A Novel Approach to Youtube Ads
A super clever workaround for YouTube's crackdown on ad blockers sees YouTube ads sped up dramatically instead of blocking them.
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Instead of blocking them, this extension speeds them up to x16 and also mutes the ad. Experiencing a 30 second ad in 2 seconds is pretty funny. And it works on Edge and Chrome.
While some paid ad blockers seem to work, the vast majority of tools donât seem to do the trick.
What a bunch of FUD. Firefox and uBlock Origin still work on Youtube just fine.
Part of the reason I am not advocating for or against the extension or the source. People can judge for themselves. I thought it was funny (not a great idea but definitely an interesting implementation). For the record I use both unlock origin and Firefox, and I also run a pihole at home. I'm just putting out there that it exists.
I moved back to Firefox like 5 years ago. But saying the vast majority of tools don't seem to do the trick is a pretty true statement, since that's one browser with one app, and the browser only has a sub 10% market share.
I don't know about FUD, but that's either straight-up disinformation, or an out-of-touch tech writer that needs to retire...
uBO works on Chrome as well atm. I have to use Chrome on my work laptop, but at least they installed uBO.
Everyone's hating on this approach but I think it's nice that we have other options. I'm sure Ublock is going to come out on top of this cat and mouse game YouTube is playing with them, but if YouTube manages to temporarily disable Ublock I'll look into this solution. Thanks!
Google will give up eventually. They're definitely burning more money than they would gain from winning the battle
They give up on everything else all the time. I wonder if expanding their ad business is the one exception though. They ran out of new users and already pack videos full of ads. Forcing them on people who block them is the only thing left for them to attempt as they seek to continue perpetual growth.
They're definitely burning more money than they would gain from winning the battle
Maybe at the moment, but I suspect part of the motivation for this is that they are trying to prevent another "adpocalypse" type boycott from their advertisers.
That's why I tried to present it without an anti-google seeming bias. I wanted people to just have the facts and not all the BS in the article. I think it's a good option for people who don't want to block ads so creators they watch benefit.
Or use Firefox
I said it was novel. I didn't say it was good.
My ff got hit by the blanket 'no fire fox' issue. Now even with no mods youtube won't work at all.
Downloaded free tube. Keep thinking to make some kinda macro to auto switch to it when I search in ff search bar.
What the fuck is wrong with this shit article?
The crackdown on ad blockers has been quite effective
No, it hasn't. What's up with the doublespeak?
While some paid ad blockers seem to work, the vast majority of tools donât seem to do the trick.
Patently false. uBlock hasn't had a single hickup.
Fuck whoever wrote this garbage.
Let them believe they've won.
I don't know. I bet it has been pretty effective, but I also don't think I'd trust any data I'd see from Google.
But, their goal isn't to get you or me to watch ads. Hell will freeze over before I spend 30s watching an ad for a video that's barely double that. Their goal is to target the people we've installed ad blockers for: friends, parents, siblings, in-laws.
I'm not going to watch ads, and I sure as hell am not going to click on anything, but my mother in law does now. My mom does too. They now feel like an ad blocker is "too much hassle," so Google won that fight. I don't know if new people are installing, updating, or changing ad blockers enough to offset right now.
Iâm not going to watch ads, and I sure as hell am not going to click on anything, but my mother in law does now. My mom does too. They now feel like an ad blocker is âtoo much hassle,â so Google won that fight.
Google won until the next round when, to make even more money for the shareholders, they will put so many ads in a video that also your mother and mother in law will return to use an adblocker. Or leave YT entirely
They all pretend ublock origin don't exist, they only talk about the old stupid for profit AdBlock that let's "good ads" through.
Yeah, no. I'm not willing to even have the ad for any amount of time. IMO ads should be banned, and before anyone reaponds, no i don't give a shit about the consequences of a change that substancial
Then this isn't for you. That's fine. Adblockers like ublock origin still work. So do newpipe, piped and other front end services. Firefox and other non-chromium based browsers etc. Do what you want with your devices.
i don't give a shit about the consequences of a change that substancial
Aaaah, the very sign of a simple mind.
