Stop Youtube ads
Discussion
the-norseman said:
Might have to try smart tube on Google TV etc, I currently pay the family price for Youtube plus.
Same here, but I do watch an inordinate amount of YouTube. So much so I’m at the point of cancelling Sky and Netflix. If I could genuinely find a way of watching it ad free on my iPhone, iPad and LG TV without it being a technical pain in the arse then I would.
The ads were frankly getting bats
t crazy (to deliberately drive you to subscribe to YouTube plus) so I finally bit the bullet and subscribed. MB140 said:
Same here, but I do watch an inordinate amount of YouTube. So much so I’m at the point of cancelling Sky and Netflix.
If I could genuinely find a way of watching it ad free on my iPhone, iPad and LG TV without it being a technical pain in the arse then I would.
The ads were frankly getting batst crazy (to deliberately drive you to subscribe to YouTube plus) so I finally bit the bullet and subscribed.
Maye you should just pay for it? I realised just how much I was watching, and how it's such a useful technical resource (like FB) that maybe the people deserve to be rewarded for content. You're not getting one over on a big mega-corp, you're denying the little person of reward for effort.If I could genuinely find a way of watching it ad free on my iPhone, iPad and LG TV without it being a technical pain in the arse then I would.
The ads were frankly getting bats
t crazy (to deliberately drive you to subscribe to YouTube plus) so I finally bit the bullet and subscribed. DKS said:
Maye you should just pay for it? I realised just how much I was watching, and how it's such a useful technical resource (like FB) that maybe the people deserve to be rewarded for content. You're not getting one over on a big mega-corp, you're denying the little person of reward for effort.
A fair few people, I'm one of them, prefers the carrot to the stick. The Ads are the "stick" - they are unbearable, in frequency and interruptions.I watch only three You tube creators regularly - Matt Armstrong, Mend It Mark, and Marcus House. Mat and Marcus have in-video sponsorship -they stop to talk about their sponsor/product - Matt is quiet clever in that he keep working on his project whist product placing (his food thingy), Marcus is skippable by simply clicking the timeline, just like fast forwarding on the TV through ads . Their shows are totally ruined if you allow ads - ads that YT insert. As far as I'm concerned, their product placement / sponsorship should be enough. I should not also be forced to hand money to Youtube (google) on top of that.
This is reinforced by the fact the vast majority of my YT use is watching tutorials for mending / programming / common fixes - car / van / HA / computer, etc, and the majority of those are put up by people who simply want to share and help. I have put up YT vids with help for others - and I've not monitesed them (or even researched it) - they are not exactly "big hitters"! This content existed before monitisation....
It may be "just £10 a month" but they all add up. Every bugger is moving to a subscription model (people are falling over themselves to hand MS money every month for office....., just one example of a good value product becoming less good value). I've trimmed my "optional" (i.e. not household bills) monthly subs down to just 2. My phone, and iFit. Its amazing how fast they all accumulate / get out of hand.
My recent favourite was Discovery Plus. I paid the monthly sub of £6 (I think) as I like to watch "how it's made" and "how do they do that" - just two bloody programmes, but I liek them, and deemed it worth the small fee, and then, overnight - they started inserting ads. I cancelled, and hillariously, they know what's what as when I did cancel it asked for my reason, the 1st checkbox was, "introduction of advertisments". Idiots.
So, I'm very "sub" averse. Its all going this way though, plus of course needing a "membership" card for every single shop - Greggs for a latte yesterday, "do you have the app?", "f
k me, is there anywhere WITHOUT an app now?" I said with a chuckle, "don't think so" she replied with a smile.I've never got into the Youtube thing, so don't watch any channels. The only time I use it is rarely when I want to see reviews of something I'm considering buying - which by coincidence was a couple of days ago.
The ads were a total pain. Several videos had 2 ads that couldn't be skipped before they started, and then ads during the review.
Thanks to this thread, I just downloaded Brave and thought I'd try some of those reviews again. So much better!
The ads were a total pain. Several videos had 2 ads that couldn't be skipped before they started, and then ads during the review.
Thanks to this thread, I just downloaded Brave and thought I'd try some of those reviews again. So much better!
DKS said:
MB140 said:
Same here, but I do watch an inordinate amount of YouTube. So much so I’m at the point of cancelling Sky and Netflix.
If I could genuinely find a way of watching it ad free on my iPhone, iPad and LG TV without it being a technical pain in the arse then I would.
The ads were frankly getting batst crazy (to deliberately drive you to subscribe to YouTube plus) so I finally bit the bullet and subscribed.
Maye you should just pay for it? I realised just how much I was watching, and how it's such a useful technical resource (like FB) that maybe the people deserve to be rewarded for content. You're not getting one over on a big mega-corp, you're denying the little person of reward for effort.If I could genuinely find a way of watching it ad free on my iPhone, iPad and LG TV without it being a technical pain in the arse then I would.
The ads were frankly getting bats
t crazy (to deliberately drive you to subscribe to YouTube plus) so I finally bit the bullet and subscribed. 48k said:
Mr-B said:
ublock origin works for me.
Still? Mine stopped working last week, and the chrome store now marks it as verboten.ETA just tried my other laptop which is Win 11, has the latest chrome version and all windows updates, I did get a warning that Ublock wouldn't work and had been turned off, so I turned it back on and it seems to be OK
Edited by Mr-B on Saturday 15th March 16:42
Chrome om MacOS has just been updated to the latest Manifest v3 extensions platform and I think the Windows version is the same; uBlock Origin isn't compatible with this and Chrome disables it by default. It can still be re-enabled, but it's been removed from the web store and they're going to nerf it completely soon.
UBO Lite still works though, but it's not as powerful - there's no possibility of installing advanced filters or scripts (paywall blockers and so on). Lots more info on r/uBlockOrigin
I've migrated to Firefox where UBO still works, but F1TV removed support for it a few weeks back. Grr.
Edit: my youngest son is using AdGuard on Chrome and says it's blocking YT ads with no problems at all.
UBO Lite still works though, but it's not as powerful - there's no possibility of installing advanced filters or scripts (paywall blockers and so on). Lots more info on r/uBlockOrigin
I've migrated to Firefox where UBO still works, but F1TV removed support for it a few weeks back. Grr.
Edit: my youngest son is using AdGuard on Chrome and says it's blocking YT ads with no problems at all.
Edited by BrownEaredDog on Saturday 15th March 21:27
Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff