Stop YouTube ads once and for all

[RHO]

That only works for big channels, aka people with high 10s or hundreds of thousands of subs. So, your likes just kill of the little guys.

Not necessarily so.
My experience is that it kills off the ones that think they are entitled to heaps of money solely on the merit that they post video's.
I've seen channels grow heaps because they post interesting content, have their individual style and have the patience to actually grow their channel and put some effort into it. Some incorporate the sponsor adds delicately. Some put those adds in the video in such an intrusive way it is actually funny and becomes a feature on the channel. You need some talent to make good YT video's and survive. Most of those channels don't actually need the extra income from the commercials during/around the video's.

 

[vuittion]

Just use Newpipe, its great.

 

[phoenixdogfan]

I'm using Brave as my browser. YouTube ads are no longer any problem whatsoever. BTW, I don't mind if the content creator has a sponsor and runs an ad in the middle of their content. For me, that's fine. But YouTube injecting a bunch of ads in the middle of the content, interrupting its flow, is a complete deal breaker.

I hardly ever watch OTA TV anymore, and when I do, the commercials are really jarring. The prevalence, frequency, and obnoxiousness of the ads are far worse than I remember them ever being. I feel sorry for people who are oppressed (and that is, I believe, the correct term) by this crap. It seems that the objective of the marketers is to insure everyone, everywhere sees advertised content all the time, 24/7. To me that is simply an abuse of our public airwaves and public spaces.

And now YouTube, which was quite obviously making money before pushing these ads down everyone's throat, has given free rein to its corporate id and is doing its level best to see no one watches anything, ever without seeing several of these ridiculous ads. And I'm sure none of the revenues go to the content creators, which is the real shame here.

So if it wasn't for Brave, I would not be watching YouTube at all. Those guys have simply gotten too big for their britches.

 

[RHO]

For some reason YT has stopped showing any commercials on my TV. No add-ons to block them. No idea what happened, but I'm not complaining.

 

[xray]

What is the OS on your TV?

 

[RHO]

What is the OS on your TV?

Android.
Loving the situation so far.

 

[GD Fan]

Today my S23 had a Duck Duck Go update available which included Duck Player for Android. Turn it on and no more yt ads! Happy day.

 

[RHO]

Android.
Loving the situation so far.

Well, it lasted for a while but unfortunately not indefinite.

 

[A Surfer]

Don't love rampant, unfettered money making, but people don't really have any grounds to complain about YT business practices. This is the system we live in. Nobody forces us to use YT. If we want no ads pay premium or don't use the product seems like the only viable options.

Us expecting YT to forgo profit generation is disengenous. In our careers if we had the ability to make as much money as we could simply by doing what we are supposed to do and then people told us to limit ourselves we would push back right? So why do we expect a purely commercial entity like YT (Google) to be held to a different standard?

For the record I'm not a Google fanboy or apologist, I actually seek to minimize how much penetration into my life Google has.

 

[Multicore]

Don't love rampant, unfettered money making, but people don't really have any grounds to complain about YT

Government subsidized monopoly that conveniently circumvents its 1st amendment limits. No grounds.

 

[A Surfer]

Government subsidized monopoly that conveniently circumvents its 1st amendment limits. No grounds.

I think you have described many, many business entities. Regardless, these are accepted aspects of the economic system right? Point still remains, the consumer can always opt to not consume the offending product.

 

[snakedctr]

If we want no ads pay premium or don't use the product seems like the only viable option

*Dislike*
Welcome to the Block list.

 

[A Surfer]

*Dislike*
Welcome to the Block list.

Oh cancel culture. What did we ever do before cancel culture? Oh yah, we communicated respectfully, even when we didn't always agree. I wonder what the better approach was?

 

[A Surfer]

Government subsidized monopoly that conveniently circumvents its 1st amendment limits. No grounds.

And for the record, I actually am sympathetic to your point, I really am. I could be wrong, but the weight of evidence is clearly that in a capitalist model, these type of power imbalances are to be expected. Virtually guaranteed so for me, I just feel that the only thing the consumer truly controls is themselves. That is really all I'm saying. Not defending these tactics even if it may seem like it.

It sometimes bites us in the ass, but if we truly favor an open market where the consumers has the final say, these behaviors are part of that market.

 

[Doodski]

@A Surfer apparently some people think they are entitled to access many millions if not billions worth of computer gear and stored videos because they just are special. Pay the measly $10 to $13 a month for YouTube Premium depending on the country and be happy. It amazes me how people can be so entitled and special.

 

[Multicore]

these are accepted aspects of the economic system right?

Accepted by whom?

Point still remains, the consumer can always opt to not consume the offending product.

Can't opt out of the subsidies and monopoly protections.

 

[RHO]

We also can't opt out of products we don't want. I would pay for YT, but I have to take YT music with it. So (more than) half of what I pay would be for something I don't want and never use.
YT music is €10.99 and YT premium is €13.99 here in Belgium.
There was a €5.99 (?) premium lite subscription (only YT), but they canceled it the day they introduced it in other countries.
It seems they are testing a different version of the YT premium lite formula in some countries now.

 

[JSmith]

Like what happens to most online offerings, YT has become enshittified;

Enshittification - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Enshittification (alternately, crapification and platform decay) is a pattern in which online products and services decline in quality. Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business customers, and finally degrade their services to users and business customers to maximize profits for shareholders.

JSmith

 

[A Surfer]

Accepted by whom?


Can't opt out of the subsidies and monopoly protections.

Sorry, not trying to belabor this, but you must be aware how extremely common business being offered subsidies is. Billions of dollars go out in the form of subsidies, tax breaks and other vehicles to support businesses. Opponents call that corporate welfare and proponents call it investing in economic development.

 

[Multicore]

Sorry, not trying to belabor this, but you must be aware how extremely common business being offered subsidies is.

Of course. So why do you belabor it?

Billions of dollars go out in the form of subsidies, tax breaks and other vehicles to support businesses. Opponents call that corporate welfare and proponents call it investing in economic development.

I call it a bunch of other things in addition.