A little VPN to Argentina does wonders for the bank balance. I don’t mind paying but I refuse to pay extortionate amounts.
I still have no clue how to complete this process, so I just use ReVanced.
It was quite easy I think.
VPN to Argentina. Use incognito browser. Sign in to YouTube. Sign up for premium. When asked for an address use Google maps and pick a random residential address in Argentina.
I think that was it. Was a few years ago now.
ublock origin on my PC works amazing. I forget yt has ads most of the time. If web drm becomes a thing I’ll hopefully have a pinhole in front of my traffic by then
Not sure if you meant pihole or not, but if you did, I thought I’d just mention that a pihole doesn’t remove ads on YouTube due to the fact that the ads and the videos are served from the same server. You block the ads, you block the videos. Made me quite sad after I set my one up.
Unless you didn’t mean pihole, in which case do enlighten me as to what a pinhole is :))
I meant pihole stupid autocorrect. That’s sad to hear… I wonder how ublock works cause yt never shows ads for me but videos work great
Yeah, I was super gutted when I found out. Apparently it did use to work in the past when they used to serve the ads from different servers, but not any more, unfortunately. It’s not completely pointless to install, though. It provides some great software out the box to monitor internet traffic on your network, and I’m pretty sure that in some cases it can speed up your internet by acting as a self-hosted DNS server.
The reason UBlock works, is because it has direct access to the HTML, CSS and JavaScript sent to you. It can alter the web page directly. UBlock scans all the web pages you load, and automatically removes anything it recognizes as an ad. There’s a lot more to it than just that, and it’s a really clever tool, but essentially what it does is directly alter the code of the web page. Unfortunately, this isn’t really possible to do from another device on your network. I did look into somehow setting up a device which scans all incoming traffic like Ublock does, and then removes adverts similarly, but this isn’t really possible since HTTPS traffic is encrypted. Any attempt at removing the encryption would likely result in a heap of issues to using various services, and you’ll likely get constant warnings on your browser about a page being insecure e.t.c.
Well that sucks. Thanks though
YouTube, removes downvote count, and implements shitty start up noise that I can’t disable, and raises price. Then wonders why I don’t want to pay for that shit.
and the shorts start up page pops up as soon as you open yt , to push you into the mindless scrolling
There’s no hoops. Just install a 3rd party player with adblock enabled and that’s it.
NewPipe exists.
I hate Ggle as a corporation, but LOVE YouTube. With that being said, FreeTube, NewPipe, and InnerTunes will be used by me until YouTube/Ggle goes bankrupt. After they replaced G**gle Play Music with YouTube music I want them to burn a fiery death.
Why? I use YouTube music all the time, it’s great.
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It’s great… In your opinion. It is trash, in my opinion. Everyone can enjoy what they want but it’s not for me (at least not if I have to pay)
Cool, good for you.
Fuck google and the horse it rode in on. Never paying them a single red cent. They already make bank selling my data.
Fuck em with a cactus.
I’m no bootlicker
Google shouldn’t exist
It’s like saying AAA games should probably be way more than $60. Despite the fact they used to be $40… then $50… and more expensive carts have ALWAYS been around since the SNES? and definitely N64 days lol.
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You must be confused beefcat because I’m agreeing with you lmfao.
Also, I’m not proposing a solution. If I had one, I wouldn’t be on KBin talking to you. I’d be in my megayacht playing Remnant 2 surrounded by hookers and blow.
Installing ublock origins and sponsorblock is not jumping through hoops
And Google.with its basically infinite money should name it worthwhile to be paid for. But YouTube premium is garbage
My problem with ad block is that it ends up hurting the creators more than it does YouTube.
Ads are but a few sheckles nowadays or we wouldnt have sponors merch and every other cash revenues for even the most mildly “successfull” creators
Perhaps you are also forgetting YouTube puts ads on videos now regardless if the creator has the abiity to do that
10 years ago, ads may have been the main source for creators
Edit: cant forget em3 ads back to back or some.people haveeven seen 10 back to back, no creator is good enough to deserve that kind of torture to sift through as a viewer
I can’t block the ads on my Roku TV, which is where most of my watching takes place.
