Show HN: Tell YouTube ads to fuck off

54 点作者 vignesh_warar将近 4 年前

25 条评论

INTPenis将近 4 年前

I've been using adblockers since Firefox first introduced it back in god only knows.So I fully support people's right to block ads.BUT I actually purchased Youtube Premium because I found myself watching it so often. It's amazing! There is content on youtube for hours of watching every day. I lost my TV way back in 2010 so I only watch Youtube, local PBS (svtplay) and sometimes other apps, chromecasted to my projector or a big screen.If you like youtube, why not pay for it? It's a ton of content. And with Youtube Music (although the app sucks) they're actually giving you virtually all the music of spotify, and all the content of Youtube, for 118SEK (14USD). That's a threat to Spotify I'd say.

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12ian34将近 4 年前

For those watching YouTube on Android, I'd strongly recommend NewPipe (via F-Droid)[0]. Its feature-set probably exceeds that of the official YouTube app, plus you can import your subscriptions and there are no ads and I think most if not all of the tracking is also removed.[0]: <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/" rel="nofollow">https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/</a>

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techdragon将近 4 年前

I’d be happy if people stopped posting poorly shot and barely edited video tutorials and explaining material to YouTube. You used to be able to search for information about products and find information now your at the whim of people posting YouTube videos with enough description info to find it, usually it will actually be a repost by someone who found it relevant to the context your actually looking for. So much stuff I’ve been watching on YouTube lately would be much much better as a series of pictures with some text explaining each one, it’s especially frustrating to see this sort of thing in online forums.People have started to just post tear down videos or assembly instructions as an embedded video with little (sometimes no) additional information! I have to download the videos and scrub back and forth to get a decent look at small parts or re-listen to their explanations that could have been read and understood first time, not to mention how often I have to go to YouTube, watch upwards of 3 or 4 advertisements triggered by scrubbing around a video only to work out that the video doesn’t even have the information I’m interested in. It’s driving me mad and I want it to stop. Insert your own meme about Eternal September here obviously.

madeofpalk将近 4 年前

Youtube Red/Premium/whatever they're calling it this week is the best subscription I pay for. I would rather axe Netflix before I get ads back on Youtube.

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galuggus将近 4 年前

Hi Everyone. Thanks for posting to Show HNI made thisAds keep slipping through my ad-blocker so I made this extension to make me feel better.It changes the words 'Skip ads' to 'fuck off' on YouTube.

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Nextgrid将近 4 年前

Invidious (<a href="https://github.com/iv-org/invidious" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/iv-org/invidious</a>) allows me to tell YouTube and Google to fuck off. Not just the ads but the tracking, dark patterns and their terribly slow UI.

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sverhagen将近 4 年前

I find irony in the implicit endorsement of Google Chrome while trying to shake Google YouTube.

alexandargyurov将近 4 年前

I would recommend using Channel Whitelist[0] to enable ads on creators which you would like to support.[0] <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-channel-whitelist/pbgojokkgbikdofpgphemhldcbaejfog" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-channel-wh...</a>[0] <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-channel-whitelist/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-chann...</a>

ojagodzinski将近 4 年前

Just use uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Mordisquitos将近 4 年前

Nice.I would like something similar to replace the X in the top left corner of modal windows that suddenly cover what I'm reading while I scroll down a page, under the bizarre assumption that I might want to "Subscribe for updates!" to this blog that I have only just visited for the first time in my life because it matched my search results.

nickpp将近 4 年前

I love the having the option of paying for a service I use heavily (like YouTube) while having infrequent content (blogs, newspapers) ad-supported.Not sure how people imagine production costs can be covered otherwise without ads?! Not to mention creator's profits without which there is no incentive to create in the first place...

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the_third_wave将近 4 年前

This is not a solution to the problem, just a rather weak attempt at "sticking it to the man". Apart from not using youtube at all - which is not always possible - I'd suggest bypassing the web interface by using youtube-dl or streamlink. Add an extension like "Open With" and point it to a script which opens videos in the format you want (e.g. low resolution for slower links/devices, audio-only for lectures, etc) and right-click youtube (etc - this works for all sites supported by youtube-dl/streamlink, including twitter and facebook) links to watch/listen. An added advantage is that you're not confronted with the comment section, thus saving time and annoyance.On Android this whole process can be automated by using NewPipe - get it on FDroid.

Retr0spectrum将近 4 年前

"2 minutes setup" is mentioned in various places on the page, as well as on the chrome store page.Why 2 minutes? I assume this is used as a stand-in for "very short time", because there's no way it actually takes two minutes to install unless your internet is particularly slow, and I don't imagine there's much to configure.It seems a bit out of place, especially when the extension itself centers around the problem of 5 seconds feeling like an eternity.Edit: I just installed it as a test, and it was ~instant.

SCUSKU将近 4 年前

If I didn't already have an adblocker to remove these ads in the first place, I would certainly love feel like I am sticking it to YouTube with this extension. Nice job!

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bilekas将近 4 年前

Fun idea, but I have added uBlock and Adblocker specifically to spite YouTube recently as their adds are getting crazy, and again out of spite I wont pay premium.

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drivingmenuts将近 4 年前

Kind of pointless if the message doesn’t actually reach the advertiser. There are a lot of advertisers whom I would like to, in-person or remotely, tell to fuck off for being so completely irrelevant as to constitute a major annoyance. There are advertisers with clever, interesting ads that I voluntarily watch, but the bulk of them produce the same boring, unwatchable crap that just becomes societal noise.

anticristi将近 4 年前

I know ads in radio, TV and public spaces are heavily regulated. Why legislation doesn't do the same online is beyond me. E.g. "you are allowed to show a maximum of 30 seconds of ads every 15 minutes of playtime". Also, "don't freaking increase the volume". I can't imagine the frequent interruptions are good for mental health.

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Koiwai将近 4 年前

FYI there was a known recent issue for Chrome/ium with uBlock Origin and TamperMonkey:<a href="https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1401243256755785729" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1401243256755785729</a>Firefox with uBlock Origin still works wonderfully.

yipbub将近 4 年前

Nice thought, but browser extensions should be installed extremely selectively. All it takes to compromise your browser is one extension author taking a huge bribe to pass control to a malware author. I only install for critical functionality. Mild conveniences begone.

dapids将近 4 年前

I really wish you could choose to receive ads selectively based on the channel you are watching. There are some channels I have zero issue with helping monetize by watching an ad or two, but I don't want to support every channel this way.

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bnix将近 4 年前

I got YT Premium. Happy to pay for no ads. TBH I feel like people will use any reason to justify the simple fact they are just cheap. Idk.

soulchild37将近 4 年前

How does this even get approved on chrome web store lol, anyhow congrats on the launch!

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dmraptis将近 4 年前

hahaha it'll make me to watch again these annoying wix ads. Love the idea!

fouc将近 4 年前

Okay I loved the disappearing trick, so funny.

edunteman将近 4 年前

this gives me energy