The OCUk, advert free youtube player. For FREE!

drakulton · 14 Apr 2022 at 15:05

I noticed that when playing youtube videos linked in forum posts, there were non of the adverts that usually crop up. So, if you want to watch/listen to ad free music or videos -

1. Copy a link to the video you want to watch
2. Start to create a post anywhere on the forum
3. Embed the video link into the media box
4. Click on 'preview' to show the little youtube window
5. Play the video in the preview window
6. Don't complete the post and bin it.

SideWinder · 14 Apr 2022 at 15:19

Clever however may be a hassle if people watch a lot of YouTube.

Tbh I have YouTube Vanced on my phone = No adverts and even plays with my phone screen off.

JRS · 19 Apr 2022 at 09:02

SideWinder said:
Tbh I have YouTube Vanced on my phone = No adverts and even plays with my phone screen off.

Vanced is being killed off

BananaDunka · 19 Apr 2022 at 09:41

Just install uBlock Origin on your mobile browser and desktop. Instantly get no ads anywhere on youtube videos again. Just watch youtube on mobile through the web browser that way too. Don't need to embed on a forum post.

NVP · 19 Apr 2022 at 09:51

JRS said:
Vanced is being killed off

Shame about vanced dying, absolutely epic. Love how it automatically skips intros and paid promotions etc. Awesome browsing experience. RIP

Vanced music has been my default music player for years, not sure how I'm going to cope when it eventually stops working

SideWinder · 19 Apr 2022 at 09:59

JRS said:
Vanced is being killed off

Noooooo!

sHo0sH · 19 Apr 2022 at 11:31

I subscribed to premium in Argentina, works out to about 83p / month

robgmun · 22 Apr 2022 at 10:52

JRS said:
Vanced is being killed off

Just download the latest version while you can, it'll still work on your phone for a few years

robgmun · 22 Apr 2022 at 10:53

mrk said:
Just install uBlock Origin on your mobile browser and desktop. Instantly get no ads anywhere on youtube videos again. Just watch youtube on mobile through the web browser that way too. Don't need to embed on a forum post.

Link? Can't seem to find it on the play store

Pawnless Endgame · 22 Apr 2022 at 11:39

My friend is a YT Premium account holder pays something like £2/month in India. He has set it up as a family account so me and another mate pay 50p/month for our part in it. It means that I can watch YT on the telly without the ads.

BananaDunka · 22 Apr 2022 at 13:07

robgmun said:
Link? Can't seem to find it on the play store

It's not on the play store, you install uBlock via the Firefox addons page directly from the browser on whatever platform you are using Firefox/Chrome etc.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

robgmun · 22 Apr 2022 at 15:10

mrk said:
It's not on the play store, you install uBlock via the Firefox addons page directly from the browser on whatever platform you are using Firefox/Chrome etc.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

Hum, it's a xpi file that my android can't open, I know I've set my phone in developer mode

BananaDunka · 22 Apr 2022 at 17:35

robgmun said:
Hum, it's a xpi file that my android can't open, I know I've set my phone in developer mode

You don't need to do any of that, just click install addon from Firefox on your Android and it will be installed. That's all I did. Same as on the PC browser.

Malevolence · 22 Apr 2022 at 18:03

Far too much hassle. I use uBlock Origin, haven't seen an advert on Youtube for years.

moon man · 22 Apr 2022 at 18:30

I use Adblock so don't get adverts on Youtube

Wing-Man · 23 Apr 2022 at 15:53

sHo0sH said:
I subscribed to premium in Argentina, works out to about 83p / month

Not always a good thing, I had a RU Spotify account and I just lost access because I can now only use the account for 14 days outside RU
I paid £3.79 for 3 months

CuriousTomCat · 23 Apr 2022 at 17:21

But the adverts pay for the content? I'd never dream of finding a loophole around it. It's people's livelihood.

I can understand finding ways to block ITVs adverts because they're a big corporate machine but YouTube is full of ordinary people like you and me. Trying to earn a living by making great content. I'm subscribed to over 50 people on YouTube, all of which I respect. I'd never dream of robbing them of their income.

Angilion · 23 Apr 2022 at 19:14

CuriousTomCat said:
But the adverts pay for the content? I'd never dream of finding a loophole around it. It's people's livelihood.

I can understand finding ways to block ITVs adverts because they're a big corporate machine but YouTube is full of ordinary people like you and me. Trying to earn a living by making great content. I'm subscribed to over 50 people on YouTube, all of which I respect. I'd never dream of robbing them of their income.

Same here. I run security software that blocks most things but I make an exception for ads on Youtube. I even let the ads play all the way on some channels I really like and I don't skip the in-video sponsor adverts. Sure, it's annoying. But if a content creator whose content I like gets paid for the adverts, that's OK with me. Even after the 100th repetition of an advert for some money-grubbing "free to play" (i.e. extremely expensive to play) game.

I don't subscribe to any YT channels though and the constant requests to like and subscribe and hit the notification bell and so on get on my ****. Except for the way Dan Hurd does it.

The reason I don't subscribe is because I am not going to give Google my phone number, passport details, etc, etc, for them to sell to whoever pays and have Google track everything I do so it can manipulate me for power and profit. So I don't have a Google account and wouldn't log into it if I did.

Wing-Man · 23 Apr 2022 at 19:19

CuriousTomCat said:
I can understand finding ways to block ITVs adverts because they're a big corporate machine

what about all the small arts they sponsor and job in general that are paid with the ad's. we should be blocking the BBC. watching an ad costs you nothing not watching the BBC costs everyone

Raymond Lin · 23 Apr 2022 at 19:23

I can’t be the only one who watches their YouTube mainly through the TV. None of these ways blocking ads works on the TV. Not without some home brew hacking into the streaming app in the Amazon fire tv or Apple TV or the Smart TV OS.