uBlock. Use it. Stop that masochism. Remove ads. Get some self-esteem.
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Sponsorblock too
I don't mind sponsorship segments as much. A good content creator finds a way to make those entertaining as well. And if they don't, a couple presses of the arrow keys does the job.
finally someone who gets it. there are some creators out there who actually make interesting bits out of their sponsorships
Maybe there are 5% of channels that produce interesting ads, but:
- 95% don't
- I don't come there to watch ads, good or bad
I think it’s also good to remember that, creators who bake in their sponsorships are USUALLY paid upfront for the space.
Meaning, just skip that shit if it’s not for you. They already got the money.
At least, this is how I have come to understand sponsorships.
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I disable Sponsorskip on Some More News because I like watching Cody chug that disgusting looking green stuff. I'm a simple man.
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A "couple presses of the arrow keys" can overshoot, forcing you to hunt around with the mouse to find the content.
SponsorBlock has an option to skip the segment with a single button press (instead of auto-skipping). You should give it a try before you judge. It's really convenient.
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For some reason I've been getting the "ad blockers violate the terms of service" nag lately on my firefox browser with ublock origin. My Brave browser doesn't get it though. Any ideas?
uBlock isn't "install and forget"; it needs some initial setup. Add some "filter lists" and overall look what is there in the settings.
Still, you should think about that self-esteem thing. Why do you still use that site with "ad blockers violate the terms of service" nagging? Do you really need it?
I installed it and did the setup and it worked great for many months. Then, in the last few days, something changed, though I made no changes to my browser or ublock. Today it works fine. Yesterday I was getting the nag. I didn't make any changes from yesterday to today.
Youtube did something recently and uBlock had to update in response. I think it was automatically rolled out sometime "last night."
I might be wrong but I think ad blocker warnings show up briefly after YouTube updates its detection methods. They vanish once filter lists catch up. It’s an ongoing cat-and-mouse game.
To reduce these warnings, update your ad blocker’s filter lists or they'll eventually they do so automatically.
Update Filters: In uBlock Origin, open the dashboard, go to the “Filter lists” tab, and click “Update now.” Keeping uBlock itself updated helps too. Clearing cache can sometimes help. I think Firefox has better uBlock support, Chrome is toxic to adblocker integration.
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This happened to me with Ublock, I guess the cat and mouse game isn't over
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Please Drink Verification Can and repeat the following phrase: "Blessed be The Algorithm" to continue watching "Compilation of people falling down #596 FUNNY"
For those who haven’t read this yet:
Aged like wine!
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Crazy that this came out 13 years ago and things are just going more and more in that direction
I'm waiting for the time that they turn my volume back up after I mute it.
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I got my first ever "YouTube doesn't allow ad blockers" message on YouTube today. I hit the reload button and my ad blocker caught up and blocked that shit. How's that approach going for you YouTube? I'd sooner stop using YouTube than watch it with ads.
I'd rather foot the bill directly. I'd rather pay for shit if it costs something. I'd rather the businesses that I do business with work harder to make their products better rather than work harder to make me click on ads.
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I swear, YouTube uses the camera on my phone/tablet to detect if I am facing the screen or not. It doesn't have 'permission' to access the camera, but the behavior is too consistent to be a coincidence.
I can't fall asleep to silence. I have to have something playing to keep me from being alone with my thoughts, or I will literally never sleep. So I watch YouTube videos while Im tying to fall asleep. I skip every ad as soon as it will let me when facing the screen. Every time, and I mean literally every time I turn over so my back is to the screen, YouTube will start playing one of those long ass ads, ones that will go on for 1/2 hr or more if I don't turn back over and hit 'skip'. It's just too consistent to be random.
The best is when it's the ad for the stupid ass 'superhero' audiobook where the main character is the only person who doesn't have a superpower and gets picked on, and by picked on I mean they force him to watch as they SA his girlfriend. I have done the thing where you can request they don't show you that particular ad at least a dozen times now and it never helps.
I already know that guy will get his superpower eventually. I already know that he will get his revenge on his bullies. Its about the most obvious, 5th grade level writing you could imagine. Nothing about it appeals to me, I hate that fucking ad with a passion.
Newpipe
Awesome, thank you. I just installed it and it seems to be working great.
Also signing up for PeerTube as well. 👍
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I'm convinced social media algorithms show you content you choose not to see because they count "don't show me this again" as engagement.
I can't fall asleep to silence. I have to have something playing to keep me from being alone with my thoughts, or I will literally never sleep.
I have experienced this. Something that helped me is “cognitive shuffling.” Essentially forcing your thoughts to drift.
The technique I learned was this:
Pick a word, preferably one with lots of different letters.
Start with the first letter. Think of as many objects starting with that letter as you can, and picture them. You don’t need to be rigid about this, and don’t waste time trying to come up with objects if you’re stuck, just move onto the next letter. If you finish the word, pick a new one. But I don’t know that I’ve ever finished a word before falling asleep.
The idea is this sort of directed but disconnected thinking helps put your mind into the sort of state that lets sleep come. And when I’m diligent about it, it works like a charm. It’s like a way to actively fall asleep.
Unfortunately because it requires some effort I often don’t do it. But I do recommend it!
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foot the bill directly
I WISH. I genuinely wish they'd let me bid on my own ad break. But they don't. It's either pay an insane monthly subscription fee or see ads. If you're letting advertisers bid on my time, let me! Let me offer to pay the .01 cents or whatever to not see an ad. But they won't do it. I'm a little surprised I don't see people talk about this being an alternative.
Some industry people are amazingly entitled about your obligation to participate in their business model. Jack Valenti, a former president of the Motion Picture Association of America, once literally called muting commercials or leaving the room during them "theft of programming".
So im assuming a bunch of people are filming themselves walking out of a room with commercials playing and sending it to him with a big FU in the subject line?
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ReVanced baby 🤘🏻
The are others.
Odysee.com ;
Nebula.com ;
Peertube ;
Dailymotion ;
Tubi.com for TV and movies ;
Bitchute ;
Rumble ;
Kick ;
and more than you have time to watch in a day
Every time I've tried to use an alternative it hasn't had anything that grabbed my interest. If you say I'm not looking hard enough, you've missed the point of why I'm currently on a short video platform instead of watching a TV show or movie. If I have to look hard you've already lost me.
Odysee is right-wing libertarian circle jerk
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Foot the bill
Send feet pics to YouTube HQ
I already try to consciously not click YouTube links in my primary browser to avoid this. I load them in a backup browser with no privacy tools or, much more often, download them directly for local viewing. Fuck Google and their ads.
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New pipe is pretty cool...
Ads are brainwashing. They sell companies access to your brain case and it's always been a disturbing behavior.
Eh, too on the nose to be funny.
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