I know reddit is low hanging fruit, but I just can’t with these dweebs.
Something has changed. Using an adblocker goes against the YouTube ToC, so Google has started to detect them. You need to disable Adblock for YouTube, and it should go back to normal.
fuck google for doing this.
Well, Google has every right to do so. It has to pay the content creators for their work, so people need to pay either (as you and I do) through Premium or by having advertisements. When people use an ad-blocker to watch YouTube, they are freeriding on the creators’ work, which is disrespectful to say the least.
why yes, I talk about people who use ad blocker to not have their consciousness invaded by advertisements using “welfare queen” language. how did you know?
They don’t pay creators on YouTube as much as they used to.
I’m not surprised. People are blocking ads all over the place.
YouTube has recently been cracking down on ad-blockers, because they deprive content creators of their rightful fees. Recent changes have caused ad-blockers to misbehave.
Or just, you know, pay for the content? It’s called YouTube Premium. People don’t complain about Netflix or Amazon Prime charging money.
Anyway, it’s your decision what you choose to do. I choose to pay.
I am once again asking my fellow gommunists to use alternative YouTube frontends like invidio.us
The convenience of the YouTube mobile app is what’s keeping me (and probably many others)
newpipe is an open source adless front app that has never given me any trouble and lets you play audio in the background and download stuff. as far as i’m concerned, its signifigantly more convenient than the youtube app. i can’t imagine having to listen to an ad every 5 minutes as i try to sleep, i’d become a terrorist
Hmm is there anything similar for IOS though? I’m guessing not
If you want you could use YouTube Revanced instead. It’s easy to install and gives you all of the advantages of YouTube Premium for free.
Try libretube