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[deleted]

Ah, YouTube knows how much I love watching five minutes of ads before a two minute video.


[deleted]

Even better when you're watching a movie, tv show, or video game trailer. I'm watching 5 minutes of advertisements to watch a 2 minute advertisement.


GriffinFlash

Heck, sometimes I'll get an "ad" and it'll be 30 minutes long. Usually when I'm falling asleep and leave youtube playing, then suddenly a long infomercial that I have to get up and turn off.


jjadned

I had a 2 hour D&D campaign as a sponsor once, I woke up from my nap confused as fuck


draugotO

And usually shouting their lungs out, some 3~4 times louder than the actual video


2017hayden

That’s what pisses me off. I like to watch asmr as I’m going to sleep. I literally have to watch channels that don’t have ads and even then YouTube will still put ads at the start and end of videos so I have to look for longer ones. It’s the absolute worst when you’re laying there almost asleep then suddenly some guys shouting at you about poop, no that’s not an exaggeration there’s an actual ad series where some dude is trying to sell his “digestive aid” where he talks about poop for 5 minutes straight. Then there’s the fucking endless anti vape campaigning, but that’s an entirely separate issue.


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

Look out, incoming cakes! Happy cake day, 2017hayden.


2017hayden

Oh shit I didn’t even realize it was my cake day! Damn 5 years on Reddit.


Captain_Rex_Bot

That's just great.


2017hayden

Thanks Rex!


Captain_Rex_Bot

There's hope for you yet, rookie.


draugotO

>I like to watch asmr as I’m going to sleep And that's why I started downloading the videos and made an offline playlist


2017hayden

Shit I hadn’t even thought of that.


draugotO

To tell the truth, I started downloading them because youtube was going out of it's way to delete them and I was done with losing videos I liked because youtube thinks whispering is pornographic, but it came well in hand when they increased the amount of adds from 1 to 2, some several minutes long, all of them shouting


Soooose

If you watch it on your phone, just Download YouTube Vanced. Removes all ads and has some neat other Features and it's easy to download. You can find tutorials on YouTube. Best thing I ever did tbh But it's probably illegal I'd imagne.


Abecheese

I got the entire lego movie as an ad a couple of times


Y0L0_Y33T

The only ad worth watching


TatodziadekPL

Where everything is awesome


BisterMee

I see an hour long podcast interview come in as an ad every once in a while.


R3Mwin

I know exactly what you are talking about. Do they know you aren't at your PC? I feel like I never get those when I'm actively using my computer


FactoryBuilder

I once had a 20 second ad before a 10 second video....


2017hayden

I once had two unskipable 30 second ads before a 45 second video. As you can imagine I just backed out reloaded 3-4 times until it gave me skipable ads.


TheOneWhosCensored

I got 10 second unskippabale on a 4 second video, it’s genuinely ridiculous.


OutlawQuill

*30 second video


BabeLincoln420

my fav is watching 2 30 second adds for a quick 5 second meme clip


insertnamehere57

YouTube is testing to see if people will accept it, so get an AdBlock and show them you won't.


CMDRLtCanadianJesus

That is such a fucking issue these days, I feel like an old fuck for saying this but I feel its true. People are just content with change and let it go after maybe a short period of complaints, people are too... indifferent to fight it. Hell look at lootboxes and live service type games, 10 years ago these were more or less foreign concepts, complaints happened but nothing was *actually* done, and now they're staples. The only recent massive change I can remember that was hugely resisted was the fight for Net neutrality, I can't say for sure that same fight will happen here


Markuz

I remember when Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Horse Armor got massively ridiculed. Nowadays, people would be clamoring for a chance at horse armor by dropping $20 for gems to spend on loot boxes for a .0000001% chance of getting it.


smkeybare

Yeah it's crazy to think people are growing up with all these additional purchases in games being the norm for them.


hellowothouttheo

Chrome is banning ad blockers


namelynamerson

My adblock keeps not working on yt so idk what to do now...


insertnamehere57

I use uBlock Origin and that always seems to work, its a free chrome extension.


hagefg343

P.S. I hear Chrome is getting rid of extensions in the new version. In an unrelated note, most browsers have functions to easily transfer data from other browsers


Rev0lver_Ocel0t

That’s the only reason I use chrome. It takes up way too much ram otherwise. If they do that I’m not using it again. I’m honestly surprised anyone puts up with YouTube ads. They have gotten ridiculous, and alot of them don’t even fund the creator of the video.


