mesaMar 10

YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto

YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable

YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

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Show threadVoroxpeteMar 10
Firefox with ublock origin for desktop and mobile. Grayjay for mobile (integrates Nebula too so you can get both your feeds at once). Android TV with FCast and Smart Tube Next for your TV. Never see ads again.
Show threadmesaMar 10
A/B testing is showing they are going after people with ad blockers: https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-is-apparently-punishing-ad-blockers-by-hiding-comment-section-3320581/ But your specific combo seems good.
YouTube is apparently punishing ad-blockers by hiding comments section & video descriptions

YouTube users have reported being unable to view comments while using ad-blocking tools, with some claiming it’s even happening to YouTube Premium subscribers. 

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Show threadarchonet

Wait, YouTube’s idea of punishing ad-block is removing the most toxic, worthless part of the site?

Nobody tell them. Not one fucking word. We might even get them to remove Shorts, too, if we pretend this is a bad thing.

Mar 10 at 8:44pmWeb
Show threadSoulphiteMar 10
Please Google don’t get rid of shorts! Especially the ones with the wonderful AI voice over and karaoke style closed captioning! Please don’t do that! Or else I’ll keep using adblockers.
Show threadcriss_crossMar 11
I’m so happy they got rid of dismissing shorts and throw them in a feed more! Please don’t get rid of them!