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i think back in the day i would use adblock plus with chrome
me but ublock origin
how? The creator of uBlock origin doesn’t take donations.
Using ublock origin, not donating. Donations go elsewhere
I use ublock AND pay for… Nebula.
I’m a GenZ-er, and I adblock everywhere I can. What makes the difference with YouTube premium for me is that I fall asleep to YouTube videos on a TV every night, and the advertisements alone can make that experience terrible because you can’t adblock YT on a TV as easily as elsewhere. Premium might be one of my best decisions I’ve made for a platform I spend so much time on. I still donate to Wikipedia and uBlock even if I pay the premium for other services.
I still donate to … uBlock
From https://ublockorigin.com/:
The uBlock Origin project still specifically refuses donations at this time
Who are you giving money to?
UBlock asks that you give to the blocklist maintainers.
Huh, I must’ve misremembered.
I’m a GenZ-er
I fall asleep
Typical genZ, getting those zzzz’s. That’s probably how they got the name.
so true
Holy crap, it’s the Florida Man!
Youtube premium makes sense for me when combined in a family account for 5 with youtube music for 17.5 USD in total.
But besides that, fuck Google. Id pirate music if I wasn’t so lazy but Google diminishing anything of what I currently get would probably give me some energy.
I do the same, but it has to be on my phone, and last I checked that wasn’t an option with the screen off even with Premium. So I used Vanced (and now Revanced). I have moderate-to-severe tinnitus and this setup might have saved my life once or twice.
Depents on your tv. There are good ways for some. S-tube next works for android tv for example, there is a way for webos too
Yeah I’ve tried this but the experience isn’t all there for me imo. It’s certainly a great project though.
For me its even better, cause they included sponsorblock aswell.
And patreon/liberapay for creators and journalists I enjoy.
what about revanced
I’m guessing the problem with revanced is the sheer number of projects calling themselves revanced, most of which are probably just malware.
yeah but am talking about https://revanced.app/
I believe gorhill says to support the filter list maintainers
Ah yes: Why don’t you accept donations?
[…] Have a thought for the maintainers of the various lists. These lists are everything. I can not emphasize this enough.
to really support them, buy merch, subscribe to their patreon, make a donation via kofi… there are so many more viable ways to actually support your content creator than YT+.
Agree! I do merch and patreon for the channels I frequent.
uBlock origin!!
And PiHole, Sponsorblock, Adguard and ReVanced (depending on the device). This is a strict “no ads” household.
Don’t forget Grayjay (or anything FUTO makes in general)
Also Adaway
Smarttube for set top boxes like Nvidia shield etc: https://smarttubeapp.github.io/
This one is a must
Oh yeah I forgot that. Using Smarttube on my Android TV.
Don’t forget Tubular on Android
Or ReVanced on android! I’ve been running ReVanced YT since it launched and I haven’t touched the stock YouTube app since
Speaking of android, Blockada has been great on my phone. It’s like a PiHole or uBlock Origin for the whole incomming network data, like AB++ used to be nearly a decade ago.
Or NewPipe on Android
Tubular is a fork of NewPipe with Sponsorblock added.
Is it not on F-Droid?
No, but it’s on IzzyDroid repo, which you can add to F-Droid.
Amazon Primevon my XBox literally doesn’t work without my PiHole. I need to block the ads otherwise nothing plays. My PiHole was recently down for a few days and suddenly we couldn’t finish any of the shows we were on.
Never trust these companies, they want to destroy their own products in the name of profit. Undermine them everywhere you can.
There is also uYou for iOS users.
The vending machine would reject all bills because uBlock developers don’t accept donations.
Not gonna lie, I bit the bullet and got YT Premium almost 5 years ago. Honestly, one of the best purchases I’ve ever made in my adult life, hands down
I had Youtube premium when it included google play music. GPM was so good…
I unsubscribed everything when they changed to youtube music. Terrible music platform
You’re going to make me cry remembering my days with gpm. Hands down the best music platform that was.
Agreed. Plus I know my views pay slightly more to creators than ad-supported views (and far more than ad-block views) so I can feel superior to my fellow man.
I think it’s worth it too. People are just weird about paying for a product that supports individuals creative ambitions just because a company takes a cut. Admittedly better content than streaming services most the time anyway.
I typically put children’s music on YouTube when driving with my kid. Not having to shuffle with the phone to skip ads while in the car is a life saver.
You could use an ad blocker and give even more to the creators you like via Patreon (or ideally better means).
¿Por qué no los dos?
Porque YouTube/Google gana mucho más que el dueño del canal por esa transacción, además de que lo hace explotando a cientos de miles o millones de personas en el mundo que quieren vivir de influencers.