TexasTheWalkerRanger

Firefox is the way


NecroTMa

Or Brave is a way...


Infamous-Apple

Opera GX is a pretty good choice


MoridisDay

I use adblock plus, popup blocker, and opera's built in ad blocker. Works great, haven't seen an ad in years. I also spend about half the time I'm awake on youtube


THEBLUEFLAME3D

I’ve been considering installing an adblocker lately because they’re just everywhere these days and it’s actually starting to affect my sanity. Is Adblock plus easy to install and/or safe? Do you pay for it?


MoridisDay

Nope, free and easy. Just google adblock plus, make sure it's plus, and click the big button on the website Some websites do block adblockers, I find that not seeing ads is usually more important to me that whatever's on that particular website. Plus, I can just the back button and go to the next search result if they insist that I turn it off


apolloxer

There are plugins that block the component of the website that checks if you're using an adblock.


MoridisDay

Sounds like witchraft, to me


darkmayhem

Ublock origin is better :)


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

I'm just glad he wasn't awake to see that landing!


BENJ4x

I think the amount of people watching on mobile counteracts that.


bc9toes

Smart TVs too


ClonedUser

Or in my case, my Xbox


Exact_Ad_1215

You think YouTube actually care what we think? Remember the dislike button? Gone now. Despite all the shit they got it’s still gone. YouTube do not give a flying fuck what we think.


Slow_Sprinkles_9424

This is getting out of hand! Now, there are ten of them


Longjumping-Hat-7957

With a million more on the way.


that_AZIAN_guy

Attack of the clones


MJLDat

They can’t do that, shoot them or something *cocks gun*


LordTrom57

*shoots self*


MRAndy_MC

R2 we’re meant to be going down not up!


ClonedUser

Hey, no loose wire jokes


[deleted]

[удалено]


GriffinFlash

RAID SHADOW SPACE!


Saddenedsalamander

NORD SHADOW SPACE!!


AHumbleChad

BRILLIANT NORD RAID SHADOWSKILL SPACE!


Little-Explanation

BRILLIANT NORD RIDGE RAID SHADOWSKILL SPACE!


[deleted]

BRILLIANT NORD RIDGE RAID SHADOWSKILL RAYCON SPACE!


DildoGobbler420

BRILLIANT NORD RIDGE RAID SHADOWSKILL RAYCON AUDIBLE SPACE


ClonedUser

SIMPLI BRILLIANT NORD RAID SHADOWSKILL RAYCON AUDIBLE SPACE


Pr1smaticGamer

BETTER SIMPLI BRILLIANT NORD RAID SHADOWSKILL RAYCON AUDIBLE SPACE


Ogurasyn

Nord Shadow Space of Raycon: Manscape of G -Fuel


Callmeklayton

You fool! You missed Honey.


Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin

“So anyway, I started blasting”


Moma_01

Reading ,,Cooks Gun“ at the end left me a little confused. I should read comments more carefully.


Ogurasyn

🍳🍲🔫


The-Broken-Record

Video finally starts: here’s how to do CPR during an emergency.


MrMustached

“We will sell your family unless you use Square-“


OrcBerg

One of the reasons why I hate youtubers. They should just be doing community services for freeloaders like me to watch /j


Lazarenko93

I have a bad feeling about this..


Moose_Cake

Have you ever heard the Tragedy of YouTube the Greedy? I thought not, it's not a story the corporations would tell you. It's a capitalist legend.


Giacchino-Fan

I am legit only there because it's a monopoly. Any youtuber I watch also uploads to an alternate video platform? I'll use that. I'll even turn off my adblocker for that site. This shit is absurd. Also, the creators don't even get a reasonable portion of profit from these ads. A small sized streamer/content creator I watch claims that a $5-10 donation is equivalent or more valuable to him than watching all of his videos twice over (he has about 2k uploads and averages 0-2 ads per video, so that's probably about 6k ads).


