So is revanced. I haven’t been able to skip an ad in years… 🤭
try sponsorblock or uBlock. Or some other third party apps. I’ve decided the inconvenience of watching youtube in a browser (with addons) outweighs the inconvenience of watching several long ads. At least for me.
SponsorBlock is not an ad blocker
It is an ad-jumper!
You’re right. it’s uBlock or some other addition that removes the pre-roll ads. But googling for Sponsorblock is a good start to find such apps. I even got some patched youtube app for my TV… So it’s no ads for me and not even sponsored segments. Not on the computer, not on my phone and neither on the TV.
ReVanced I like better for Mobile, it’s the app but with sponsor block and unlock built in.
And SmartTube on the TV.
Is there also something for roku sticks?
I use playlet on roku which uses invidious, but I recommend setting up your own invidious instance since YouTube has been cracking down on the public instances.
Grayjay is such a good app to watch not only adfree YouTube, but also twitch, rumble, Odysee, etc. I don’t understand how this app isn’t the standard.
IDK Iwas using NewPipexSponsorBlock, now Tubular since before Grayjay existed.
The second it becomes the standard is the second google looks for ways of nerfing it.
Grayjay is ran locally, so they cant block the datacenter traffic like they did with invidious, but even if they managed to do something I’d probably still use grayjay, since I can follow the same creators on all platforms with it.
They can target the code though. They’ll inspect the code, find ways to break it, and then kill it that way.
The sooner we can get creators off of YouTube the better.
Is Grayjay open source? I can’t find it on f-droid.
That’s odd, I’m surprised Rossman didn’t upload it to that app store. Well, in the meantime you can get it directly from https://grayjay.app/. Should also be the first result in google, if you want to search yourself instead of trusting a randomly provided link.
It is in FUTO’s F-Droid repo that you can add.
No. It’s got a “source available” license allowing only non-commercial use, and revokes the license for anyone who tries to sue them.
Fine, I’m hiding the ads on mobile.
…and desktop.
…and downloading the videos I watch more than once.
Showed a friend how I got a modified version of Youtube on my phone. He did it, and when it came time to re-certify the app (7 days for none paid developers) he couldn’t be bothered to plug his phone in, and let the program (that automatically recertifies it mind you) do it’s thing.
He was showing me a video on the new DBZ Sparking Zero game, and had two whole ads before being able to show me whatever it was he was going to show me. I mentioned, “Man. If only there was a way to prevent this kind of nuisance…” and gave him such a withering look, he just put the phone away and said nevermind.
It is actually fucking insane what people are willing to put up with man…
You seem nice
I do try my best.
A couple of ads isn’t the end of the world for most people. Whilst I understand that they are undersirable, I also want the creators I enjoy to be able to get paid.
Some of the creators I enjoy are quite niche and they put their time, effort and money in to making the content. I don’t think a couple of ads is too much to ask to help pay them back.
you realize that many of the preroll ads YT forces on viewers never benefits the content creators, right?
actually, many content creators have disabled YT ads and instead generate revenue from sponsorships.
A quick Google says you’re wrong, I’m not an accountant for YouTube so I couldn’t prove otherwise. Presumably if there was zero benefit to creators, they would all turn the adverts off, rather than just some of them.
I’m aware that they only get a small percentage of the ad revenue but it’s like that in every business unfortunately. When I buy a loaf of bread at the supermarket, I know that only a tiny fraction of a percent the price will go in to the checkout worker’s or farmer’s, or the baker’s paycheck, but I’m not going to boycott supermarkets because of that.
there are multiple creators who have complained that they have turned off ads, only to have YT still shove ads in front of, in the middle of, and at the end of their videos. all of which the creator gets zero revenue for since they “rejected the use of ads on their content”.
but please, tell me from your armchair research how I’m wrong.
Others, like Forbes senior contributor Ethan Siegel simply don’t want ads on their videos, leaving them ads-free for people to enjoy. That option will no longer be available in the new YouTube terms of service.
It was you saying that they were turning the adverts off, now you’re saying they can’t. So to call my research “armchair” is quite ironic.
The article you shared said that it’s only creators not in the YPP that don’t receive revenue but you either didn’t read it or just decided to omit that information based upon your predetermined conclusion.
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