YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads
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there's tons on there, just because you haven't found it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 03:28 zuletzt editiert vonThe amount of people in this thread willing to go to bat for a corporate-owned entity is fucking weird.
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No, but Plex can. I'd migrate to Jellyfin if you can as Plex started paywalling some of their services.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 05:03 zuletzt editiert vonAs it currently stands, my Plex setup costs me nothing because all I do it stream from my server to my Apple TV. So it works well enough for me.
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I've been wondering about that, also perhaps a browser where your mouse position has seperate client and software side states? I know a lot of data can be gleaned from mouse movements so if the browser only updated its internal cursor position when you actually clicked that would potentially cut out that source of information?
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 05:38 zuletzt editiert vonIn the ultimate, you'd need to do something like run a headless browser in a virtual machine, have it play out and record the entire video, then use something like AI to splice out the ad segments and distracting elements (a souped-up sponsorblock will work for a while, but eventually ads will be injected into the raw video stream at random intervals), and present the pristine finished content to you. Basically we are going to re-invent TiVo all over again xD.
In worst case, you can't start watching until the pre-roll ad timers expire. This is how adblocking works on Twitch streams currently - you can only see a purple screen even if you block the ads.
And yes, the headless browser will need to use AI for human-like mouse movement and to solve captchas - basically whatever state-of-the-art technologies spammers and scrapers are already currently using.
Google is anticipating this future and is trying to implement and force hardware-based DRM for web video before then.
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This post did not contain any content.schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 06:10 zuletzt editiert von
Ads on youtube are getting even more stupid. Does anyone get those ads about "procastinations" and "ADHD"? It starts off with some songs like "Procastination isnt your fault....." and some dolls dancing? So annoying
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"Might"? They're already doing it.
YouTube in Firefox with Ublock Origin is getting throttled down to 1500kbps. I can't watch anything above 720p on my desktop anymore (with gigabit internet).
YouTube ReVanced on mobile and SmartTube Next on the TV still thankfully work without issues.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 06:11 zuletzt editiert vonwhere do you get your YT Revanced from?
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They've already tried this.
We've already sidestepped it.
It's just going to keep on going like this till a viable alternative shows up.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 06:21 zuletzt editiert vonHow? I've been noticing buffering the last few days with 1080p60 videos and up even using the suggested app version in Revanced.
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Ads on youtube are getting even more stupid. Does anyone get those ads about "procastinations" and "ADHD"? It starts off with some songs like "Procastination isnt your fault....." and some dolls dancing? So annoying
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 06:29 zuletzt editiert vonSo annoying
Those two words describe about every ad on youtube.
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Stop feeding me dog shit AI videos about a condom delivery boy who has to deliver some to a hotel only to find his girlfriend cheating on him and maybe I’ll stop blocking ads you fuck sticks
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 06:36 zuletzt editiert vonCondom delivery service you say?
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If it takes too long to load I just use yt-dlp to download the video or whole playlist and watch it later. Do I care that it's putting additional strain on YouTube's servers? Indeed, I'm devastated and overtaken with guilt
These are tears of regret, I swear schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 06:42 zuletzt editiert vonyt-dlp is fucking awesome and it will be a sad day if it ever gets taken down or blocked.
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There have been periods where one of my accounts was getting an ad-length black screen with buffering throbber (I hate that name) and, the most recent time, it was accompanied by a pop-up asking me if I'd like to find out why that was happening. Yeah. I know why that's happening, thanks.
Then that stopped happening again. Either they gave up or UBo have worked around it somehow. Never ending arms race.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 06:52 zuletzt editiert vonThis happens to me too, especially when it’s a computer that I haven’t used in a while, which makes me think that yeah it’s the arms race. It stops once my browser is open long enough for uBO to update
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Oh no! You are going to make your platform work like ass? And you expect us to do mental gymnastics in such a way that instead of blaming you (you know the one that has control over the platform) we blame uBlock? The same uBlock that has made using your platform bearable for many years, to the point that I will sit in silence with the screen off instead of watch with ads?
I think even if you make us wait a min before playing the video most would take that over an ad.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 07:07 zuletzt editiert vonI would prefer an ad
if it doesn’t last a stupid amount of time -
Stop feeding me dog shit AI videos about a condom delivery boy who has to deliver some to a hotel only to find his girlfriend cheating on him and maybe I’ll stop blocking ads you fuck sticks
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 07:08 zuletzt editiert vonSeems like a great ad
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This post did not contain any content.schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 07:10 zuletzt editiert von themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com
That explains the "are you experiencing interruptions" message I keep getting these days, though I kinda expected this.
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YouTube can die in a fire and take its fucking premium with it.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 07:12 zuletzt editiert vonI mean if they get forced ads I would understand, but at the current state I would say there are too many.
If YouTube premium was less expensive it would be a great in-between
I personally use YT premium and music by faking my country. Getting it for like 3.50€/month feels like a great deal
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Youtube acting like it has anything to offer aside slop and people who think they're philosopher kings because they play video games.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 07:13 zuletzt editiert vonStop using it completely then, and we’ll see if that’s the case
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I read somewhere that nebula was paying a good bit more per view, and paid per minute watched
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 07:15 zuletzt editiert vonIf it forces you to pay and have an account, how is it better than YT?
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Never used Plex, but as a proprietary software aren't they just requesting money for functionality and usage of servers/traffic? Isn't it just normal business practice?
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 07:18 zuletzt editiert vonIf you reach the frequent limitations like X codec is premium only, then yes. Else, no, you’re free to go
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schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 07:18 zuletzt editiert von
It’s the people that make blocking lists that we should thank. I don’t think uBO makes anything themselves
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where do you get your YT Revanced from?
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 07:24 zuletzt editiert vonhttps://revanced.app/ is the only official source (along with the GitHub , of course.)
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This post did not contain any content.schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 07:38 zuletzt editiert von
"Might"... it's introducing an artificial delay when loading videos.
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