Great… Fewer humans and even more bots in the comments… That’s a genius idea.
I was wondering why I couldn’t see descriptions and comments on seemingly random videos for the past two days. Also, it’s weird because I use Ublock Origin on Firefox and it’s rare that these changes actually effect Ublock Origin. It seems like it may be fixed now though, but I haven’t been actively checking.
I realised a lot of my yt usage was for having something playing in the background. I’ve been listening to more podcasts and audiobooks instead and it’s been pretty easy to cut back.
I wish the creators would move. Vlogbrothers, MVG, MrSundayMovies
Move where? Vimeo?
Vimeo lays off ‘large portion’ of staff after Bending Spoons buyout
More options in the videohosting space would good.
ReVanced seems fine
Morphe, my son.
Revanced is dead.
You shouldn’t present a biased take from developer drama as fact. ReVanced is fine.
When did Revanced die?
I believe it happened in December last year.
Matter of fact, I believe RVX developer killed his project (Reddit Thread) after the whole drama that had concluded to forming the Morphe project.
Is ReVanced also dead or just ReVanced Extended? I just got an update 16 hours ago from ReVanced Manager. Seems like their website is still running https://revanced.app/ https://github.com/ReVanced
YouTube is coming up with another infuriating way to force users to pay for Premium subscription or watch ads.
Or to let us know its time to quit. I have narrowed down my youtube use a lot. If it is ad only I won’t bother at all.
Won’t miss much frankly.
they vibe coded it
I’ll be sad when I can no longer watch my subs but as they say, live by the corporate whim, die by the corporate whim.
No issues ublock and FF.
Dont let them know… They probably never even tested on Firefox. :)
Yeah uBlock Origin has worked fine through every single one of these “adblockers are broken!” articles I’ve seen
I don’t mind, it’s still good to raise awareness about Youtube’s bullshit - especially since I’m getting ads for Border Patrol, OpenAI, and the fucking Melania movie now when I do see them (when I am lazy and using my Roku TV instead of HDMI). But it hasn’t been a problem for me yet.
You ever get the “You are disconnected from the internet” screen? It goes away with a refresh so it’s not a big deal, but it would be even cooler if it didn’t happen.
A new issue for me is the video sometimes skips/very slow while the audio is fine. Restarting the browser and pc doesn’t change anything.
Same here
PipePipe on degoogled android lol
this just makes me want to cancel my subscription more
I really need to get around to doing that. It’s the one service I pay for.
Just use an Invidious instance instead. It’s more private and free of ads.
Apparently there is a way around it as I’ve been watching YouTube all day and haven’t encountered a single ad.
YouTube has been shadowbanning ad blocker users, where you comments appear to post but actually haven’t, for a while now.
I think the issue is with the EasyPrivacy list blocking the heartbeat signals that tell YouTube you are actually someone interacting with the page and not a bot.
Brave doesn’t seem to have this issue as they whitelist those scripts but it has other issues so I recommend keeping it as a YouTube only browser.
- Why the fuck are you posting YouTube comments?
- Why the fuck are you using Brave?
Stop using the YouTube app/website, get an alt frontend like FreeTube, Grayjay, Revanced, etc. Not only do they remove ads and make it impossible for Google to track you, they have better UX than the official apps.
What alternative do you recommend for watching YouTube on a PC?
Yuse MPV.
So I can still watch the video, just not read the comments that I never read anyway, and can’t click the "link in the description ", which hurts creators way more than it hurts me.
Makes sense … ?
Exactly! I can no longer read ads for crypto scams, right-wing misinformation and porn bot spam? Do not threaten me with a good time.
YouTube comments are almost never worth reading in the first place (top comment is usually: who is here in <<current year>>? 😆). I never look at the descriptions, and the only time I watch YouTube is for either music videos or concert captures or links someone has sent me. Congrats YouTube, I don’t care about any of the features you turned off.
I’ll stop using YT before i start watching ads.
True that
Man gotta have a code.
Same. Especially since there’s more AI slop.
I’ll start paying for YT before I ever start watching ads. I won’t as long as I don’t have to, but the second they finally figure this out, I’m subscribing.
It’s well worth the money considering how much I use it and for how long I’ve used it for free. It’s honestly one of the few streaming services actually worth paying for.
no, it is not worth the money, I rsther pay for nebula or float plane or patreon
Does premium also block sponsors? Because if not, YouTube would still be unusable without an adblocker.
Granted, YouTube would probably be the hardest service for me to walk away from. Even without the entertainment aspect. How-tos on car repair and building projects etc are quite valuable.
If, when the ad read starts, you double-tap to fast forward, a little skip button will pop up which allows you to skip the sponsored section.
With a browser addon you can skip automatically without Premium. It doesn’t work with very fresh videos though, because they need time for the timestamps to get added into the database.
I’m in agreement with this, I’m mostly a content thief, because my use is so extremely limited it simply cannot justify paying any even more than a dollar for any service.
But when it comes to youtube, I get most of my scientific education there, all of the developments in astrophysics and sciences are there. I think I’d go bonkers without it, and yeah, I am not going to be watching no motherfucking ads.
But when it comes to youtube, I get most of my scientific education there, all of the developments in astrophysics and sciences are there. I think I’d go bonkers without it,
It’s hard to tell on the internet; is this sarcasm?
There is a TON of educational content on YouTube. You can spend all day watching nothing but documentaries and classroom-style lectures/tutorials if you want. I would prefer to not use a Google service, but the actual content-creators include some wonderful people.
For Android user I can recommend Newpipe. For the desktop I use FreeTube
Both have occassional issues when YT rolls out their latest enshittification features, but the devs are quite responsive.
Regardless, YT is a loosing battle, so prepare for the day when Google will win this arms race. That is why alternatives like PeerTube are important.
I was using newpipe but it wasn’t working for a bit, been having great luck with PipePipe though
Looks promising. Thanks for sharing