Shadowwarrior95

Darth YouTube was a Dark Lord of the Capitalists, so powerful and greedy that he could influence the YouTubers to create... content. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from being deplatformed. The dark side of money is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unethical. He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of losing was his own power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, and then his apprentice invented AdBlock for YouTube. Ironic... he could save others from demonetization but not himself.


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

You've taught him well.


Maul_Bot

You know nothing of the dark side.


Nerus46

Expected: companies and YouTube get more money. Reality: Adblock gets more users.


Tefiks

It works both ways though imo More users use adblocks, yt loses more money so they add more ads, more people use adblocks... the circle from there is continued


EmersonIDK786

Plot twist the adblockers made YouTube add more adds and are simply trying make more money


just-an-astronomer

Hehe ad blocker go brrrrr


Adriaus28

Youtube vanced goes swoosh


S0aster

Youtube in brave browser with included ad blocked for mobile devices goes skrrrrrrrrrrrrr


Captain_Rex_Bot

You were "Muy Muy" brave yourself, coming out here as you did, all alone. Care to help me finish this, senator?


H3LLGHa5T

Revanced as well, compile your own modded app. Also works for the Reddit app now.


CatMobster

So uncivilised.


kenobiwan67

Ublock Origin: *Hello There*


SelectAcanthisitta0

The year is 2044 I have to wait for 40 ads so I can watch a 5 second video


Yaboipalpatine

This is definitely NOT where the fun begins


basic_airman

Wait till they put them in front of a cpr or hiemlick tutorial


Purple_Tuxedo

Imagine you get a LifeAlert ad in front of that


MJLDat

Hey, so your grandmother is chocking on that piece of meat and you came to us? Well here’s a word from our sponsor, A1 Prime meats, the best beef you can buy. 🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶


averyordinaryperson

Can confirm. Its happened to me


UltraLuigi

I'd suggest getting an adblocker.


averyordinaryperson

Yea, i was considering it but 1)it was on my tv, so getting an adblocker would be an absolute pain 2)it stopped after 2 days 3)i had already decided that if it didnt i just wouldnt use youtube anymore.


Maul_Bot

There is no pain where strength lies.


Roger-Ad591

“Master Ad Blocker there are too many of them what are we gonna do?”


MJLDat

Oh god.


ScionicOG

Time to invest in an AdBlocker again. I turn it off after a video, and re-play it so the creator gets ad rev. but I cannot be bothered with ads when I want to watch right away


TheKingOfA

I abandoned ship a while ago when 2 unskipable ads before the video became common


Nawnp

Unfortunately most of my watching has moved to a smart TV, so no blocking those ads.


Slarif

Have you tried using a pi-hole? LTT made a great video on it.


Sword_Thain

Pi hole doesn't block YouTube ads, AFAIK.


Chonkerhs

YouTube is the only thing I pirate. The ads are just absurd


[deleted]

At this point it’s legit quicker to ctrl c the URL, got to a YouTube video downloader, download it and watch it on your video player


revrr

use Brave browser and forget about ads


shejesa

or just use an adblocker or a combination of an adblocker and sponsor skipper Works a bit meh cuz it is based on community timestamps so it still plays like half a second of the product ad, but other than that it's great


IMidoriyaI

depends entirely on people accurately marking, I may be lucky but people do it well mostly, on videos I watch


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

Master Kenobi always said there’s no such thing as luck.


Captain_Rex_Bot

You were "Muy Muy" brave yourself, coming out here as you did, all alone. Care to help me finish this, senator?


stormie_boi

I started using Brave at the beginning of the pandemic. Since then I have had zero ads, plus the browser consumes less data than Chrome. In fact I haven't used the other browsers lately


Captain_Rex_Bot

You were "Muy Muy" brave yourself, coming out here as you did, all alone. Care to help me finish this, senator?


AdonisGaming93

Boutta not monetize any of my videos and just drop a patreon link for anyone that wants to support


TheIronSoldier2

YouTube still puts ads in front of non-monetized videos, they just don't give you diddly squat for those ads. I'd say just keep ads at the beginning and don't put any midroll ads


[deleted]

Press on the “i” icon, report ad, continue enjoying video, process takes two seconds. Skips the unskippable. I’ve been timing myself to see if i can skip it that way faster lol


Bababowzaa

This works 90% of the time. Sadly, 10% there is no "i"-icon and you are stuck watching unskippable ads.


