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uBlock. Use it. Stop that masochism. Remove ads. Get some self-esteem.
What's frustrating is that they're finally starting to figure out some way to fight them. Been using it for years and last week or so I kept getting dumbass pop-ups that were both unresponsive and ineffectual as ads. All they did was flash a logo and then freeze the player, very frustrating.
Sponsorblock too
I don't mind sponsorship segments as much. A good content creator finds a way to make those entertaining as well. And if they don't, a couple presses of the arrow keys does the job.
I have sponsorblock but i just have it set to manually skip. Like, if it's the third time i've listened to a sponsored segment on raid shadow legends, i basically have the script memorised. i press enter and it skips and i don't feel bad cuz i know exactly what they're going to say.
also, tomska has really good sponsor bits so, it makes me feel bad to skip
A "couple presses of the arrow keys" can overshoot, forcing you to hunt around with the mouse to find the content.
SponsorBlock has an option to skip the segment with a single button press (instead of auto-skipping). You should give it a try before you judge. It's really convenient.
Children used to work in mines, surely you could scoot a playhead
Mate what the fuck are you on about?
finally someone who gets it. there are some creators out there who actually make interesting bits out of their sponsorships
Maybe there are 5% of channels that produce interesting ads, but:
I think it’s also good to remember that, creators who bake in their sponsorships are USUALLY paid upfront for the space.
Meaning, just skip that shit if it’s not for you. They already got the money.
At least, this is how I have come to understand sponsorships.
Sure, although if they have a promo code they’re usually getting a percentage kickback from that as well. That’s what the whole Honey scandal was about, PayPal injecting affiliate links and stealing commission from the very people they had paid to advertise their service (and also everyone else).
It doesn't affect them getting paid, that's correct.
But It does negatively affect their stats which can affect their ability to grow and get that video/their channel seen more. Youtube tracks things like retention and watch %, it matters.
I disable Sponsorskip on Some More News because I like watching Cody chug that disgusting looking green stuff. I'm a simple man.
Occasionally, a flashgitz ad segment is more entertaining than the actual vid.
Tomska comes to mind as a pretty hilarious example - not just because he turns them into skits, thats normal enough. He had a whole saga trying to figure out how far he could push the boundries of the VPN company sponsoring him before they would start intervening. It started off simple enough, with the South Park philosophy of "Add provocative stuff so they cut that, rather than the jokes we like." Rather than editting they script, the approved it as is. He thought it was funny, and took that as a challenge. After increasingly crass and violent ads (on-brand for him, and with appropriate content warnings) eventually ended up going so far as to include an ad that even he considers way too far. Said ad later had to be editted out of the video it was included in. In my opinion, despite obviously being very all ads, its collectively some of the funniest content hes made.
He's his videos recapping the saga:
links
Dear Surfshark, Please Fire MeDear Surfshark, Please Forgive Me
Internet Historian is a good example
Internet Historian is also, unfortunately, a Nazi. Or at the very least alt-right and full of dog whistles.
It’s a shame, because his content—even the stuff he outright stole—was funny. But the evidence is staggering if you look for it.
Edit: Here’s a good summary from the old site.
For some reason I've been getting the "ad blockers violate the terms of service" nag lately on my firefox browser with ublock origin. My Brave browser doesn't get it though. Any ideas?
Youtube/Google is known to bully and lash out against Firefox users first, they use that as a hybrid strategy to make people use Google Chrome more (other market, same corposcum). Not surprised.
uBlock isn't "install and forget"; it needs some initial setup. Add some "filter lists" and overall look what is there in the settings.
Still, you should think about that self-esteem thing. Why do you still use that site with "ad blockers violate the terms of service" nagging? Do you really need it?
I installed it and did the setup and it worked great for many months. Then, in the last few days, something changed, though I made no changes to my browser or ublock. Today it works fine. Yesterday I was getting the nag. I didn't make any changes from yesterday to today.
Youtube did something recently and uBlock had to update in response. I think it was automatically rolled out sometime "last night."
I might be wrong but I think ad blocker warnings show up briefly after YouTube updates its detection methods. They vanish once filter lists catch up. It’s an ongoing cat-and-mouse game.
To reduce these warnings, update your ad blocker’s filter lists or they'll eventually they do so automatically.
Update Filters: In uBlock Origin, open the dashboard, go to the “Filter lists” tab, and click “Update now.” Keeping uBlock itself updated helps too. Clearing cache can sometimes help. I think Firefox has better uBlock support, Chrome is toxic to adblocker integration.
thanks!
Some sites actively try to fight adblockers while adblockers try to block anti-adblocking code on such sites. Most probably you're watching the process of upgrading anti-adblock scripts on such site.
Genuine question, where else can you find a slew of car repair videos?
I got that, too, yesterday and the first time I got a helpful pop-up from uBO suggesting I watch in a private window. But simply reloading the page was enough to get the video to play each time it popped up yesterday.
Got it today too. I clicked on "fuck you" or something like that, and I went on to watch my ad-free video.
This happened to me with Ublock, I guess the cat and mouse game isn't over
Naah. For me both Newpipe on mobile and Freetube on desktop still work fine, aside from rare IP blocks (which can be easily circumvented with a VPN). Going to set up a JellyFin with auto-download for my favourite creators in the future. It'll work out somehow, like always. Should they go full ham and lock all creators behind some subscription wall or whatever people will just code and set up relays and torrents automatically being fed with new videos to free them, or setting up hundreds of Peertube instances that get auto-filled or sth.
These big companies can't win in this regard, especially not now when the tide is already shifting and even the mainstream increasingly starts hating them. The moment large creators see a viable alternative that isn't as awful (some already post their uncut videos to other platforms only due to all the word censoring etc) they're screwed, so locking it down and enshittificating it even further is increasingly dangerous for them by now.