Creators also earn way more from Premium views than ad views.
I have no problem with services being ad-supported, and I also have no problem with them charging for a premium ad-free option.
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You could say I’m a master…
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The number within your circle has an absolute value of |2|, and |2| is a positive number! 😎
Bullshit! THIS says otherwise
Whoosh moment… but I see what you did there - and I for one, like it!:-P
Though tbf, I must be insane, b/c I legit just watch the ads. Okay so not watch watch them, or listen either tbh, but let them play out I mean… I watch fewer than one YT video per day, most often per week even, or sometimes per month, so that is just easier for me than anything else, and it feels good to know that I am supporting the content creators that way, which iirc YT does at least a halfway decent job of? (or I could be misremembering that, but I thought like not the best yet not the worst either, more solidly in the middle, median-wise if not average?) Like, it is literally the least I can offer:-D.
Unless I want to listen to music, in which case I just turn on blocking of the ads - I guess I am not all that perfect (or bat-shit insane - ain’t nobody got time for dat!):-P.
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I just think I’m irritated with watching ads enough to pay to not need to. I also think I watch multiple YouTube videos nearly everyday, so I just consider it paying $0.05 to skip the ad automatically and still support the company and creators both.
It is a nice perspective, thanks for sharing it!:-)
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0 hoops to get rid of ads.
90% of my usage is on Mobile and through my Roku TV which both use specific apps to view YouTube. That’s my problem.
I can use revanced to change the app on my phone, or download another app like NewPipe and that would work for a bit. But the hoops I’m referring to are when the apps get banned and need to be updated to work again, AND the hoops I feel I’d need to go to for an ad blocker at the router level so my Roku TV won’t show ads through YouTube. (Though I should probably look into that anyway to get rid of ads on my TVs home screen).
It just feels like a hassle to me, and I’m paying $8/mo as a student anyway so it’s pretty cheap too.
What you need Google to spoon feed you and wipe your ass too?
“Okay Google, initiate ass wiping”
Then we’d truly be living like Kings.
True, that process should be automated as priority 1. Training AI with asshole shapes.
Dayum. Rectum!
On your tv. Go to settings, apps, see all apps, android tv home, then uninstall updates. Go to Google play store, your username icon, settings and disable auto-update apps. It’ll remove the crap at the top.
To remove specific things from the home screen, scroll down to the one you want to remove. Then hit the little circled minus button.
You can also install custom launchers if you really wanted to.If you care, you can also “uninstall” uninstallable apps with adb. And there’s a program called adb app control(I think that’s the name) that’ll let you easily remove them. They also have an called adb tv: app manager on the playstore. You need to enable adb debugging. But the app tells you what to do. Just don’t uninstall anything you don’t recognise. There’ll be a lot of things that are really important.
As a signing off gift, smarttube is like revamced but for your tv. Find their github, download it, put it on your tv, either woth a USB or I use an app called send files to tv.
Thanks for the guide, but these are exactly the type of hoops I was talking about needing to jump through. Still, if and when I get a Google smart TV maybe I’ll do this but I have a Roku.
Ah, yeah, I know nothing about Roku. Other than it’s highly customised android and can’t be used to install apks
Yea, just install an extension, it’s like four clicks
And if you sync your stuff with Firefox Sync or Google it literally pulls it back automatically when you first login.
Really, every youtuber complains that ad revenue isn’t great. If you want to support a content creator, drop a few coins their way
If you give them a dollar that’s probably more than they would make from your ad revenue in like 2 years
I don’t get a single ad when I browse YouTube via Opera, both on android and desktop. No addons needed.
Opera is chromium-based so I’m not sure how the new google direction will affect them
