Johnny Au
Senior Member
I never see any ads on YouTube with AdBlock Plus. I have installed YouTube Center.
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Ad-free alternatives to YouTube
- Thread starter Admiral Beez
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RemyFloor
New Member
Just get a spam blocker extension
Admiral Beez
Superstar
That's what I've done now too.
Now, if Youtube would only add these filters I would be their favourite user of all time:
1) Filter out still image compilations. Youtube is for video motion content, not your holiday slide show (what, am I still in the 1970s?). If you're posting stills, use Instagram or other still image sites. There's a special place in hell for those that post music over still compilations.
2) Filter by language. Surely in the 21st century Google can recognize and filter by language.
3) Filter by actual or electronic voice. Same.
Now, if Youtube would only add these filters I would be their favourite user of all time:
1) Filter out still image compilations. Youtube is for video motion content, not your holiday slide show (what, am I still in the 1970s?). If you're posting stills, use Instagram or other still image sites. There's a special place in hell for those that post music over still compilations.
2) Filter by language. Surely in the 21st century Google can recognize and filter by language.
3) Filter by actual or electronic voice. Same.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
It would be good to be able to filter out audio commentary from various YouTube videos. Some of the audio commentary can end up being irrelevant to what is being shown.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
I wanted to share my success on this subject. I’ve downloaded the Dolphin browser onto my iPad and installed Adblock for Youtube onto the new browser. And now no more YouTube ads! I love it, https://dolphin.com/
And I don’t worry about professional YouTubers losing ad revenue, as IMO YouTube was never intended as a revenue stream for its posters, but instead was where folks posted vids they wanted to share on topics that interested then, full stop.
And I don’t worry about professional YouTubers losing ad revenue, as IMO YouTube was never intended as a revenue stream for its posters, but instead was where folks posted vids they wanted to share on topics that interested then, full stop.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Many professional YouTubers use Patreon as a way to allow loyal viewers to donate (often to atone the sin of using AdBlock).
SunriseChampion
Senior Member
I actually enjoy the ads on YouTube but only because I use them to learn a bit of foreign languages. I use VPNs and the servers are all over the planet so I always get ads from the country in which my contemporaneous VPN server is located in.
Norway has YouTube ads for sales at supermarkets, which is weird. They seriously just show like two different sale items (for example, toilet rolls and toothpaste) and a sale price. Done. It's weird.
Also, don't even bother trying to learn Danish. I think it might be an entirely made-up language they're trolling us with.
Norway has YouTube ads for sales at supermarkets, which is weird. They seriously just show like two different sale items (for example, toilet rolls and toothpaste) and a sale price. Done. It's weird.
Also, don't even bother trying to learn Danish. I think it might be an entirely made-up language they're trolling us with.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
It's the ads in the middle of vids, and "find the x" overlays that made YouTube impossible to use without AdBlock.
syn
Senior Member
That's the lovely idea, but there's no doubt it was created as a platform that would eventually generate revenue. Sharing it with content creators is what has helped it become the premier video hosting site on the planet.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
If Google, YouTube's owners, really want to get ads into our faces, they should return to the pre-cable tv business model, where we get the service (i.e. OTA televsion, or internet) for free, and then watch the ads in exchange for the service.
That's where television went off the rails, IMO in the 1980s, where now we had to pay for television access, but we still had to watch the ads. And that's why, IMO, some people use AdBlock. I'm paying for the internet access, but I'm still stuck with watching ads? Of course in fairness we should separate the transactions into two parts, one for the access and one for the content, but that's not how the mind works. So, Google..... offer free internet access and you'll take out Rogers and Bell, and I'll watch your shampoo ads.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
@Admiral Beez
Not just that, but ads take up bandwidth as well! This is especially the case if one's Internet access isn't unlimited (AdBlock is practically necessary when using cellular networks, since Canada has among the most expensive cellular data plans in the world).
Not just that, but ads take up bandwidth as well! This is especially the case if one's Internet access isn't unlimited (AdBlock is practically necessary when using cellular networks, since Canada has among the most expensive cellular data plans in the world).
syn
Senior Member
Google would likely face anti-trust issues if they offered free internet service.
The TV analogy doesn't really work as you pay for access to cable TV, and not anything else.
An internet connection allows free access to a wide variety of content - Youtube is just one site. Expecting free use of it without any sort of ad exposure is completely unrealistic - they always intended to monetize it.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Unrealistic expectations drive much of the product change and innovation we see. IMO, YouTube will eventually decide to monetize the site another way, maybe with ads outside of current model, likely with all or most of the revenue going to Alphabet, while returning YouTube to a mostly non-monetized platform for those who post to it.
syn
Senior Member
If you don't want to see ads you can sign up for a membership.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
The very best Ad Block of all time is for YouTube. I stopped watching vids there because of all the overset frames and interrupting ads in the middle of a vid. Now, much better. The only thing if you’re on an iPad is you have to open YouTube on another browser, since iPad Safari goes right to the YouTube App, which is incompatible with AdBlock. I use Dolphin browser on my iPad for this purpose.