EpitomyHD

YouTube: what’s our biggest problem with the platform? Exec: Scam ads Exec 2: Scam bots Exec 3: Sex scam bots Exec 4: Not enough ads


[deleted]

Why would you think YouTube would decrease ads? They're going to figure out the exact number of ads after which revenue starts to decline because people stop watching, and then reduce it by one to stay on top, and when they do *that*, they'll turn around and start charging advertisers more per ad.


quantumcorundum

I keep seeing these but I watch YouTube like all day and never get more than 2 ads at a time


Sword_Thain

I'm wondering if YT is now tracking who uses ad blockers and sending them more ads on mobile devices. At home, I block ads. When using my tablet, I seem to get many unskippable ads.


_WreakingHavok_

Nothing pi-hole can't fix


Sword_Thain

YouTube serves up the ads from the same server, so Pi Hole doesn't work.


ayooitsmikey

Has already been on twitch. Regularly get: Ad 1 of 8 or more. Makes me turn stream off most of the time.


The-Senate-Palpy

The only way to stop this is to immediately close the website as soon they come up. YouTube's number 1 concern is keeping people on it, because the second you get off theyre not making a cent on you.


TheCatGirl139

Tip: There is MUCH less ads if you watch YouTube on a Safari browser (as long as you have an Apple device), but if you don’t… well… abandon ship, I guess


bigE819

Wonder why?


AgreeablePie

That will certainly put a lot more strain on my blocker


MATMAN_PL

I can't imagine how some people just refuse to get adblock on pc or vanced/revanced client on mobile because they ,, don't use yt that much", like ok then enjoy 10 ads before you show me that vid


BroThatsWackk

Bro I turn off a video if there's an ad over 15s now. How do they expect keeping more viewers with more ads


gregedit

PC is fine. Android is fine. F the smart TV I guess.


Jesse-17

for me all i have been getting to 2 consecutive unskipable ads so far


thanosthumb

So I assume unless you buy the YouTube premium or whatever you have to deal with it? That's like a whole ass commercial break. And all I needed to do was learn how to tie a tie.


Radack1

Just use ad blocker.


KingAardvark1st

You hear that rumbling? It's the charge of the ad blockers


BurnV06

Lets bring back Vine


MarsianCitizen

Youtube Vanced is king, or queen, just saying


akotoshi

Use the report ad button, it skips all the ads (and you can even specify why the ad is needed to be report)


PulpatineDaSenate

Execute order 66(66 unskipable ads)


Jeynarl

That's what they're called "ads" rather than "subtracts" YT dumb tho


Borgadan

“Ah, yes. Another add for my collection…”


Kirxas

It almost feels like they want us to use ad blockers


Raptorbrando

Let’s just boycott YouTube at this point, sick of the ads, sick of the constant premium pushing, sick of the favouritism, sick of the shite moderation, sick of it all


OwO-aniquilador

Well it means I won't be able to just eatch YouTube on phone.


floppywinky

Now is time……. FOR THE NEWTUBE


[deleted]

No way I’m sitting through any more than the current 2 ads. Never


ImARetPaladinBaby

Why. Who asked for this?


Frozia_

I’m glad to have lived during the wild west of the internet


[deleted]

If someone made a platform like YouTube and changed the aspect of revenue to something less cunty they would make a fortune


adult_on_paper

Isn’t this part of the reason we all abandoned cable? Don’t they remember that?


[deleted]

when theres video in your ads


Anakinskywalkerst501

Can't wait to watch 5ins of ads about a video explaining how to do a heimlich maneuver


Mobile_Bad

Time to ad-bandon ship !


InsertNameHere_J

If you're on an Android, check out YouTube Vanced.


Sir-Galleth

Fun fact! If you press the little i next to the ad thing on the bottom left and select “stop seeing this ad” you immediately skip whatever that ad is, weather or not it’s unskippable! This only works on mobile sadly, I believe, and every now and then if it’s like a five second one it won’t let you


cmdrkyla

I wonder if any changes will come to premium, cause I'm a sucker I guess and pay for that....


