Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to DeGoogle - Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agoYouTube viewers will start seeing ads after ‘peak’ moments in videostechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipgoogle@lemdro.id
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkYouTube viewers will start seeing ads after ‘peak’ moments in videostechcrunch.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to DeGoogle - Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square31linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipgoogle@lemdro.id
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·5 months agoAt this point if you aren’t willing to pay for YouTube just make plans to let it go because it won’t be usable by the end of the year.
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months agoI’ll abandon YT before paying for it. Besides, paying subscribers will end up with ads in the long run, anyway, just like streaming services.
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThat’s literally what I already said. Gonna have to abandon or pay they aren’t giving out half mediums anymore
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoNewpipe, vancetube. It is YouTube without ads
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoOn mobile. On Desktop you can use FireFox + uBlock Origin.
minus-squareJ4g2F@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoOn smart tv Smart tube (android/google tv), tizentube (Samsung) and youtube-webos (LG)
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoOr adblock DNS 94.140.14.14 and 94.140.15.15
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoDNS blocking doesn’t really work for YouTube ads.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoJust don’t use YouTube Moving to a different service is easier and better in the long term
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoAll of this is temporary they will start showing ads in stream with video or edit them directly into the video after upload. It’s a simple thing for them to do since everything is per recorded unlike places like twitch where it’s live.
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThe big channels with sponsors definitely could jump over there.
minus-squareJandroDelSol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoadblockers are free and effective
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThe ads are going to be baked into the video there’s nothing to skip
At this point if you aren’t willing to pay for YouTube just make plans to let it go because it won’t be usable by the end of the year.
I’ll abandon YT before paying for it.
Besides, paying subscribers will end up with ads in the long run, anyway, just like streaming services.
That’s literally what I already said. Gonna have to abandon or pay they aren’t giving out half mediums anymore
Newpipe, vancetube. It is YouTube without ads
On mobile.
On Desktop you can use FireFox + uBlock Origin.
On smart tv
Smart tube (android/google tv), tizentube (Samsung) and youtube-webos (LG)
Or adblock DNS 94.140.14.14 and 94.140.15.15
DNS blocking doesn’t really work for YouTube ads.
Just don’t use YouTube
Moving to a different service is easier and better in the long term
All of this is temporary they will start showing ads in stream with video or edit them directly into the video after upload. It’s a simple thing for them to do since everything is per recorded unlike places like twitch where it’s live.
Peertube would be the next jump
The big channels with sponsors definitely could jump over there.
Yt-dlp your favorites
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adblockers are free and effective
The ads are going to be baked into the video there’s nothing to skip