YouTube is unusable without ReVanced or (insert preferred method for adblocking here)
SponsorBlock (alongside an ad blocker) is great for skipping ad reads plus a lot of other annoying bullshit.
Same as Google results, they've decided we can't choose for ourselves and are now going to curated results.
Rumble and Yahoo are far better.
I never thought I’d say it, but I don’t even use YouTube anymore. I might go there once a month to watch a tute, but only if I absolutely can’t find help from any other website.
I've been saying for almost 5 years now, ditch youtube. Everytime i say it I get the most butt hurt responses.
Install Newpipe on your phone OP. That's all you got to do. Just use Newpipe whenever you want to browse YT.
It's like ad, four tiktok "shorts", carousel of unrelated games, another ad, actual video, repeat
I'm on YouTube revanced android. I have no idea what how stock YouTube looks like.
An idea for YouTube: make a way to watch ads separately and earn minutes, and then to spend earned minutes on watching actual videos without ads, lol.
So that you can leave ads running on your computer while you go do other stuff? Doesn't seem like a good deal for Google.
Google doesn't care about eyeballs, just watch time, ad dollars, and click through rates.
Try invidious or other platforms entirely lol. Newpipe on phones. Also block ads in browsers and on networks as much as possible
Use Firefox. Use ublock origin extension. Use sponsorblock.
On iOS Safari extension Adblock. Plenty available.
I have not seen an ad in years. Decades even.
Everyone say to use an AdBlock. And while for now they work it's a lose battle.
Youtube ads vs adblockers does not have the happy ending of adblockers just always prevailing.
As now embedded serverside ads are a pain to deal with. I don't know if any adblock currently can surpass those.
But next step will be youtube just putting a fence up and not letting you watch content unless you are registered, and thus banning any suspicious activity, or even just becoming a paid service.
The only win here is moving to a open platform like Peertube. That's the only future we can ensure. Adblocks won't be able to always win.
As now embedded serverside ads are a pain to deal with. I don’t know if any adblock currently can surpass those.
But next step will be youtube just putting a fence up and not letting you watch content unless you are registered, and thus banning any suspicious activity, or even just becoming a paid service
Honestly, I have not seen youtube ads in ages. Every now and then, when I have taken sufficient leave of my senses after having imbibed, I may attempt to view something on youtube using a device without an ad blocker, and then I am quickly and sharply reminded of what a dumpster fire that is. But on PC - no sir or madam, no ads at all, thank you very much.
Personally, I think the much bigger problem of sites like youtube and tiktok are the unforgivably horrible "recommendations". You search for something innocent or even just open the website, and you are recommended random closetted or open fascism, misogynie, racism, or other garbage.
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