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Is blocking ads considered a hate crime now?

Corporations are a protected class of people.

Ernie no!!

The wealthy aren't a protected class, it's not a hate crime.

Like hell they aren't. They're the most protected class.

ublockorigin.com

Yt-dlp and mpv with sponsorblock still rocks.

is there a similar solution for casual browsing -- meaning, allow the algorithm to pick which video plays next? I think yt-dlp is only effective if you know in advance what you'll be watching
- No, mpv integrates yt-dlp if it's around. Rightclick copy link, alt+f2, ctrl+v, watch.
  
  But there's:
  
  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/
  
  https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/453320-simple-sponsor-skipper
  
  Never tried it tho.

People who complain about ads on the internet are such a weird concept.

Why experience ads if you don't want to?

Because ads don't ask for your consent.
- Sure they do, I've revoked my consent by installing an adblocker I haven't watched a video ad in probably 8 years.
- Ads are a bit mind-rapey
- And you have the agency and ability to either pay for the service or investigate other means of avoiding them. Complaining about them is just annoying.
- but why not say no

My favorite experience in this regard was watching YouTube on xbox (i know, i know)... They played a 40 minute redbull "ad" on a five minute video. In what sane world should ads be 8 fucking times longer than the content?!?!1?

I had a similar experience on my YouTube TV app, I was watching old history channels in bed, and there was a full length documentary for an "ad". I could have skipped after 15 seconds or whatever, but I had to INTERACT with the TV before it would resume. I was distracted so it ended up playing like 15 minutes of an hour+ documentary ad.
Why would they even make a 40 min long ad for Redbull?
- It was just a documentary that was shoved into an ad space. Something about their aerial stunts/races. Dunno. I got like, five seconds into it because FUCK THAT SHIT.
I never use youtube anymore.

Laying in bed bored = netflix

Up and motivated = steam or work

News = Reddthat

Tutorials = text-based articles, no unindexed untranscribed videos that start with the words "hey guys welcome back"

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You get ads?

Shut your Pi-hole! My daddy had ads on the TV, and his dad had ads on the radio, and his dad had ads in the paper! I proudly allow ads and tracking!
- I wish there was a way on Pi-hole to block those ads on TV yt

Wish you could block ads from embedded youtube videos in Discord.

I just copy and paste the link into my browser. Lets me make use of sponsorblock that way.
I believe Vencord can do it

Or when the skip button appears but only skips to the next ad

If you're getting ads on videos, you need to get you shit together and install uBlock Origin asap.

How well does it work? On my iPad, Safari Adguard can only black out ad content. (Screen is black during ad, and it displays how many seconds of ad is left)
- Maybe try out Orion Browser. It has built-in ad-blocking and reliably gets rid of YouTube ads.
- iPad = Vinegar and Baking Sofa extensions. Get Wipr for the rest of the web while you’re at it!
How well does it work? On my iPad, Safari Adguard can only black out ad content. (Screen is black during ad, and it displays how many seconds of ad is left)
Or suck it up and pay for the service if you can afford it.
- uBlock Origin doesn't accept donations. That's the only product in this conversation worth supporting.

This has never happened to me because I’ve been blocking ads for the last 15 years.

Me when ublock origin

Haha jokes on you. I've been refreshing the website until the ad refuses to load. It just took 5 minutes

DDOS ads.
Whyyyyy do people do this?? It simply makes no sense.

i find using freetube keeps Ernie calm.

I wish using freetube kept Ernie calm, but it just doesn't work half the time. Invidious has the same issue. Which is significantly more annoying than just using YT, which Ernie has uBlock Origin for.
- I do update freetube about 1 time a week these days (which is approaching the annoyance level of ads).
  
  I used to have a lot more issues with it when I didn't update so frequently - or maybe that was just a different stage in the arms race; I'm sure the reliability will vary, and eventually the developer of freetube will give up.
  
  I mean, I wont be throwing out the bat or anything crazy like that.

uBlock or ReVanced

Tubular also works pretty well

UBlock as others have said. Or on android newpipe works well.

Edit: as a kind user pointed out, uBlock origin, not uBlock.

uBlock Origin, not uBlock. They're different - uBlock Origin forked from the original uBlock.
- Ah. I did mean origin, didn't know about the og uBlock. Thanks for pointing that out.
As another one has said, try tubular! It's newpipe but with sponsor block integrated.
- So it just removes the part in the video that they talk about the sponsor? I've never heard of such witchcraft.

Just out of curiosity, what do yall expect to happen when the only response to an ad supported free tier of something, is to block the ads? I know YouTube/google aren’t great companies, but when you run an ad blocker you also deprive the creators you love watching any revenue from your view. So you hurt the creators. If you can afford it, just sub to premium and stop acting like you’re entitled to everything for free. I despise ads just as much if not more than the next dipshit, but complaining about them, when there’s myriad ways of avoiding them, just makes you sound like a dingus.

Obligatory shout out to Nebula as a cheaper alternative for non-fiction/edutainment content.

Or alternatively, run and adblocker and literally give the creators you watch 1$ per month and you're still supporting them 100 times more than turning on ads would, and you still get to keep some semblance of privacy.
- So your suggestion is to manage 15 subscriptions instead of one? Not every creator has a patreon or means of direct support. Not to mention some of these creators only upload once a year. And what happens when I want to watch someone new? Do I have to drop another creator to give this new person money
  
  If you’re watching youtube and signed into an account you said goodbye to that level of privacy so long ago that an ad blocker isn’t going to do much.
Most creators have patreons. The big ones take sponsorships also. The pittance they get from any ads I may have watched do not matter.
- So the alternative is to manage a subscription for every single creator I watch? Currently I sub to Nebula and YT premium. For ~$20 a month. If I were to go through and sub to every creator I watch’s lowest patreon tier, we’d be talking about dozens of individual subs totaling probably more than double what I pay now.

So far, every comment bar one has mentioned ad blockers.

You lot are as original and creative as the numpties making comments about the size of the pilot's balls on aviation videos.

This is a post about unnecessary rage that absolutely noone has to deal with because everyone should use ad blockers. OP may or may not know, but the post suggests the later. I dont see how it is 'unoriginal' to comment about ad blockers...
- So far, every comment bar one has mentioned ad blockers.
  
  The fact that almost everyone is saying the same thing is pretty much the definition of unoriginal.
The one that worked in a pun was alright. This is the fediverse crowd though, this is very on-brand.
- Nah, not enough Trek.
- Oh, this is exactly what I expected. Perhaps not 100% ad blockers, but I was expecting most of them to be like that.