YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete
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YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.
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Ad blockers are useful for more than just YouTube. So they are not going anywhere. However it will be a bummer if we can no longer block YouTube ads.
On android I have to endure the ads but on desktop I never see them.
I use revanced:
Revanced manager: https://revanced.app/download
MicroG: https://github.com/revanced/gmscore/releases/tag/v0.3.1.3.240913
You also get SponsorBlock and Return YouTube Dislike right in the app (+ many other ui and functionality modifications)
I have premium and still use it just for this.
What's hilarious about this article is that I'm actually getting YouTube premium for free as some kind of bonus to my phone service yet I'm still using ad blockers on it and everything else. I really don't give a shit. If they want to get better at injecting ads I'm going to place my bets on ad blockers getting better at blocking them. Or just not using YouTube. Cause, quite frankly, most of my favorite creators are on Nebula anyway and I pay for that service.
Use newpipe on Android, no ads
Or even better Tubular or LibreTube
NewPipe, Libretube, Revanced are the way to go!
I love newpipe except for one very annoying quirk: if you pause a video for more than a few minutes it "breaks" and skips to the end of the video when you hit play again.
For long videos this is very annoying, but I'll gladly pay that "price" if it means I don't have to hear 25261516 insanely annoying advertisements a day.
This is a recent thing caused by the changes YT has been making, at the moment we've been given multiple quick fixes while the community continues to investigate AFAIK
By the language you used it sounds like you're involved with the project, so thank you!
If it helps at all I've been experiencing this issue for probably 6 months or more. I've just gotten into the habit of adding videos to playlists and closing the video after i know it has been paused for a while. If I open it again from the playlist it picks back up where I was.
Also oddly enough if it skips to the end and I let it go to the next video (not in playlist, but whatever it would have played next) then I hit "back" it will (usually? I haven't tried too many times) pick up where it should have been from when I paused it.
Edit: actually nevermind "we've been given fixes" would imply you're one of us plebs! Thanks for the info anyway lol
For some reason New Pipe just doesn't work on my me device
Try pipepipe on f-droid
Thanks I'll give it a shot
I use Firefox and just use the web browser. You can even listen to YouTube with the screen off. Plus Firefox add ons/extensions
If you're on Android, use revanced
Try LibreTube. Or Firefox Mobile with Ublock Origin. Or one of many other solutions. You don't need to watch YouTube ads on Android.
You can use the brave browser on android. As of now it blocks youtube ads.
Added bonus it saves on your data plan because wouldn't ya know it, the copious amounts of ads they shove in our faces uses a lot of data... that we already pay for. I'm not paying my cell provider for data just so advertisers can use it to try to get me to pay for more shit I don't need.
Firefox with ublock origin also works on mobile
Or another alternative is the app grayjay
Oh I didn't know ublock was available on mobile with Firefox! Thanks for the heads up. I'll have to switch since I use ublock with Firefox on my pc and I prefer that for privacy protection
On iOS I have to use some niche app that lets me circumvent YouTube asking me for my ID but if it doesnβt want ID vinegar extension and wipr works for ads. Vinegar replaces the whole player I wonder if it will work for server side ads