Youtube ads

AusWolf · Oct 12, 2023

Easy Rhino said:
Most of the people who will complain about being forced to watch ads will still continue to use youtube. They are the addicted ones and Google knows that.

It's not necessarily addiction. I, for example, don't have a TV subscription because I find it useless. I just watch tons of science and cooking shows on Youtube to learn. Could I live without Youtube? Of course. But my quality of life would be a lot worse without it. A window to the world would close, so to speak.

Before anybody starts, I'd be happy to watch an ad or two before my video starts if that's all it was. What I object to are interruptions every 5 minutes, 20-30 second unskippable ads, and the general idea of annoying the public into paying for the service instead of offering something of value in the premium package. It's basically a protection racket within legal bounds.

Not to mention that the subscription service as a business model sickens me to the core, but that's a different topic altogether.

P4-630 said:
Me neither, also using adblocker extensions on chrome here, no issues watching a video sofar....

Same here. AdBlock works just fine.

Easy Rhino · Oct 12, 2023

LOL! I just got my first Ad Blockers Are Not Allowed on Youtube message!!! Welp, guess I am done with wasting my time.

plat · Oct 12, 2023

Just got this via gorhill's acct. on X. Will bookmark but the ghacks workaround still works on here for the time being.

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Arco · Oct 12, 2023

Yeah, don't care, life will continue and we will keep blocking ads.

Athlonite · Oct 12, 2023

iameatingjam said:
Damn. I use the Brave browser and it blocks ads automatically. I haven't been affected yet... hopefully I wont be. No way I'm paying for youtube premium.

It'll happen eventually as I said it's not a full on roll out for everyone it's a rando roll out but it will be coming your way sooner rather than later you can bet on i....

what gets me about this is most of the videos I watch on YT already have ads in them from their sponsors why aren't YT asking for a share of that revenue instead of forcing YT premium on people

bug · Oct 12, 2023

plat said:
Just got this via gorhill's acct. on X. Will bookmark but the ghacks workaround still works on here for the time being.

YouTube.com: ALL issues (closed - Nov 2023) · Issue #19976 · uBlockOrigin/uAssets

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Keep in mind Google probably googles for these as well. They can render the workarounds useless at any moment, even if, right now, they choose not to.
If I had to guess, I'd say they roll out the anti-adblocks gradually, watching their user base. The sooner you answer by not watching their videos anymore, the sooner they may stop blocking the ad blockers.

AusWolf · Oct 12, 2023

Athlonite said:
It'll happen eventually as I said it's not a full on roll out for everyone it's a rando roll out but it will be coming your way sooner rather than later you can bet on i....

Ad blockers will find a way around it sooner rather that later, you can bet on it.

Edit: Youtube blocking adblockers and then adblockers fighting back has been an ongoing topic since the first dinosaurs walked out of the primordial ocean or something.

thesmokingman · Oct 12, 2023

I tried plat's link in post 121 and so far so good.

plat · Oct 12, 2023

Just got that anti-adblocker banner on YouTube again. I"m like: so soon? It turns out that if you had implemented the workaround, uBlock Origin now has to play "keep away" from Google! So you go into your dashboard and you may find that updates to the lists are ready. So you purge and update now. The nag from YouTube has been banished again--on here at least. Hopefully for everyone.

I am so glad the uBO team is on this, for sure.

thesmokingman · Oct 12, 2023

lol, it's gonna be like a game of whackamole.

theFOoL · Oct 12, 2023

It prompt like twice but I just closed it and since I have not gotten any so... Idk

thesmokingman · Oct 12, 2023

Same here I get the warnings every now and then but have not seen the ultimatum banner.

Easy Rhino · Oct 12, 2023

It's coming for sure. Not only do they get to mine all of your personal data and sell it, they will now force you to watch ads. It is a race to the bottom at Google.

theFOoL · Oct 13, 2023

I really don't get the whole "Personal Data sell" stuff. I mean what Data

lexluthermiester · Oct 13, 2023

plat said:
Just got this via gorhill's acct. on X. Will bookmark but the ghacks workaround still works on here for the time being.

YouTube.com: ALL issues (closed - Nov 2023) · Issue #19976 · uBlockOrigin/uAssets

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That's good to know. So to sum up a few of the remarks in that discussion, If you have UBlockOrigin and Enhancer For YouTube installed at the same time(like many of us do) disable the Ads Managment -> Block Ads option. It seems to conflict with UBO doing it's proper work.

theFOoL said:
I really don't get the whole "Personal Data sell" stuff. I mean what Data

You'd be shocked.

theFOoL · Oct 13, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
You be shocked.

Ha I doubt. I don't work (But soon as a Computer-Freelancer) I will buy used but tested parts building my Loving Dream of somewhat new "1150 Era PCs"

plat · Oct 13, 2023

theFOoL said:
I really don't get the whole "Personal Data sell" stuff. I mean what Data

If you look up something like Google analytics and Google tag manager, you will see these are some of an army of domains that collects website visitor info and sends it back to Google, which then markets and monetizes the results. Same for Amazon, Facebook, etc. That's just a small part of Google's vast fortune, though. Since it's off-topic I won't go farther but Google is currently embroiled in a lawsuit regarding monkey business with its search engine.

Anyway. It took one whole day to block me completely unless I periodically purge and update uBO and then refresh the YouTube page. If it's not universal (yet), then it's going region by region. Without uBO, I am completely blocked from accessing any YouTube video.

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Oct 13, 2023

I have youtube premium family plan so i never get them. However, on my work computer, I use a different email address that isnt part of the family plan. Ublock origin still blocking ads for me.

theFOoL · Oct 13, 2023

I mean I'm blocked on my original Google account from YouTube only bc I was on my VPN hideme as I was connected via Canada. I emailed them but no such luck so I created another. I even contacted hideme

bug · Oct 13, 2023

theFOoL said:
I really don't get the whole "Personal Data sell" stuff. I mean what Data

I haven't seen a single instance when Google was caught something even remotely resembling user data. It's an urban legend. They may show prospective ad buyers that users in one town are more likely to click their ads than users in another town or something like that. But personally identifiable data? That would be illegal.

lexluthermiester · Oct 13, 2023

bug said:
But personally identifiable data? That would be illegal.

While true, you be surprised how personal non-identifying data can get.

bug · Oct 13, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
While true, you be surprised how personal non-identifying data can get.

I know, but that's not really my data. That's something derived from my data through Google's own efforts. You're also agreeing to them sharing that data (i.e. not selling) by accepting the EULA. That's a far cry from "omg, Google is selling my data".

Deleted member 185088 · Oct 13, 2023

So far so good for me, though I almost never use YouTube on PC, mostly Android or TV, surprisingly ads are not so bad on TV but completely useless.

SK-1 · Oct 13, 2023

Opera GX gaming browser= NO YT ads...ever.

Deleted member 185088 · Oct 13, 2023

SK-1 said:
Opera GX gaming browser= NO YT ads...ever.

How is Opera GX? Does it sync well with Google account for bookmarks and the like?

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