Comment by denkmoon
1 month ago
Millions of people sit through minutes of the worst ads I've ever seen to watch mr beast exploit homeless people. We're boned.
1 month ago
Millions of people sit through minutes of the worst ads I've ever seen to watch mr beast exploit homeless people. We're boned.
How does anyone watch youtube these days? I wouldn't mind seeing an ad or even 2, but it feels like youtube is singling me out for special treatment. I'm not going to watch anything if i'm scared a 30 second ad will interrupt the video.
I subscribe. I earn a decent amount working in tech, I’m more than happy to pay for content.
Use Firefox or Zen browser with uBlock Origin. I never see ads on Youtube anymore.
Sprinkle some SponsorBlock on top and you're golden.
i use the rss feed of the channels i am subscribed to and download the videos i want to watch with yt-dlp. i may browse the homepage every so often but i just copy the links and download them.
Pay for it, no YT ads in many, many years for me
It might be coincidence, but I've noticed the ads get slightly less obnoxious if I religiously abandon the video and close the browser tab any time the ad is more than 10 seconds long and unskippable. I'm sure they're monitoring closely to see what people will and won't tolerate.