To get rid of the annoying YouTube message (ad blocker are not allowed on Youtube) use this custom filter in uBlock extension

  1. Open uBlock extension dashboard
  2. Open my filters tab
  3. Copy & Paste this code into my filter
  4. Apply changes and close all tabs

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  • NiaTheCat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    The funny thing is I wouldn't mind watching their ads if they weren't annoying with them. If the ads were only at the start of a video, not during, and no still image banner at the bottom I have to click X on on desktop. I don't want to actively dismiss anything while I'm watching the video, I want to relax and watch it.

    They don't allow me to sit and enjoy the videos without babysitting them to skip after the timer, so that's why I block their ads with absolutely no compromise anymore.

    • atetulo@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Yeah. Nah.

      I shouldn't have to watch any ads on an already-profitable product. Accepting less is just me lowering my standards so people richer than me can be even richer.

      • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        It's more than that. Would you devote 1-5% of your PC resources to others while you watch a video, if you could watch a video without ads? Yes. I bet so.

        We are able to easily shoulder the burdens of hosting, yet Google wants to dominate us and force us to use their hosting at the psychological cost of being their sponge for anyone's paid information campaign. YouTube in 2016 was non-stop Trump ads. Non fucking stop.

        FUCK Google.

        • Auli@lemmy.ca
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          1 year ago

          No no we are not. How are we going to distribute all the videos. I don't think you realize how much storage youtube takes up. Could we have something yes would it be as big and vast as youtube not even close. I mean we can't even distribute a handful of reddits traffic without failing.

          • elrik@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            Storage is probably the easier aspect to address. Storage is cheap and decentralized storage systems have existed for decades.

            The problem is bandwidth and latency. Most residential ISPs do not offer high bandwidth and low latency upstream connections, which means there's no good way to serve the content you're storing.

            Residential fiber is becoming more common in some areas, but often those residential plans still limit upstream or specifically have terms in their acceptable use policy that forbid such activities. Here's an example from my fiber provider, which couldn't be clearer:

            You may not use the Services to host any type of server.

            It's a little silly of course, because if you were playing a game and hosting, you're probably hosting a server! But if I were serving videos to thousands of peers, I'm sure they would notice and take issue.

      • Auli@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Huh that doesn't make anysense? Youtube is profitable because of ads. It's not like it has a secrete revenue source and the ads are just gravy on top.

        • abcxyz@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          They are profitable because they data mine the shit out of you. And now they want you to pay them so they can continue doing it.

        • atetulo@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          Huh that doesn’t make anysense?

          I mean, if you use your brain it makes perfect sense.

          I don't watch ads. Youtube is profitable. I shouldn't have to watch ads on an already-profitable product.

          Accepting less is just me lowering my standards so people richer than me can be even richer.

          Might wanna brush up on that reading comprehension, lol.