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:marseyitsover::marseychingchongitsover::marseyitsaover::marseyitsoveryall: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers | Hacker News

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Asked for comment, a Google spokesperson told IGN that it was a "small experiment."

"We're running a small experiment globally that urges viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium," they said via email. "Ad blocker detection is not new, and other publishers regularly ask viewers to disable ad blockers."

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reddit discus

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/13e2cay/youtube_has_started_blocking_ad_blockers/?sort=controversial

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/13e30b6/youtube_tests_blocking_videos_unless_you_disable/?sort=controversial

https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/13cfdbi/apparently_ad_blockers_are_not_allowed_on_youtube/?sort=controversial <- This is where it was originally first posted (1k Updoots and 1k cumments)

poster note: I tried adding all the 'its over' to capture the diversity that this decision will affect and was met with this

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i do not feel bad at all :marseyindignant:

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YouTube premium enjoyers stay winning


:#marseytwerking:

:marseycoin::marseycoin::marseycoin:
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Frick Liberty Mutual, VRSO and Raid Shadow Legends.

That is all.

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Yeah there is exactly a zero % chance I will use Youtube if they force me to watch ads.

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There will definitely be a way to bypass this I think, youtube is just so big

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But does it break NewPipe?

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It's over :marseycopeseethedilate:

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YouTube premium is honestly 100% worth it, it’s unfortunate that the constant nagging turned it into such a meme. I’d rate it significantly above Netflix, partially because Netflix is all soyslop now. But also because pirating movies and tv is just so easy.

I usually pirate everything and I have ad blockers and youtube-dl (or whatever new one is) on all of my devices. The thing is, pirating movies and shows is way easier than downloading every YouTube video you want to watch, so the convenience factor is huge for YouTube premium.

Also, almost all of my YouTube usage is ASMR medical roleplays that I listen to on my iPhone, so ads would be pretty annoying. Plus I added my foid to the subscription as well, so she can listen to her weird k pop without ads too.

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Can someone just make an actual competitor to YouTube already?

It’s basically impossible but all you gotta do is set up an ad revenue system and boom, all the people tryna get famous will come to your site

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Even if uBlock Origin stops working for YouTube, which I doubt, alternative front ends like Invidious should still work. I still don’t understand how those services get past the 18+ filter without being logged in

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Gonna use piped and Odysee if they actually implement this

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i regularly get ads in the recommended and i wanna kill myself, videos are unaffected

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It's so jover

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Today when I was filling up my car the pump started playing an ad while I was filling up :marseydeadinside2:

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Press the second button down on the right and it usually mutes it.

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Lol poors stay fricked

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Just buy Premium through Turkey and it's like $1 a month

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Carp is so hot

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literally who???

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Idk some tumblr proana gore blog enjoyer

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:#marseycarpjannie2:

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If they want people to buy youtube premium they need to make a cheaper version without all the extra shit no one wants like youtube music or tv

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just give a family pack like netflix

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Yeah, and cable TV networks need to sell channels on a per-channel basis

Let me know when you get that wish (and your pony.)

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yt music iz gud

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I probably use 4-5 hours of YouTube music every day. Can't imagine dealing with ads, it'd be like listening to FM

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the only glitch is it plays lowbitrate video versions while playing an album

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Youtube is horrible without an adblocker. I'd probably just stop watching tbh.

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PeerTube GODS is this our moment?

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Newpipe neighbors.

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This better :marseysal: or I'm gonna Ted post

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There are going to be ways around ads if you have any level of competence, this only serves to filter normies which is where YouTube makes the shekels. Even the smallest level of obfuscation is enough for normies.

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alright a funny story for the slackers

i was at a family function and was installing newpipe on uncle's phone so we could play songs on aux without any interruption. so my foid cousin replied, witnessing that, she didn't need anything like that as she never faced ads on her youtube. since she had an iphone, i told her it must be the premium subscription as there was no other explanation. she denied to ever opting for it

:marseyeyeroll: and she's supposed to be in high paying tech security industry

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I just opened YouTube and it tried to make me upload a video of myself or a photoID to my account? Wtf lmaoooo

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For Christmas I got my whole family youtube red on top of some really nice booze with the family bundle because none of them are smart enough to use an add blocker. They love it and everyone says its the best gift they have gotten in a while since they said they use it nonstop now that there is no adds.

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Why not show them how to use an adblock and gift them a whole internet free of adspam?

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Also im not poor lol

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They use their tvs and phones mostly to watch it. I know you can do stuff like vpn block but its way less of a head ache to just send them an activation email for no commercials on all devices. I promise im not a secret YouTube red shill

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I tried to install an adblocker on a teachers laptop once, never again, some people are too dumb to handle an extension that isn't built to steal ur CC info.

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:#marseybrave:


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Were they not hemorrhaging enough users to tiktok already?

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Which one will :marseycapitalistmanlet: pick?

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Youtibe is way too far along the enshittification process to prioritise user experience. TikTok has already started down this path, too, but they have a lot of catching up to do.

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What a landslide

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first option of course :marseyclu#eless:

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:marseykingkrazy:bought premium after vanced stopped working, simply stop being poor :marseykingkrazy:

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Vanced stopped working like a week ago tho?

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Vanced ytmusic still works btw

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ReVanced works fine

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Ban i have a link?

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King r-slur

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Literally just use newpipe

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Literally just use an adblock

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Literally just stop watching videos. If you didn’t see it live it was not Gods will.

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dude that's krazy

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>bought premium after vanced stopped working, simply stop being poor

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Revanced

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:#marseyagreesuperspeed:

It's so nice, it even automatically skips sponsored parts of videos

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It absorbed the functionality of sponsorblock which had been a PC extension for a long time

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For anyone with an LG TV (WebOS) you can also get ad free YouTube with sponsorblock

Only downside is you can't change video speed

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Imagine giving money to youtubers

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