(abolitionists circa 1800) IMO slavery should be banned, and before anyone responds, no I donât give a shit about the consequences of a change that substantial.
Some things are simple and don't require a nuanced take. I'm not saying ads are anywhere near as important as slavery but the consequences are smaller too. Thinking something is an unmitigated negative and should be got rid of regardless of consequences is a legitimate position.
uBlock Origin works just fine. I use Firefox btw
I watched two hours of Rocky & Bullwinkle uninterrupted the other day thanks to FireFox and uBlock Origin
Anyone else getting the "you will be blocked after 3 videos" yet? Haven't seen anyone talk about it but I saw it for the first time yesterday.
Not if your uBlock origin is up to date, sometimes you have to clear the cache so the filters update to bypass that
This may require a refresh of your blocking lists and/or a making sure ublock is updated to most recent versions.
I know it's explained in the subreddit for ublock origin and I think people reposted it sonewhere on lenmy too, but I can't remember where exactly.
Anyway, after doing that it works perfectly. No more of those screens. Best of luck.
I haven't seen it, but I usually use Invidious on my computer because of YouTube's buggy, slow design
In before Ads are recorded at 1/16th the speed in order to play at the correct speed with one of those extensions.
Just a quick "BUY THIS" followed by a photo of Brad Pitt.
Wasn't this pitched by a character on 30 Rock?
But then they only get 1/16th the frames?
I suppose it depends on your system's abilities, but my guess would had been that you get all frames but for shorter period of time
F I R E F O X
The "Look at what they need to do to have a fraction of our power" Invincible meme comes to mind.
Pathetic to be satisfied with sped-up annoyances when they can be easily skipped altogether with a browser not controlled by the ad company.
I don't know man. This is actually pretty genius. Because this way creators still get paid. I wouldn't mind using such extension on Firefox. Problem is I still want to block all trackers and other nonsense...
Firefox and just pay for a reasonable 30 second YouTube ad which is just a blank screen with the text "Use Firefox Already"
uBlock Origin is still working just fine for me.
Am I the only one experiencing little 1-2 second jitters? Itâs as if it skips where an ad should be. I still donât see an ad though.
If thatâs happening to me, Iâm not noticing it in the slightest.
Awesome, now you get only subconscious messages flashed in your eyes.
What else are people going to do to avoid installing Firefox?
Awesome, now you get only subconscious messages flashed in your eyes.
Blipverts. If I recall correctly, they had some bad side effects on sensitive people.
Explosive effects, even.
I don't know how much anyone's subconscious is picking up in 2 seconds. Remember back in the day when people used to tell you they could study while sleeping by listening to a recording of a lecture? That didn't really work either.
Imagine using Chrome đ
Some people have to use it for work. Including me, although I don't have this problem because I don't use it for YouTube.
I must be an anomaly but... Ublock still works perfectly fine for me on chrome lol
You aren't. I also use Firefox and ublock origin (but sometimes have to use chrome for work).
I'll have Youtube start bitching about... once a week or so, but that just means I have to clear my block lists and re-load them.
Or just use something like Redirector and redirect all youtube links to invidous... or piped.
Nah, the article is just bullshit. uBO works flawlessly on both Chrome and Firefox (we will see what happens in 2024).
Use Freetube on the desktop and Newpipe (or the Sponsorblock version) on mobile (Android). No issues or ads
I use FreeTube but hadn't heard of Newpipe before. Thanks for the recommendation!
No problem
And if you don't want to install a thing, use any of the many invidious instances
Oh and to add, I've installed SmartTube on my tv. Works great.
Between uBlock and Sponsor Block I've had absolutely no interruption in service and it's the exact same experience that I've had for years
I installed this other one https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ad-accelerator/gpboiedfklodfhngobidfjecdpmccehg?hl=en because this one seems to the FOSS.
When I already watch YouTube videos at 3x-4x speed so I can still understand the ad đ
When will people learn? YouTube is hot garbage and its time to move on.
I know. I know. You people love your trash.
What alternatives are there?
Like actually different platforms? None really, since Google willfully ran YouTube on a loss to strangle potential competition and claim the natural monopoly for themselves.
There are privacy-respecting front-ends for YouTube tho, like piped or Invidious.