Youtube & Ads

Generally ads don’t bother me and no way am I paying to get premium. Most of the channels I watch have the skip after 5 secs and the occasional full 30 sec add which is fine for me.
 
Nasher said:
Exactly, why are people paying when there is a legal way to block ads for free.
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Except there isnt on all devices, IOS and Smart TVs namely. This is around 99% of our YouTube consumption. Also add in YouTube/Google music which eliminates any need for Spotify or similar for in car music, and it is amazing value if signed up for via India.

It depends how you consume YouTube. There is zero point in paying if all you do is view video via a PC.
 
Joeyuk said:
Generally ads don’t bother me and no way am I paying to get premium. Most of the channels I watch have the skip after 5 secs and the occasional full 30 sec add which is fine for me.
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A lot more channels now have multiple adverts throughout the course of a video, two adverts together and you can't skip the first one, etc. It's so annoying.
 
There are ways to block ads at router level. I've not done it myself. But I can see why people would.

If Youtube wasn't so greedy charging £11.99 per month I'm sure they could get a lot more subscribers.
 
BowdonUK said:
There are ways to block ads at router level. I've not done it myself. But I can see why people would.

If Youtube wasn't so greedy charging £11.99 per month I'm sure they could get a lot more subscribers.
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I also haven't tried this myself, but I've heard that if you sign-up to Youtube Premium from another country, such as India, the price is much lower.
 
Hades said:
I also haven't tried this myself, but I've heard that if you sign-up to Youtube Premium from another country, such as India, the price is much lower.
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This thread is hilarious, we have been round in circles what about 5 times now and we still have people suggesting DNS blocking as if a forum full of IT people wouldn’t have thought about that :p
 
the advantages of paying over using other methods:
* You dont have to rely on pihole which never works 100% on youtube ads
* You dont have to use youtube vanced which seems to break every other day or whenever an update is released
* You get youtube music / GPM thrown in as well
* if you have a family sub then everybody else in your family get's the same benefits.

All that for less than the cost of a pint if you pay in a different currency.
 
I'm late to the Vanced party, but it works well on Android where the ads are a nuisance.
Tried a Reddit Pi-hole YouTube script but it's hit and miss.
Ads on TV and Windows not too bad I find.
 
Jimbeam3678 said:
Pi hole doesn’t do a great job of blocking YouTube ads
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And doesn't it only work when you watch Youtube via a browser? If you are using an APP on your phone or console it still wont block them. If you use a browser on your phone it should work similarly if you use a browser with an adblocker installed.

I have to say it has become hideous lately. The odd ad at the beginning of a video every now and again isn't the problem its the fact that often i am getting an unskippable ad at the start of the video and then at least 5 ads in a 20 minute video.
 
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