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YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

No ads here with adblocker + this. Anyway now I watch YT well with LightTube, or well on Desktop with MotionBox Video Browser or SMplayer. Faster, better quality and without any ad. FYT

[–] InFTord@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

lighttube maintainer here! thanks for your support!

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

I use it often, but sadly I also must use other front-ends, becuse not all YT videos are working or don't even appears in the searches (Invidious, Piped, PokeTube, ViewTube, DTube, Tubo.....). Hard work for devs like you to show the middle finger to YT, congrats.

[–] fluxxom@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

knocking on wood so far with firefox and ublock/noscript and disabled hardware acceleration, i will get audio but no video when these ads autoplay-- instead of pressing the skip button, i just hit f5 and poof, gone. still more work than i prefer but i hate advertising as much as anything

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In Europe we can use ublock and it works just fine. No ads

[–] ours@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Google is afraid to overstep in Europe and piss off the EU? Nice.

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

Google is respecting already existing laws in the EU that prevent them from collecting information about your browser without your consent

[–] j4yt33@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

Newpipe, newpipe, newpipe

[–] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My place of work requires Microsoft Edge or Google chrome. I'm having trouble with the ad blockers not working. Is there some combination that I should be using that would circumvent this? Or is the only option firefox? Obviously, everything I own at home and personal devices are Firefox :)

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

Use work browser for work and firefox for everything else?