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[–] don@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

AdGuard pro, SponsorBlock, DeArrow, and Untrap for YouTube. I only rarely ever see a brief part of a sponsor ad, and never see YouTube’s own ads.

Untrap lets you modify nearly anything about YouTube like even removing the view count and channel avatars, among many other options.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I saw it and refreshed the ublock filters and everything works again

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

ad blocker detector blocker in filter list go brrr

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I've landed on that page a couple of times. I'm just waiting to be blocked.

I almost never watch videos on youtube because I download them and watch them locally. The two things that I use to download them are Downie (Mac) and yt-download (cross platform). This helps me avoid ads unless they are baked into the video. I also like to grab a bunch of content all at once and then watch at my leisure.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you use yt-dlp you can save your subscriptions in a text file and download all their latest vids on a schedule.

Easy enough ChatGPT can write you this script and you may also find examples online.

If not directly useful for you, i am also putting this down for others. Do not let a monopoly dictate what is “the normal way” to do things.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

What a great idea! I love Bash scripting, so I'll look into doing this myself for fun tomorrow.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I also like to grab a bunch of content all at once and then watch at my leisure.

If you're tech-inclined you might like pinchflat or Tube Archivist, which can archive channels/playlists in the background with video metadata automatically, which you can then use with JellyFin.

Need to be comfortable with /c/selfhosted@lemmy.world type setups, however.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I’d vote for Pinchflat. Tube Archivist is good software but very heavy.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I run a Plex server for my movie and television library. I just watch YT videos once and delete them, mostly in the background while I do other things. But I'll look into both tools regardless because automation is always interesting to me. Thanks for the tips!

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

TubeArchivist is kind of an all-in-one software for you to watch YouTube videos in so its own web interface and is pretty heavy. But PinchFlat is very lightweight and is actually designed to be used with your Plex server being the medium you watch your videos on. So I’d recommend starting with the latter, as it’s kinda built for your exact use case.

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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 175 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Well I guess I'll be mozying over to Rumble now.

20 minutes later

Turns out Jews are aliens directing the Democratic Party and Hollywood to sacrifice babies for adrenochrome. Why is the lamestream media not talking about this???

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 2 days ago (13 children)

right wing: "JEWS ARE EVIL"

Also, right wing: "Jews in Israel are fighting a rightious war against evil Gazans"

🤨

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[–] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Eat shit, Youtube!

[–] Frellwit@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

From the uBO subreddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1etvawp/youtube_ads_detection_breakages_2024_08_16_ubo/m31kbkw/

There was just an update to Quick fixes. Please test if it works for you.

  1. Click Here to update the list.
  2. If you disabled the list previously, enable it back.
  3. Close all previously opened YT tabs and try in a new one.

Just a reminder: Please always treat disabling lists as a last resort/temporary solution type of thing. Without that list, you won't be receiving important filter updates and will likely encounter ads after a while. So don't keep it disabled forever - verify that it's still necessary (daily?).

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago

aggressively refreshes ublock patch list

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 121 points 2 days ago (20 children)

i use ublock origin

reddit still good for something: Filter Lists-->uBlock filters-->uncheck the "ublock filters - quickfixes" box and then reload the page.

this worked for me

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[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 48 points 2 days ago (60 children)

Good joke, YouTube.

Ah yes, but what about the violation to our time where we've had to sit through 30 second ~ 2 minute ads of over-dramatized ways for shitty companies to get us to buy shit we don't want and subscribe to services we don't need? What about those violations and those violations happen more frequently than us blocking your ads? The hell with you.

[–] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm just so tired of ads nowadays, ads for cars i can't afford, ads for crap i'm never going to buy, ads for the supermarket i'm going to no matter if they have some discount...it's all useless and a waste of my time and invasion on my peace.

I bought the devices, i pay for the internet connection and i pay the rent on this house, i decide what makes it inside my house.

I don't need this funny clip my supermarket made to market overpriced holiday food 46 times a day that lasts 60 seconds and is only funny the first time i see it. I'm not going to buy a tiny christmas cake that barely feeds a child for €15, realistically it's value to me is €1,50 compared to my wage and amount of food i get in return. I'm buying store brand m&m's and a loaf of bread like i do all year.

If you can't keep existing without shoveling truckloads of ads into my face, then go bankrupt...i don't give a damn. You're not worth €16 a month to me either or whatever the price is nowadays. Just fuck off i'll get my entertainment elsewhere, heck i might dust off that ps4 and buy used dvd's for 25 cents a piece.

[–] Avatar_of_Self@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Yeah and a couple of things:

Malware has directly passed through as networks multiple times and neither the server of ads nor the ad network were able to be held responsible for it.

Right now it is common for ads to show apps that look like something popular but deploy malware. Nobody is taking responsibility for any of it. Ad networks aren't well policed.

It is irresponsible for a user not to block ads IMO but I also get to decide what packets of data traverse my network just like any other person or company. As a consumer I do not have to be responsible or care if a business model succeeds or not.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 70 points 2 days ago (13 children)

I kinda miss when places would host their own videos instead of relying on youtube, but that's the problem of a centralized internet, the majority of people won't want to leave yt/ig/fb/tiktok/twitter/reddit in order to watch or read whatever you posted.

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[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 75 points 2 days ago (12 children)

The whole idea that it violates the terms of service of a company to not let them show things on my screen without my consent is insane. It's like if every time you went to the grocery store, the employees held you down and force fed you a free sample, then banned you from the store when you started running away from them.

[–] Abnorc@lemm.ee 64 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It’s not that bizarre. They don’t have to serve you the content without showing you the ads that make the platform profitable. The freedom goes both ways. I use an ad blocker too, but I don’t think that YouTube is really doing anything wrong here. (Other than possibly ruining their own platform, but that’s their problem that they’re making for themselves.)

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[–] q5VtXnYt@infosec.pub 9 points 1 day ago

mpv youtube-URL works just fine without even loading the crappy scripts to show a banner like that. Manage your subscriptions with a RSS feeder and you don't need an account to follow creators.

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