YouTube cracks down on ad blockers

[snakedctr]

I have just played around a bit with the 'Brave' browser on Ubuntu.

Brave is built on Chromium... sure it's faster than Chrome.

Try LibreWolf... a fork of Firefox, without telemetry.

BTW, uBlock is a must nowadays, built-in adblockers are not good enough.

 

[computer-audiophile]

Brave is built on Chromium... sure it's faster than Chrome.

Try LibreWolf... a fork of Firefox, without telemetry.

BTW, uBlock is a must nowadays, built-in adblockers are not good enough.

Thanks, I don't want to get bogged down now and have too many alternative browsers on the system. I have a little more confidence in the Brave browser after a short research. LibreWolf, on the other hand, doesn't come off so well. But I'm putting these things on the back burner for now anyway as long as my normal browser + adblocker works well. And it does. I don't see any ads today either.

 

[Koeitje]

Personally, I don't object to ads being displayed on Youtube, I just don't pay them any attention. Something has to fund the service and infrastructure required to host Youtube, and that's either going to be advertising or subscription revenues or a combination of both. Since i'm not prepared to pay for a subscription, I can hardly complain that I am shown ads.

In the early 00's, I had a discussion with an advertising executive regarding the skipping of adverts on broadcast TV. I'd been a PVR user since the late 90's (a Phillips TiVo) and informed her that I hadn't watched an advert for years - I always skipped past them. She was absolutely shocked by this and got quite upset. Apparently I was guilty of breaching some kind of un-written contract between myself and the broadcaster. She claimed that I was contractually obliged to watch the adverts whilst watching TV and that not watching the adverts was somehow stealing the TV!

This wasn't the first time I'd witnessed someone's reaction when their worldview was shattered by a new piece of technology and I'm sure it won't be the last.

Youtube ads used to be short. They also wouldn't pop up again if you skipped a bit in a video. But over the years they have introduced so much crap all over the place that watching content without and adblocker is insanity. Nothing is stopping them from useing regular banners or adwords hits. Youtube has created an endless cycle of introducing more ads, pushing more people towards adblocker which in turn causes Youtube to force even more ads on those without an adblocker....which causes more people to use adblockers....

Youtube premium pricing is also insane for a platform that doesn't produce its own content.

 

[Doodski]

Youtube premium pricing is also insane for a platform that doesn't produce its own content.

Canadian ~$13.64 per month for me is reasonable because I use YouTube so much everyday and the reason I can stomach paying it is because the content creators are getting a share of that expense. If it all was going to YouTube I would not pay.

 

[IAtaman]

If you gotta argue it..

 

[mhardy6647]

Oh shoot! Just upgraded Chrome and it is pushing ads despite having ublock active! The video is blank but audio of the ad plays!!!

Thus did I switch to Firefox* a couple of weeks ago.
Eff Alphabet and the horse they rode in on. (sorry for being so crass -- they started it! )

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* Technically, switched back, after a hiatus of about two decades...

 

[thecheapseats]

YouTube is a paid service...

...Change my mind....

ok... YOU are the product - and not acknowledging that designation is delusional. It is an attractive nuisance....

 

[thecheapseats]

No... people have the right to filter their online experience as they see fit. The onus is on the provider to lock down their content.


JSmith

exactly... and NOT doing so - lock[ing] down their content - clearly defines the provider's intent and revenue model.

 

[Mart68]

Suppose ad blockers go against YouTube's terms of use. Would it then still not be theft?

Not in the UK. Would fall under breach of contract so would be a Civil matter.

 

[DonR]

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If you gotta argue it..

The Michael Corleone Defence. "Nothing personal, it's just business."

 

[Doodski]

exactly... and NOT doing so - lock[ing] down their content - clearly defines the provider's intent and revenue model.

Having the open platform attracts the content providers and that attracts hits. It's a double edged sword.

 

[Snoopy]

Family subscription for YouTube premium in a third world country (I pay like 3-4€ per month) and have 5 other people in my „family“.

No ads anywhere, YouTube music .

 

[thecheapseats]

Having the open platform attracts the content providers and that attracts hits. It's a double edged sword.

as I said above - this defines an attractive nuisance.

 

[simbloke]

£20 a month in the UK for the family plan. Err nope. As others have pointed out - they don't even make any content.

 

[Berwhale]

£20 a month in the UK for the family plan. Err nope. As others have pointed out - they don't even make any content.

It is taking the mickey when you can pretend to be in Argentina or Turkey (sorry Türkiye) and purchase the same subscription at a fraction of the cost.

 

[Blumlein 88]

ok... YOU are the product - and not acknowledging that designation is delusional. It is an attractive nuisance....

So does paying for yt mean buying your way out of streaming serfdom?

 

[Blumlein 88]

Brave is built on Chromium... sure it's faster than Chrome.

Try LibreWolf... a fork of Firefox, without telemetry.

BTW, uBlock is a must nowadays, built-in adblockers are not good enough.

Do I remember correctly that librewolf is no longer being maintained/updated? I've used it in the past. Currently use FF or Brave, but am trying out Vivaldi.

 

[Rednaxela]

ok... YOU are the product - and not acknowledging that designation is delusional. It is an attractive nuisance....

I acknowledge it here:

Plus you pay with your usage data.

 

[computer-audiophile]

Do I remember correctly that librewolf is no longer being maintained/updated? I've used it in the past. Currently use FF or Brave, but am trying out Vivaldi.

Please tell us about your experience or expectations with the Vivaldi browser. Judging by the name, it could be a good browser for classical music lovers.

 

[holdingpants01]

Some of you may think YouTube is some niche website because you don't use it, but in reality it's the second most visited website in the world after the Google.com. Third place is far away after those two, with like a quarter of traffic. No wonder they make ads unbearable just to force more subscribers. BTW including ads inside the video is a choice of an author, there's plenty of those who are demonetized or who just include their own ads as a part of a video