I agree with you but it made me physically nauseous to click the button because I remember a time when YouTube was awesome and free from ads.
I’ve had it for AGES. I agree that ads have been a bit much and many websites almost unusable without Origin. YT Premium though has been fairly solid with a couple hiccups.
Admittedly, I use YouTube as my primary source of entertainment. So the price is easily justified vs other services.
Is there any real benefit for using premium over Adblocker?
Doesn’t seem like you bit any bullet, you just paid for your subscription giving money away. What’s the biting the bullet part for you?
Lol giving away money at all, especially to large monopolistic corporations like Google. They don’t need my money, they already have plenty
adblock plus is shilled and lets ads through.
ublock origin, folks.
Someone should edit this image lol
ublock origin baby best adblocker ever
I find using scripts in Tampermonkey better for YouTube and twitch ad blocking
There’s a firefox extension that upgrades the twitch player and blocks ads. Can’t remember the name but it was easy to find when I searched for it.
Alternate twitch player or something like that
BetterYouTube?
ublock origin is so based, the dev doesn’t even accept donations. He wants people to donate to the chads maintaining the lists his add-on uses instead.
I can understand both sides and I’ve been on both sides. Wanting to donate to show appreciation and help support an awesome project, and not accepting donations due to creating the burden of unfair support/development expectations for a volunteer project.
It really is such a cool extension.
Did you read the title?
are you always this fun?
Is there a wiki for the best way to block ads per device type?
I’ve figures it out on Fire Stick (I know) and Firefox but I have no experience installing android apps via root or developer mode.
For android use either YouTube revanced or newpipe.
Also there is the piracy megathread which will help you with that!
Also adblocking DNS server in your router, or PiHole
Use YouTube revanced. It’s an app that patches the official YouTube apk. Basically you provide the version of the apk it requires (the patcher will tell you), select which patches you want (you can put all of them and disable what you don’t need in the settings later) and if will create a new apk without ads that you can install
This is the way, appeasement of ad producers doesn’t work.
At some point number has to get bigger.
Before you know it were paying for cable tv with ads again.
Except this time we won’t just be paying for the cable, we’ll be paying to get the ads you want, too. You’ll be paying for the DVR function or whatever they want.
As with everything else it will continue to degrade and enrage it’s customers, and erode the entire country’s very will to live. I am truly curious just how detrimental it is for everyone in this country to be exposed to the THOUSANDS of small fully intentional annoyances daily that are built into every product and service. It has to be a leading cause of how angry and divided we are and is absolutely causing many early deaths. Everyone is so stressed out by every single thing they interact with.
You should possibly look into some form of therapy if everything annoys you, especially if feels intentional.
Your comment made me think of those sci-fi books where you have to pay or subscribe to use the simplest of everyday services (such as Ubik where the hero has to pay his door if he wants to go outside)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_toilet
The most effective science fiction is that which is only an arm’s reach away from current fact.
I’m on it daily. A ton of hours between watching videos and enjoying the music catalogue. It’s definitely the only reason I don’t mind paying premium. No complaints.
Same here. My weekly usage is about 14h give or take 2h.
At least Youtube doesnt bother me anymore.Same, but then trying to push shorts is annoying. I’m paying and m always dismissing the feature, take the fucking hint already
My unpopular opinion is that YouTube has every right to enforce ads on their platform if you’re not paying for the service.
The service where they crowd sourced 2/3 of their catalogue from “sharecare” pirate bears?
Infrastructure is not free.
It’s much cheaper than the money they make on it though. Hence all the profits.
Youtube operated at a loss for years
It hasn’t operated at a loss anymore for years you mean?
You mean when they started playing ads?
Absolutely not our problem. They can come up with other business models. Maybe they can resurrect one of the hundreds of projects/business models from them at https://killedbygoogle.com/ and run with that
oh, wait, i forgot about all the sharecare non-pirate bears that just upload good stuff for the careshare… you know, that other 3/12 of the catalogue…
I’m… at a loss. Can you rephrase these comments please?
My friend is confused too, care to explain to me so I explain to him?
A single piece of merch from your favorite creator will cover for any ads you would have seen for the foreseeable future anyway
I run UBO, SponsorBlock on FF. I have many t-shirts and hats from youtoobers. Someone was asking about my hat, I said it’s a youtube channel, then they asked about my shirt and I said it’s another youtube channel. I then thought of all the t-shirts I have in my drawer at home. I’d say well over half of them are youtube channel shirts. Made me think I am too deep down the youtube hole, but there is a ton of good content and I like supporting the ones I watch and enjoy. So merch is how I do it so I can be their advertisement. I may not even wear it much, but I’ll buy to support them and to tell others about their channel.
