Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by vptr on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:26PM (#26519944)

I have ad blocker. I block all ads at the DNS level. I don't think you can block some of the ads on YT. Is that possible with browser plugins?

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by khaledh on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:38PM (#26519998)

I use uBlock Origin and I never see a single ad on YouTube. This is for my laptop though; I still haven't figured a decent solution for my phone.

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by kaolabear on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:48PM (#26520039)

Did you try Firefox with uBlock Origin on android? It works pretty well for me

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by khaledh on Saturday March 20, 2021 @11:37AM (#26523864)

That's definitely an option. I was hoping for a solution that works with the native app.

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by obarthelemy on Saturday March 20, 2021 @12:29AM (#26520812)

There's uBlock Origin for Firefox on Android

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by ninenines on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:54PM (#26520080)

Bookmarklet can help

video.currentTime = video.duration

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by tubularhells on Saturday March 20, 2021 @11:08AM (#26523681)

Adaway.

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by purerandomness on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:50PM (#26520054)

You probably use an adblocker that receives money from Google to pass through a small amount of ads. 'AdBlock Plus' is one example that does it. Many others as well.

'uBlick Origin' is currently the only one AFAIK that is truly open source and not sponsored by any ad network.

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by barbacoa on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:40PM (#26520002)

In brave I don't get YT ads w/ default settings. In firefox I use the extension "enhancer for youtube".

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by paulcole on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:41PM (#26520008)

There’s a 16-digit code that I pass YouTube that results in 0 ads on the platform. Can’t recommend it enough.

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by kyriakos on Saturday March 20, 2021 @06:26AM (#26522029)

For Android blockada seems to fail to block them

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by tubularhells on Saturday March 20, 2021 @11:07AM (#26523680)

I see no ads, cookie or GDPR popups, no newsletter annoyances, nothing since I set uBlock Origin full nuclear and just ticked all the boxes.

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