YouTube Anti-Adblock and Ads

https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/173jmog/youtube_antiadblock_and_ads_october_09_2023/

by Wasserpuncher • 3 years ago

63 5 3 years ago

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mindslight• 3 years ago

Is Google's crusade affecting yt-dlp as well? Because while I'm often just lazy and use the web UI, if they're going to make it even more hostile I will just take it as a push to use a different player.

GravitasFailure• 3 years ago

It hasn't affected my usage so far. I even sometimes use yt-dlp when YouTube proper won't serve a video without pausing to buffer every ten seconds, so in some ways it works better than the web interface.

Alifatisk• 3 years ago

This will lead to a cat-and-mouse game, I don't know if Youtube really want to go down this path.

If Youtube just calmed down with the ads a bit, I would happily turn off my adblock. In the old days, they had banners in the video which I didn't mind. Could that be a good complement?

Interrupting the video with 2-3 consecutive ads every 5-10 minute is really disturbing, I know this isn't exactly all Youtubes fault since Content creators themselfs can bombard the video with more ads.

At some point, it feels like I watched more ads than the video itself.

On the other hand, I understand that content creators deserve good compensation for their invested time, but I don't think fighting adblocks is a good solution.

squigz• 3 years ago

Frankly, FOSS developers should just avoid reddit for stuff like this.

nathias• 3 years ago

I will never turn off adblocking, maybe alternatives will get some extra users now.

YouTube Anti-Adblock and Ads

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