I am for sure one of the smaller number of people doing this, but I watch YouTube on my TV using the TV app. As a result I always had to watch ads. I wish I could avoid them. I suppose a could watch from an alternative and then AirPlay it to my TV, but that’s about it.
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2024
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If you had an android device you'd be allowed to install an alternative YouTube app.
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User-Agent changer fixes this issue completely for me
Problem is, it shows the internet that there id a higher share of chromium browsers.
Which is bad.
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I feel its slowing down Smarttube too, because I have to wait a few seconds for the video to start now. I don't know if it's a bug
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I remember when they first put ads in and people rebelled. Frogs in a pot because it's not like any of you will actually use peertube
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Can someone create (or does it already exist?) an app that plays the videos in the background, remove the ads and then let you playback the whole video ad-free? Sort of like you did back in the VHS-days....
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Try opening a link from Gmail in Firefox or searching Google for a specific piece of information. SSDD. Fuck Google. At this point they're in par with the evil Amazon.
I do not care. I only watch 10 channels and these are in my favorites. I do not use the algorithm and thanks to European law the frontpage is deactivated. I also ever watch only one video per day and then do something else, so they can slow down the website as much as they want since I am not scrolling. I click on a channel and on a video, that's it. If it gets too bad I rather not use Youtube anymore, it is not the end of the world.
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