Beep@lemmus.orgBanned to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoYouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippableblog.googleexternal-linkmessage-square227linkfedilinkarrow-up1540file-text
arrow-up1540external-linkYouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippableblog.googleBeep@lemmus.orgBanned to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square227linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremonketman82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoThere’s always a workaround…
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoFirefox + uBlock Origin has worked well for years.
minus-squareilillilillilillililli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month ago++ SponsorBlock and you got chef’s kiss
minus-squarem3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago+1 combo. privacy badger, ublock origin and umatrix for fine tuning. also a youtube specific addon. seems okay
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhat’s a YouTube specific add on?
minus-squarem3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agothen theres this yt related thing. don’t think it does much
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAre these from reliable sources? I’m always hesitant with extensions as they are given a lot of access and often seem to be from shady sources.
minus-squarem3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agofirefox addons. they almost all have a ‘not maintained’ warning. use at your own risk, as they say
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoBecause they don’t put the effort in. Add a simple “the video isn’t served until the ad’s length has elapsed” and suddenly your only workaround is to spend 30s staring at a black screen.
There’s always a workaround…
Firefox + uBlock Origin has worked well for years.
++ SponsorBlock and you got chef’s kiss
+1 combo. privacy badger, ublock origin and umatrix for fine tuning. also a youtube specific addon. seems okay
What’s a YouTube specific add on?
then theres this yt related thing. don’t think it does much
Are these from reliable sources? I’m always hesitant with extensions as they are given a lot of access and often seem to be from shady sources.
firefox addons. they almost all have a ‘not maintained’ warning. use at your own risk, as they say
Because they don’t put the effort in.
Add a simple “the video isn’t served until the ad’s length has elapsed” and suddenly your only workaround is to spend 30s staring at a black screen.
Better than ads
Deal.