• RoxActually@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is why I would not want to pay a subscription to YouTube. I don’t trust that they would ever truely work out all the ads

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      1 year ago

      I’ve had Premium since it was called Red (got it through Google Music) and never see ads. Would be upset if I was OP, but haven’t experienced that issue myself.

  • Jentu@lemmy.film
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    1 year ago

    I’m also a premium YT subscriber and if I see this or they kick me off for using PiHole, I’ll cancel my account and just set up some automation with YT-DLP to Plex or Infuse for channels I like watching. If youtube decided that it’s their turn to get shitty like the rest of the popular internet, I’ll be beyond upset.

    • Cybermass@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You can actually set up firewall settings to block any traffic coming from the ads, the only way they can stop that form of ad block is to block the person’s IP address.

    • ash@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      does this support 4k? Anything i’ve used that says they do actually don’t. FreeTube, Invidious, Piped

  • ⚡⚡⚡@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Just install ublock origin, cancel the youtube subscription and donate the money to your favorite youtuber…

  • If they actually continue on their path of ensuring no ad blockers work on YouTube, I will simply cease watching it completely. I really hate how aggressive advertisement became over the years. I didn’t mind non-gore (because some ads shown really gruesome health issues) and non-porn side panels which didn’t animate. Hell, sometimes I’d click if they had what would interest me. There is absolute zero chance I will buy anything which bothers me. And I won’t let it waste the time of my life.

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      1 year ago

      I like the game grumps and Lex Fridman. The documentaries are cool, but I have to watch them in a different container or YouTube will start feeding me 30 minute ads or rants that sound reasonable but are super bigoted and flawed when you actually think about it

      Reddit meant more to me than anything else I do online, and I committed to leaving it behind even before I found Lemmy… YouTube is barely worth it even without the ads. And I’ve got a whole fediverse of video content to investigate