A selection of YouTube viewers have recently noticed there's a little something different with the look of the website.
  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioEnglish
    38·
    6 months ago

    YouTube keeps making things worse.

    A few months ago they required that you have a watch history to display the homepage.

    This week they’re showing up next popups even when you have autoplay turned off.

    Using an Apple TV I probably watch more YouTube than any other platform and was given a gift of a premium subscription. It removed all ads, gave me YouTube music, but the shitty experiments continue and there’s no way to tell YouTube to sod off.

    I’ve yet to find an alternative, but I’m looking…

    • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      I just use NewPipe. It gets rid of all the garbage.

      Though, you say you use an Apple TV, so I’m guessing you have an iPhone. In that case, you’re kind SOL until Apple allows side-loading.

      • TragicNotCute@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        You’re out of luck for Apple TV, but not for iOS. I uninstalled YouTube from my phone and use Orion browser as my default now. It lets you install extensions from the Firefox or Chrome store, so I have ublock origin installed on my phone now and YouTube ads are gone.