Youtube is driving me loco with the ads

[linuxares]

Yeah that sounds right. I remember there's some kind of manager app, but I don't have it, so direct download seems like the way.

For me the Revanced app is so bad. It leaves a .sh file that gets out of date and causes all kind of issues. I just changed my ways to start using Magisk modules instead.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Done, but will they disable it like they have about 6 others I've tried? They call them malware and won't let me use them.

I've never had that problem. I use uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock.
And also ReVanced on mobile (which does need manually updating sometimes when it stops working)
On PC it has been problem free, I haven't seen a single ad, nor have I seen the adblock nag that many people got.
Maybe try Firefox.

 

[ChristopherSims]

I use youtube premium

 

[MFDC12]

Why would you say that, it's simply not true.

There is a Root version and Non-Root version.

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I use an add-on to hide Shorts. Can't stand that shit.

It was just a simple misunderstanding, jeez. I could have sworn last time I looked in like 2022 it was root only, but looking at archives I was wrong. Didn't think it was that important to update my post because like, the next post down someone had already corrected me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Jayinem]

I use youtube premium

I'm not paying to watch videos online. I'd boycott Youtube first. Easy decision.

 

[Marc_LFD]

I'm not paying to watch videos online. I'd boycott Youtube first. Easy decision.

People don't seem to mind it because it's ad-free, but ReVanced offers so many more options and it's free of charge.

YT Premium should allow to hide Shorts, right? It doesn't.

 

[urherenow]

People don't seem to mind it because it's ad-free, but ReVanced offers so many more options and it's free of charge.

YT Premium should allow to hide Shorts, right? It doesn't.

hmmm... there are quite a few shorts that I enjoy watching. But... just looking in Chrome right now on my desktop (and I don't have premium, mind you), I go to my "home" in YouTube, scroll down to shorts, and off to the right there is an X that says "not interested" when you hover over it. I wonder what that does?

 

[Armadillo]

I don't think you can block shorts officially. IIRC the "not interested" button is just to say "not interested in that set/the content of them".

On desktop blocktube is your friend and can completely remove them.

This is why I won't pay for premium. Pay for it, but then still need to run a load of addons or use a third party client anyway to make youtube usable.

 

[Jayro]

I use uBlock Origin with SpoinsorBlock, and never see a single ad or sponsorship. I don't even get tricked into Linus Sebastion's segways into his sponsors anymore.

 

[SillyBee]

I use uBlock Origin with SpoinsorBlock, and never see a single ad or sponsorship. I don't even get tricked into Linus Sebastion's segways into his sponsors anymore.

I have honestly forgotten what seeing an ad in Youtube is lmao. Like when somebody tries to show me something in a non-ad blocked device all I can think is "You really live like this?"

 

[slaphappygamer]

Funny thing about YouTube. It really isn't yours. It should be TheirTube.

 

[TheStonedModder]

I don't mind if you show me a forced ad in the beginning of the video that's fine, but this interrupting the video MULTIPLE TIMES in a single video to show ads is BULLSHIT. I keep trying ad blocks but eventually they disable them.

The skip ad button becoming useless was the final nail In the coffin for me. You could tap/click it as much as you want but the ad will just finish playing its whole length

I ended up signing up for Maple signer(15/year) to get a dev cert for my iPad and iPhone so I could sideload a youtube app with adblock and sponsorblock built in. Now I can install this or any IPA without having to worry about it getting revoked

Youtube got greedy

 

[RedColoredStars]

The skip ad button becoming useless was the final nail In the coffin for me. You could tap/click it as much as you want but the ad will just finish playing its whole length

I ended up signing up for Maple signer(15/year) to get a dev cert for my iPad and iPhone so I could sideload a youtube app with adblock and sponsorblock built in. Now I can install this or any IPA without having to worry about it getting revoked

Youtube got greedy

Could have simply used Brave or uBlock Origin with Orion Browser.

 

[linuxares]

I use uBlock Origin with SpoinsorBlock, and never see a single ad or sponsorship. I don't even get tricked into Linus Sebastion's segways into his sponsors anymore.

This is the way! I mean if you pay for Youtube Premium. You still don't get rid of all the sponsors (also use Firefox)

 

[TheStonedModder]

Could have simply used Brave or uBlock Origin with Orion Browser.

I also use Brave(its low key the only usable way to use gbatemp on mobile now) but I dislike the mobile UI version of the Youtube app. Especially on smaller screen devices. You also cant cast to another screen from them

 

[linuxares]

I wouldn't touch anything with Chromium at the moment. I just wait for how big of a shitfest or not Manifest v3 will be.

 

[Jayro]

This is the way! I mean if you pay for Youtube Premium. You still don't get rid of all the sponsors (also use Firefox)

Firefox v3.0 got so bloated, I switched to Chrome and never looked back. Still don't.

 

[linuxares]

Firefox v3.0 got so bloated, I switched to Chrome and never looked back. Still don't.

Bloated? it seems pretty slim to me. I just add the extensions I want :3

 

[Jayro]

If Manifest v3 shits on Chrome's adblockers, I'll temporarily switch to the Fox until it's fixed.

 

[linuxares]

If Manifest v3 shits on Chrome's adblockers, I'll temporarily switch to the Fox until it's fixed.

I guess you could switch to the HBTQ+ unfriendly browser Brave instead