Youtube & Ads

[Nick1881]

YouTube ads? I thought this forum was full of tech heads.
Ublock Origin - no ads
Mobile app: YouTube Vanced - no ads. https://vanced.app/
Job done.

What about those of us with iPhones and iPads?

I run ublock on my desktop but it's a pain with the adds on my phone.

£12 a month? No chance YouTube, if no one paid this then they would have had to change, people paying for it are just lining their pockets.

 

[Scort]

Using NewPipe for YouTube duties now, as the adverts have become too much for me personally - not more being forced to watch a couple of ads before a video, and nowt during - hurrah

 

[Nasher]

Are there really people still NOT using an adblocker in 2020?

 

[Spit]

Like others I pay £1.37 a month for premium, works flawlessly and you keep your current account.

 

[V F]

Are there really people still NOT using an adblocker in 2020?

Are there really people still NOT reading the thread in 2020?

 

[james.miller]

Like others I pay £1.37 a month for premium, works flawlessly and you keep your current account.

Do you get Indian suggestions on YouTube and GPM/YouTube music?

 

[Deluxe1]

No need to use your VPN once you have subscribed so you'll just be viewing as normal.

 

[koooowweeee]

I've not read any of the thread, but yeah, advertising everywhere.

I put some kids things on the other day for my just over 2 year old and there was a 20 Mon advert for some random crap. Surely Google must know if it's a kids video then a adults video isn't needed??

 

[FoxEye]

Yeah the ads are annoying as hell. Not 12 quid/m annoying though.

Most stuff on the net isn't worth paying for (inc all "web 2.0" crud). YouTube is no exception.

If YT disappeared tomorrow I wouldn't be all that bothered tbh.

 

[metachi]

i just did the India youtube premium cheat thing. hope they won't cancel the premium from my account,

 

[v0n]

Adverts are easy to filter, uninstall youtube app on your phone, install firefox on your mobile with ublock origin plugin then add video background play fix addon for good measure et voila - no adds and multitasking is on - YT can play in the background.

But it's the change in algorithm that bothers me - ever since they introduced that hashtags bar on the top layout all I get in recommendations in 90% of some random, old tat (6 months to 10 years old), 8% of videos I already watched through (red bar underneath) but had like 2 seconds of end credits unwatched and one new video, usually completely of no interest to anything I watch. Last version of recommendation algorithm was actually quite good but now it's broken and it's just no longer fun to search for everything manually...

 

[Sho]

£1.37 a month using an Indian VPN.

Yup been doing this for a while now.

 

[andy_mk3]

Wow. Thanks for the India tip, that's amazing! Tenner a month saved.

 

[malachi]

i just did the India youtube premium cheat thing. hope they won't cancel the premium from my account,

Been doing it for about a year, you be fine.

 

[moon man]

cheers for the adblock recommendations ,the britbox advert was playing before every video and doing my head in .

 

[Spit]

Do you get Indian suggestions on YouTube and GPM/YouTube music?

Nope. No trace of India at all on my account.

 

[BowdonUK]

It would be good if some of these adblockers could be run at router level. Then all devices would be covered in one. I'd pay for that program.

 

[andy_mk3]

It would be good if some of these adblockers could be run at router level. Then all devices would be covered in one. I'd pay for that program.

Pihole, pfblockerng etc

 

[james.miller]

Nope. No trace of India at all on my account.

How did you do it?

 

[Deluxe1]

VPN - India then load up youtube and subcribe.