and just got YouTube Premium Family. Via India. For 4 bucks a month. For 6 people.

I needed a cheap music streaming service anyway.

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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Why still watching youtube?

Download your videos

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Firefox and ublock origin.

Smarttube on android tvs/media devices.

A dozen ways to avoid YouTube ads.

Fuck YouTube.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, no.

Not even an acceptable ad. Burn this site.

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