YouTube now warns users that ad blockers aren't allowed

[MasterMace]

Google's Play Store isn't going to list this (honestly, the Play Store is awful, but that's a different subject), but you can find it on the Amazon App Store - NewPipe. That way you can watch YouTube videos in an App without dealing with YouTube's ads. Combine it with using AdGuard DNS, and you will have a greatly improved video viewing experience on your phone.

 

[Srksi]

I actually wanted to support YT and makers at start, but when some random r*tard slip 20 minutes ad into your 10 minute video and you must get up from bed for third time in row to skip it... Well, they should paying me to not install adblock!

 

[kira setsu]

Youtube gets worse by the month, and its pretty much unusable without some kind of ad blocker, I understand the point of ads but a 20min video isnt an ad.

bolt on the fact that half of these "content creators" are always shilling some stupid product at you for a quarter of the vid which doesnt help youtubes case.

I hope something rises that kills of youtube quick, fast and in a hurry because its time for it to happen.

 

[Durch]

I don't mind a couple of 15-30 second ads, especially if it helps the creator. It's the ads that go over a minute up to 1 hour ads that are terrible and those seem to be on the up tick.

 

[bviktor]

Cool story. I'd purchase their family plan, IF it wasn't restricted to a single household. But it is, and it makes no f*cking sense. I'm in a family of 4, and we live in 3 different houses, so I'm not even gonna put up with their accusations of misuse, password sharing based on my IP history or whatever.

All family members must be age 13 or older, have a Google Account and reside in the same household as the family manager.

It's also unavailable in some countries for purchase.

Duolingo, on the other hand, allows me to share my sub with 5 other people, regardless of our relationship or place of residence or any other *****ic artificial limitation. That's fair. The YouTube premium sub is just... useless.

 

[pcnthuziast]

Advertising is a form of brainwashing and mind control.

 

[Hotlynx16]

Well I was watching Tubi TV with an ad-blocker, now they won't play with it turned on! It wouldn't be so bad but I get tired of the same 50 Charmin commercials! I will have to find somewhere else!!ARRRG!

 

[Rocky4040]

I would not mind the ads if they didn't happen so often. I am sure if YT decides to make this the new normal that the ad block guys will just find to block the pop up. In the end though YT will win at some point I am sure.

 

[Vanderlinde]

Did'nt even notice it. I'm running 2 adblockers at the moment. The third is on it's way with a Pi-hole (DNS) based adblocking. Good luck.

 

[wiyosaya]

Advertising (when it works) is a catalyst for sales. For every product that meets people's needs, someone has taken out a loan to produce it, he paid interests, paid fixed costs (rent, electricity, utility bills, etc.), hired employees and paid salaries and insurance, TAXES, etc.

This person or people who have gone through this difficult and dangerous process to produce something that will meet our needs deserve some help. They are not asking for much, they just want to inform other people that there is a product available and if they want it and it meets a need they can buy it.
Can you tell this person who has all these expenses and took all these risks that I am not advertising your product because people don’t want to hear about it?

IMO, the key phrase in your reply is "when it works". There have been studies over the years that conclude that TV advertising does not work. For instance - https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/tv-advertising-is-usually-not-worth-it as an example of a recent study that comes to the same conclusion. Since some people use You Tube as a TV source, I think its easy to argue that advertising on You Tube is no more effective than advertising on any TV source. There are other forums available for developers of products that are likely more effective - for instance, trade shows and other similar venues.

Personally, I use ublock origin and it does a very effective job of blocking You Tube ads. Interestingly enough, its also works with Firefox on my Smartphone. However, I rarely watch You Tube, and if Google thinks I'm going to pay them $120/yr or even $11.99/month to watch as little You Tube content as I do, then they are sorely mistaken.

IMO, if they enforce this, they will lose the revenue anyway. I see this as Google exercising their greed muscle which is already oversized and over flexed, IMO.

So, Google, go ahead, play your game. You're the only one that is going to lose.

EDIT - Here's another source saying, essentially, the same thing as the link above. https://hbr.org/2021/02/what-digital-advertising-gets-wrong

PS - Links like those are easy to find.

 

[trgz]

Advertising (when it works) is a catalyst for sales. For every product that meets people's needs, someone has taken out a loan to produce it, he paid interests, paid fixed costs (rent, electricity, utility bills, etc.), hired employees and paid salaries and insurance, TAXES, etc.

This person or people who have gone through this difficult and dangerous process to produce something that will meet our needs deserve some help.

I, for one, will NEVER be buying their product. As someone who does not respond at all to advertising, to the point that I will actively boycott brands of beer/wine/food that are advertised given that part of my purchase contributes to an advertising campaign, then why should I need to be subjected to their drivel? If I actually need something, then I will research it and buy something based on product reviews etc, not take the word of someone pushing something unnecessary at me.
And 'dangerous'? Really?

 

[loki1944]

4k downloader. I hardly stream youtube anymore.

