Tell HN: After new YouTube adblocker policy, I can't stand using it

Posted by dusted on Monday November 06, 2023 @03:48AM
from the self-post dept.

I'm finding myself closing the tab, more and more often, before the forced pre-roll commercials even complete, even for videos that I'm kind of interested in watching.

For videos I'm very interested in watching, I usually make it through, but then there will be abrupt forced commercials in the middle, and I just can't, and my hand reaches for ctrl+w..

I feel like we really lost something this time. Do you think there will be a good video platform in the future, or will we start downloading youtube videos without the commercials from our favorite creators on the pirate bay ?

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Re:Tell HN: After new YouTube adblocker policy, I can't stan... by alex14fr on Monday November 06, 2023 @04:00AM (#38160235)

Just use yt-dlp bro.

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Re:Tell HN: After new YouTube adblocker policy, I can't stan... by alfredoscott on Monday November 06, 2023 @04:03AM (#38160258)

https://medium.com/@TheBlogJunction/the-ultimate-beginners-g...

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Re:Tell HN: After new YouTube adblocker policy, I can't stan... by alex14fr on Monday November 06, 2023 @04:14AM (#38160339)

The irony.

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Re:Tell HN: After new YouTube adblocker policy, I can't stan... by RGamma on Monday November 06, 2023 @05:45AM (#38160952)

I simply pay for it now, since I deem it internet culturally too important to simply give up on it.

YT must be feeling pressured by the cost-side of things. Storage doesn't get infinitely cheap after all.

But yeah, I download things I want to preserve since some years now, in case things go awry.

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Re:Tell HN: After new YouTube adblocker policy, I can't stan... by 8chanAnon on Monday November 06, 2023 @12:31PM (#38165691)

Pick an Invidious instance:

https://redirect.invidious.io/

Problem solved.

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