YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it : technology

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Well, we got to the point where it's too much so....

[–] cricket97@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

anyone have a good chrome extension that blocks youtube ads? The one I was using was just flagged for malware

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The problem here is Chrome - guess what, the company that brought you YT also makes the Browser that prevents ad blocking by simply calling ad blocking software "rogue".

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[+] NaturalBeauty@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I would consider turning my ad blocker down or off if:

Ads got less annoying. Many ads are profoundly obnoxious.
Ads got shorter. I really don't need your bizarre little comedy skit; some of my favorite ads are just "Hey Burger King is selling a burger with onion rings and barbecue sauce on it. You should be able to sell me a cheeseburger in ten seconds.
Ads got less repetitive. I have blacklisted so many products and companies because of overly repeated ads. I will not forgive Dr. Squatch for reminding me every minute that I'm not a dish, I'm a maaan.
Youtubers form a union and begin collective bargaining with Alphabet the way the record labels do.
Political and pharmaceutical ads are outright banned from all forms of broadcast. I absolutely will not ask my doctor about maximum strength shitabrick, and if I wanted to be lied to I'd ask my mother how I look.

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[–] cyd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (14 children)

I'm pretty happy paying for YouTube Premium; it seems like a fair deal given how much my family uses YouTube. But I'm worried that sooner or later YouTube Premium is gonna get Google Graveyarded, or they're going to insert ads anyway.

[–] virtualbriefcase@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

YT isn't going to drop premium any time soon. Subscriptions are astronomically more revenue generating then ads, and given YT was always operating at a loss until they stopped reporting revenue altogether premium will probably be the only route to scrape by.

Not to say they can't enshittify it by raising prices and adding restrictions, but I can't see them doing anything but trying to force more people to it.

I paid for it for a bit a while back, and it was decent. Of course free tools give considerably better features (adblock, sponsor block, DRM free downloads, better privacy). That and personally not wanting to financially support YT for a variety of reasons has kept me away from it for a long time.

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