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YouTube Ads popping up about 90 seconds into videos
- Thread starter Eddie
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Ublock Origin + Tampermonkey + Get Me Old Youtube Script + Youtube Center Script = What you should be using on a desktop
Youtube Vanced = What you should be using on Android based devices
Youtube Vanced = What you should be using on Android based devices
I try not to use adblocker in general, on sites that I visit frequently and seem to be trustworthy, but the fact is that they're putting way too many ads in the videos now.
And a distressing number of them are unskippable. I'm thinking about turning it back on, because the content is becoming almost unwatchable.
And if I see one more political ad about the "liberal mob" I'm gonna lose it.
And a distressing number of them are unskippable. I'm thinking about turning it back on, because the content is becoming almost unwatchable.
And if I see one more political ad about the "liberal mob" I'm gonna lose it.
Is there anything decent for stopping this in the mobile version? That's where most of my viewing occurs.
More and more they won't let you skip ads after 5 seconds, having to now stick around for 10-12 second ads
It is disturbing and way more frequent than before. Sometimes I wake up and I get a 20 seconds non skippable ad before my first video starts. Then more and more ads over and over again. And oh boy, they are good at repeating ads even if you say you dont like them because they are repeated. Seems like Googles AI is not used at all in any part of Youtube (video suggestions or ads)
I'm hitting mute on 90% of my Youtube videos now the second it cuts to an ad. Want the channels I like to get some money but I am not putting up with any more PragerU shit.
Yup, YouTube is getting too much of the blame here.
I'm not going to tell people what to do, but personally if a creator/uploader has too many ads, I won't watch their stuff. Otherwise the odd 15 second ad to support them is a fair trade. I'm not owed anything.
Did YouTube change the rules? It was my understanding that it wouldn't play an ad until the 7 min mark, after the pre-roll
I am a content creator (p.s., I hate that term, but it explains things clearly, at least). This is 100% correct. I can put an ad anywhere in a video. The only ad I put is a skippable video ad at the beginning and end, but my videos tend to be an hour long, so I don't find that unreasonable. I never do mid-video ads. Those are seriously annoying.
Seems they have been pushing ads harder than before. I've been getting more ads on my phone than when watching on the PS4 app. I could go 2 or maybe 3 videos on the PS4 before I get a ad and they don't have ads during the video.
woahhhhhh 10$ a month, you're rich, can i have some of that money, NAHT
If you're on Android, use Youtube Vanced. If you're not, then I have no idea.
I don't get why ad quantity differs by device. When I watch something lengthy on my phone I get constant ads. If I watch the exact same video on PS4, there's only one in front.
No ads, not even on TV boxes. I use Smart Youtube TV, or use Kodi with the YouTube addon.
Yup. It's something I never thought I would get, but tried it and I couldn't ever go back.
With Hulu, I don't mind ads, but with YouTube it's worth it for me.
It's worse when an ad comes on like one minute before the video ends and I don't want to just exit the video so I have to wait just to finish it. Fuck. What kind of shitty algorithm do they use to determine when ads are placed because it makes no sense to put them in weird places. Just split the video into even chunks if the uploader hasn't set up specific breaks for them. Don't put one right after it starts and right before it ends. What the hell is wrong with you?
Yep
Same thing with Facebook videos that do the same thing. I immediately lose interest
This.
But i'm quite sure you can't just put ads all over the place, but there has to be a minimum delay between each new ad.
I'm okay with it. It's literally just a 3 or so second wait until i can skip it. If it helps worthwhile(!) Youtubers keep their channel sustainable, it's a minor sacrifice - and still far less invasive than ads on Twitch; let alone broadcast TV :P
It's up by the video creator, when the video is 10 minutes long, they can place as many commercials as they want, where they want.
So when you have YouTuber with a lot of videos that goes exactly 10 minutes or 10:03 or similar, you know why now, not because the video needed it, but because of the money.
I watch less YouTube now because the ads are so fucking intense.
I feel like Twitch is eating the lunch money of a lot of YouTube channels, so in exchange they are just packing their videos out the ass with ads. Good job, now I rarely watch your videos.
I feel like Twitch is eating the lunch money of a lot of YouTube channels, so in exchange they are just packing their videos out the ass with ads. Good job, now I rarely watch your videos.
I don't mind if they don't force bundle with YouTube music that I will end up paying 15 pounds for both.
I'm shit out of luck since I use AppleTV for most of my online video watching.