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YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps(www.theverge.com)

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Sounds like trouble for Newpipe, Sponsorblock, etc…

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yuri@pawb.social
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One of my biggest pet peeves recently has been people trying to show me <30 second videos on their phone, and having to sit through a full ass 30 second advertisement. It takes such minimal effort to block the ads, you’ll make up the time invested within a week.

And you know what, as I’m typing this I’m realizing it’s not purely the ads that are annoying. Just don’t fucken show people random 30 second meme videos in person, it’s annoying as shit. Send a link or something, we all have phones.

/rant

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PixeIOrange@feddit.de
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30 seconds arent that bad.

I once was forced to a five minutes video. Five minutes of pure cringe can feel like hours.

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Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I feel this. If you’re holding your phone up to my face it better be something off your own camera roll.

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dyc3@lemmy.world
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Part of the enjoyment I get from sharing memes is seeing/hearing the reaction from the person I’m showing it to. The ads just fuck up the whole vibe.

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Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Whatever the default ad blocker is on opera works fine, always has. Once in a blue moon I’ll see a frame of an ad, but it skips directly after.

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robzombie91@lemmy.ml
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lud@lemm.ee
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Will lots of people stopped using adblockers last time ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Amerikan Pharaoh@lemmygrad.ml
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Fuck 'em. I don’t care if they don’t know they’re making things worse for everyone else; fuck 'em anyway.

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uuhhhhmmmm@sh.itjust.works
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Sounds like trouble for Newpipe, Sponsorblock, etc…

SponsorBlock isn’t affected at all, as I understood after reading an article. Why did you mention it?

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MinekPo1@lemmy.ml
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I doubt it would affect Newpipe either honesty

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jet@hackertalks.com
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War… War never changes.

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jet@hackertalks.com
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If they’re saying third party apps are fine as long as they show ads, I could see third-party apps displaying ads. And then having option to cover the add playback with a black screen, or with other content, but the default behavior would be to show the ad.

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jet@hackertalks.com
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New pipe still working for me.

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umbrella@lemmy.ml
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freetube is also good here

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Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I use both depending on device and they’re both great. FreeTube just got a great update too (especially if you’re running multiple profiles).

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