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Stop YouTube ads once and for all
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I wasn't sure to open a new thread or continue here with trouble shooting with Adguard(purchased it)? Its not blocking ads on youtube....
Great Sun Jester
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Try uBlock Origin, always works for me and it's free.
OP
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Seems like YouTube is going for SponsorBlock users now:
www.bleepingcomputer.com
YouTube tests harder-to-block server-side ad injection in videos
YouTube reportedly now injects ads directly into video streams to make it more difficult for ad blockers to block advertisements.
OP
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Are you using Adguard for iOS? There’s a trick to getting it to work with Safari (for iOS), where you have to access permissions on Safari, specifically for YouTube.com. I’m assuming you’ve uninstalled the native YouTube app, since there’s nothing you can do about blocking ads there.
If it’s on desktop/laptop, first, change the frequency of updates of Adguard (I think the default is 24 hours) to 1 hour, update and test again. Make sure to never use 2 ad-blocker apps/extensions at once, since that can cause issues. If that still doesn’t work, uBlock origin is my first recommendation, as others have said, as well.
Randyman...
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Manifest v2 plug-in support is being phased out in Chrome very soon, and the current Manifest 3 version of UBO is not quite as effective from what I gather. However, there is a registry hack that will allow Chrome to allow Manifest v2 support until next year...
Never noticed how much product placement and straight up sponsorship there is going on in videos?
Most of them are semi or complete commercials on their own.
I like that trend.
MattHooper
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My ad blocker stopped working in for YouTube quite a while. Among the most agonizing issues is the fact YouTube feeds me the same two or three commercials over and over. Like hundreds of times. When that same music begins for a commercial it’s like Chinese water torture. It engenders hate towards the product more than anything else.
restorer-john
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I don't see an advertisement ever on Youtube. ABP+Firefox+strict Privacy+DNT. (on a win10 pc).
It's unwatchable on a mobile device so I simply don't bother.
My adblocker for Youtube works very well. It is very simple. I pay $9 a month for Youtube Premium which also gives me the best quality on Youtube Music.
It is worth it and it helps support the creators I watch.
It is worth it and it helps support the creators I watch.
recycle
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On my iPhone, I use the browser with adblocker instead of the YouTube app: I haven't seen an adv in years
restorer-john
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Do those creators get a cut of your $9p/m and does it make up for the ads you aren't seeing on their feeds? How does that work?
I could not stand to watch youtube if I had to watch commercials. Frankly the idea of commercials returning to the video services is killing my interest in subscribing to more than one or two at a time. Good savings for me I guess.
I think they do, but I don't know anything about how the split works. I just know that I won't use any service that doesn't give me an option to avoid ads.
They do, it's some we're between 45 and 55%. I'd have to go digging as payments have gotten pretty complicated lately.
1) add revenue
2) premium revenue
3) super chat
4) channel membership revenue
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