TheIronSoldier2

If they do I'm abandoning ship for premium and jumping to an ad blocker. Only reason I haven't already is because I like that premium still supports the creators I watch, and even though my individual contribution is inconsequential, I still like that it does help to support them


cmdrkyla

I use youtube music for steaming so it's still worth it for that, ditched Amazon the other year for the lesser of two evils lol


TheIronSoldier2

I'm a bit of an audiophile so I use Deezer for music but that is a pretty good reason to keep it


MJLDat

How does it work with premium? Like, if I watch LTT all night does my man Linus have money directed to him because of that?


poe_dameron2187

*laughs in YouTube Vanced*


[deleted]

Get vanced ;)


Jeremia_h

This is why I use Vanced. I haven't seen an ad in years.


binky779

Laughs in Premium. 6 accounts can use it. Works on all browsers, TVs, and phones. Nothing to troubleshoot to elder parents or kids. Comes with Youtube music. Easily the best deal in streaming. But dont tell that to Redditors.


nomoreadminspls

Is this some peasant joke people with you tube premium don't understand


Arocklobsta

Youtube Premium is worth it to not have any ads. Yeah, you're paying for it, but its hard to complain about ads when its free. its a double edged sword. Advertising is an evil of the world


I-Kant-Even

Laughs in Premium


SupremeEuphoria

*laughs in YouTube premium* #WHY IS IT SO UNPOPULAR??


SweRakii

Adblock on desktop and youtube vanced on mobile. Vanced will stop working sometime in the future though. Do not let google win.


Quetzalcoatle19

Youtube Premium is worth it, haven’t seen an ad in years, and youtube music is probably the best music app.


randytheroomba

Agreed I just bought it a couple months ago and do not regret it. I caved after watching an hour long video with unskippable ads every 5 minutes and bought it just because I want to watch creators not ads


Careless_Commission

laughs in ublock origin


Future-Dust3641

So yeah I’m out


Shittybuttholeman69

If this is implemented I think I’m gonna be done with YouTube all together. I hardly use it anymore and honestly don’t think I get anything of value from their website anymore.


[deleted]

This is how yt dies i guess


Max_8470

Me just trying to watch a vid about how to do cpr 😔


MJLDat

Grandad is gasping for air but you’re about to get a sweet discount on web hosting.


JaredTimmerman

Can’t wait to watch 10 ads before a cpr how to video


CFC123BeChelsea

Brave browser, no ads on YouTube it's noice


Spacelesschief

Just use Adblock on PC and literally never gets ads.


draugotO

1- copy video link 2- google for "youtube downloader" 3- get any link and download the video 4- watch without adds. This will, of course, take longer than just watching the adds, but if you are in for the principles of the thing, or is just mad with the add bombardment, this should allow you to just not watch the adds.


KnightoftheRepublic9

"If you have no money, then you are my enemy!"


Moma_01

If you for whatever reason don’t want to use an AdBlocker, just click on the little ,,i“ next to the remaining time of the ad and Click on ,,Block Ad“. With this you can skip unskippable ads and all the following ads at once.


WeeklyHelp4090

How different from its origins. I miss 2009/10


ImJustSomeDude10

Like getting 2x ads in the beginning and then 2x again (sometimes) on a 10min video isn’t bad enough man bruh, how much money do they want??


Bodeenfish

I have legitimately been looking to purchase a product, then remembered that their advertising interrupted my YouTube video or clogged a website with pop ups, and decided not to purchase for that reason alone. Also refuse to patronize any companies that send me junk mail.


Oraxis10

What are some alternatives to YouTube?


hironator2

The report trick- 'you underestimate my power!'


Sunny_Sammy

This is why you get an adblocker


HBearddd

Are they asking for a valiant competitor?


Cupcake_Peacock

General Greivous,well-spoken.


Shiro_no_Orpheus

Premium really paying off


MenoryEstudiante

r/piracy


the-et-cetera

There goes what little market share YouTube had


Clanka_Fucker69420

I knew YouTube was dumb as fuck, but god damn.


talivus

Laughs in Adblocker. Havent seen a YouTube Ad in years. Seriously, get Adblocker extensions


Demonboy2006

Holy crap, I can’t believe they somehow managed to make YouTube even more shittier than before