 

[bexwhitt]

Oh, please Google, dare to block users which use AdBlock. After that, be in aw why YT viewers is leaving YT and go to the concurrent platforms like TikTok, Oddisey, Floatplane etc.
I can assure you that I'll leave YT next seconds after Google will do such foolish thing.

they will miss the zero revenue they are getting from you

 

[DSirius]

they will miss the zero revenue they are getting from you

It seems that you do not know or you are not aware of the real Google's business model.
The core business of Google is to take information from users, more often by stealing it, through shady EULA, spying and avoiding explicit users consent, and MONETIZING it. Commercials and ads are byproducts, extra cash.
If people will leave Google products and stop using them, Google "power", fortune, and influence will plummet to Zero fast. And may will in the near future.
Do not underestimate your real value which you have to Alphabet-Google Corporation.
You are a golden mine, every user is a golden mine, which Google unscrupulously is milking it.

 

[Darth Shiv]

I can't stand the amount of ads so I will fight to not view any on youtube. I watch enough of them on my phone app to make up for the lack of ads on my computer.

Yes feeling the same way here

 

[magisys]

Well a PiHole or a VPN already block ads so... The battle against marketing will continue.

 

[fb020997]

For those who have iOS/iPadOS, you can install uYouPlus via AltStore or Sideloadly, very easy to do. Zero ads, you can disable the MFing shorts, PiP, videos can be played in background, you can download videos, etc.
The only thing that doesn’t work is 4K videos, especially the 60fps ones. They stutter an awful lot. 1440p and 1440p60 are perfect, though.

 

[Rudyduu]

Advertising is one of the worst professions. Wastes peoples times.
Usually pays someone far too much who is usually already far too rich n famous and doesn't need the cash.
User pays more, for that luxury.
Advertising is irrelevant and pointless to the user. Its unwanted. Its a irrelevant pointless market.
Google can go swing.

Do you think the platform can support itself without making any money from it? You should tell your favorite content creators that you don't think they should make any money-making videos. Would you spend 40+hours a week working for free?

 

[Axeia]

I don't mind a couple of 15-30 second ads, especially if it helps the creator. It's the ads that go over a minute up to 1 hour ads that are terrible and those seem to be on the up tick.

At the moment how it is:
Up to 15 seconds - no skip button
If it's over 15 seconds and there's no skip button - it's because the upload of the video set it to be non-skippable

I personally don't watch any videos from anyone who hates their audience enough to force them to watch long ads before they can see what they came there for. I wouldn't be surprised if YouTube at some point removes the option for the creator to decide and just forces everyone to watch ads up to a minute long though.
At some point if they make their platform awful enough people will go elsewhere, which I'd applaud. YouTube has gotten so much worse over the years, something fresh and more consumer friendly would be nice.

 

[m4a4]

I actually wanted to support YT and makers at start, but when some random r*tard slip 20 minutes ad into your 10 minute video and you must get up from bed for third time in row to skip it... Well, they should paying me to not install adblock!

On PC, I have a plugin where I pick which creators I allow ads on. The plugin also auto skips the ad (regardless of length) based on a custom interval I set (and only allows 1 ad to play for that interval per ad break).

I have it at 5 seconds (I think I saw they get some revenue from at least 5 seconds), and once in a while, I get a 5 second ad that plays through in it's entirety lol

And then I just don't need to (or care to) watch youtube videos on my phone.

 

[wiyosaya]

It seems that you do not know or you are not aware of the real Google's business model.
The core business of Google is to take information from users, more often by stealing it, through shady EULA, spying and avoiding explicit users consent, and MONETIZING it. Commercials and ads are byproducts, extra cash.
If people will leave Google products and stop using them, Google "power", fortune, and influence will plummet to Zero fast. And may will in the near future.
Do not underestimate your real value which you have to Alphabet-Google Corporation.
You are a golden mine, every user is a golden mine, which Google unscrupulously is milking it.

Alphabet-Google Corporation = Modern-day snake-oil salespeople, IMO.

 

[wiyosaya]

Well a PiHole or a VPN already block ads so... The battle against marketing will continue.

Looking at PiHole, it seems like it is not designed to use as a "Forwarder" for my home-brew network DNS - running on OpenSuSE Linux. Otherwise, I'd be more inclined to use it.

 

[b1k3rdude]

Er WTF do YT think they are like? They want to charge more than Netflix, or Prime. I think not.

Were some like £25-50 a year I might consider it, but at £120 they f**k right off and do one.

 

[b1k3rdude]

Do you think the platform can support itself without making any money from it?

So $29 billion p/a is not enough then?

 

[Srksi]

On PC, I have a plugin where I pick which creators I allow ads on. The plugin also auto skips the ad (regardless of length) based on a custom interval I set (and only allows 1 ad to play for that interval per ad break).

I have it at 5 seconds (I think I saw they get some revenue from at least 5 seconds), and once in a while, I get a 5 second ad that plays through in it's entirety lol

And then I just don't need to (or care to) watch youtube videos on my phone.

I know for skippers, but didnt knew that there are ones that can filter channels. Tnx!