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Google Ramps Up Crackdown on YouTube Ad-Blocking, Targets Third-Party Apps (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by ForgottenFlux to c/technology

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Google warns users of these apps that their experience may deteriorate soon. They may "experience buffering issues" or see errors such as "the following content is not available on this app" when trying to watch videos.

Similar to Google Search, ads have become insufferable for many users of the service. There are too many of them, they may break the viewing experience, and they may show inappropriate content.

YouTube Premium is expensive. What weights more for some users is that its functionality is severely limited when compared to third-party apps.

The cat and mouse game continues.

For those looking to avoid ads or improve privacy, here are some options for free, open source, privacy-friendly frontends to YouTube without advertisements:

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/frontends/#youtube

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[–] baru 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But that doesn't get rid of the ads, it just get rid of some. Sponsorblock would still be needed. Why pay a huge amount for something ineffective?

[+] RealFknNito -16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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[–] baru 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To. Support. The. Creators. I. Watch.

Did you ask those creators how much money they get? Loads of them make way more from inserting advertisements themselves.

It's also telling that you're saying it's about supporting those creators while responding negatively towards the person who blocks ads and gives money directly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

when I like a creator I give them a dollar instead of giving google a dollar so they can give a penny of it to the person who actually makes the thing I want

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hard pass. I donate to good creators who provide me hours of content by buying them a coffee or supporting on Patreon.

[+] RealFknNito -9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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[–] baru 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah, so pay for premium to support creators, but if you support creators in another way then that's bad because... reasons.