How to stop YouTube from asking me to sign in

robfosters · 27 Oct 2020 at 12:54

Even signed in i still get constant bloody annoying pop ups asking me if I want to sign up to YouTube premium. They won’t take no for an answer!

james.miller · 27 Oct 2020 at 12:56

Yeah you stick it to 'em, fight the system!

Seriously though, haver you tried using a popup blocker? most browsers have one built in. I know Edge does, but chances are you dont use that ....

mrochester · 27 Oct 2020 at 13:12

Feek said:
Has anyone suggested that the best way to stop YouTube asking you to sign in, is to actually sign in?

Oh wait, everyone (including me).

Sign in. I guarantee it'll never ask you to sign in again.

/thread

Thanks for the obvious answer that I totally hadn’t thought of myself!

At least some people have been slightly more helpful. I will try some of the suggested adblocker scripts and settings.

visibleman · 27 Oct 2020 at 13:12

Worth hunting down which rule is preventing you blocking the container. But i just use the below in uBlock Origin, which seems to work -

Code:

www.youtube.com##ytd-popup-container.ytd-app.style-scope

P.s - For the future, post in sub-forums as it'll save the usual GD bashing you get from the dribblers.

mrochester · 27 Oct 2020 at 13:13

Raymond Lin said:
He is against the pop up more than anything...apparently it’s sticking it up to the man or something if he clicks No.

It’s just bad design. You shouldn’t need to dismiss these prompts over and over.

visibleman · 27 Oct 2020 at 13:19

mrochester said:
It’s just bad design.

Yup but unfortunately it appears to be the new "thing" as i've seen a lot of sites go that way of forcing you to sign-in, even if you're just browsing which ultimately has made me purchase from elsewhere.

"Nag" after X many days have elapsed would be a far better solution.

GGizmo · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:08

Get an adblocker, I use 2. I don't have any problems with pop ups.

Recently Firefox started deleting cookies after 24 hours because Mozilla added a new feature, so it kept asking me to sign in daily to sites.

I told it not to delete the history and haven't been asked to sign in again since.

Yaayuh! · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:19

kedge said:
In Ublock Origin options just enable all annoyance filters and all the privacy filters and all the ad filters. No more annoying prompts to sign in and all other annoyances, Youtube videos won't play automatically which is far better than jumping through loops everytime. Works with Adgaurd Adblocker too, just remember to go into details in Adgaurd and enable all filters, check manual filters updates now and again, Adgaurd manual filter updates are at the top in the filter section.

Bingo, this has worked for me. I've added the additional annoyances filters and I don't get prompted anymore.

mrochester · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:20

Yaayuh! said:
Bingo, this has worked for me. I've added the additional annoyances filters and I don't get prompted anymore.

I thought I’d turned on all annoyance filters but I’ll check again.

This is on safari too though.

Semple · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:25

I've got a solution for you OP that no-one has mentioned yet...

Don't use it! Find another platform to watch whatever it is you're watching.

mrochester · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:30

Semple said:
I've got a solution for you OP that no-one has mentioned yet...

Don't use it! Find another platform to watch whatever it is you're watching.

That’s also an option. Better to just block the damn pop up though!

Efour · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:35

Dis86 said:
Sign in.

Raymond Lin · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:40

One of the best features of YouTube is that you subscribe to content that you enjoy, content creators that you like to watch. So when you SIGN IN, they are at the forefront of the app/web page, and then you don't get a bunch of crap that you have no interest in. It saves time searching, it saves time scrolling.

Who has time to click no, then search for it every time?

Create a single fake email address call [email protected] just for this if you had to, it saves so much more time than clicking no and searching for things every single time.

mrochester · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:51

Raymond Lin said:
One of the best features of YouTube is that you subscribe to content that you enjoy, content creators that you like to watch. So when you SIGN IN, they are at the forefront of the app/web page, and then you don't get a bunch of crap that you have no interest in. It saves time searching, it saves time scrolling.

Who has time to click no, then search for it every time?

Create a single fake email address call [email protected] just for this if you had to, it saves so much more time than clicking no and searching for things every single time.

I’m not interested in subscribing to content or content creators. I’m also not interested in being ‘recommended’ content, that’s precisely why I don’t want to sign in.

Raymond Lin · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:52

mrochester said:
I’m not interested in subscribing to content or content creators. I’m also not interested in being ‘recommended’ content, that’s precisely why I don’t want to sign in.

This sentence is still valid.

Create a single fake email address call [email protected] just for this if you had to, it saves so much more time than clicking no and searching for things every single time.

Semple · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:53

Raymond Lin said:
This sentence is still valid.

Create a single fake email address call [email protected] just for this if you had to, it saves so much more time than clicking no and searching for things every single time.

The OP would be admitting defeat then.

mrochester · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:53

Raymond Lin said:
This sentence is still valid.

Create a single fake email address call [email protected] just for this if you had to, it saves so much more time than clicking no and searching for things every single time.

It’s fine, I’ll just try and find a way to block the pop up entirely. I’m not interested in being forced to do things a certain way.

Raymond Lin · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:55

Semple said:
The OP would be admitting defeat then.

It's a strange thing to pick a fight with, really really strange.

mrochester · 27 Oct 2020 at 14:57

Raymond Lin said:
It's a strange thing to pick a fight with, really really strange.

It’s not a fight, it’s just an inconvenience. I’ll either block the pop up, keep clicking ‘nope’ or use a difference service.

Drollic · 27 Oct 2020 at 15:04

In the last couple of years YouTube seems to have gone mad with adverts and this sign in business is also becoming more common.