Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoYouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippableblog.googleexternal-linkmessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up1480file-text
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minus-squaremonketman82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 day agoThere’s always a workaround…
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoBecause they don’t put the effort in. Add a simple “the video isn’t served until the ad’s length has elapsed” and suddenly your only workaround is to spend 30s staring at a black screen.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 day agoFirefox + uBlock Origin has worked well for years.
minus-squareilillilillilillililli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day ago++ SponsorBlock and you got chef’s kiss
minus-squarem3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day ago+1 combo. privacy badger, ublock origin and umatrix for fine tuning. also a youtube specific addon. seems okay
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoWhat’s a YouTube specific add on?
minus-squarem3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agothen theres this yt related thing. don’t think it does much
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoAre these from reliable sources? I’m always hesitant with extensions as they are given a lot of access and often seem to be from shady sources.
minus-squarem3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agofirefox addons. they almost all have a ‘not maintained’ warning. use at your own risk, as they say
There’s always a workaround…
Because they don’t put the effort in.
Add a simple “the video isn’t served until the ad’s length has elapsed” and suddenly your only workaround is to spend 30s staring at a black screen.
Better than ads
Deal.
Firefox + uBlock Origin has worked well for years.
++ SponsorBlock and you got chef’s kiss
+1 combo. privacy badger, ublock origin and umatrix for fine tuning. also a youtube specific addon. seems okay
What’s a YouTube specific add on?
then theres this yt related thing. don’t think it does much
Are these from reliable sources? I’m always hesitant with extensions as they are given a lot of access and often seem to be from shady sources.
firefox addons. they almost all have a ‘not maintained’ warning. use at your own risk, as they say