YouTube's crackdown on ad blockers expands to third-party apps

16 April 2024
Pretty soon there will be nowhere to watch ad-free YouTube if you don't subscribe to Premium.

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Opera GX is the Solution and Google and YouTube if you dare to take it down I will sue u into the Oblivion

    I used Brave Browser to block ads even from GSMArena :D

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      • StarfoxHUN
      • Bt5
      • 16 Apr 2024

      I would have absolutely no problem paying for adless Yt, IF they would've offered a cheaper tier that does not have all the other craps i never gonna use, like thier music service... But yea, that is thier goal, to force ppls using all thier services, so unlikely it will ever happen.

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        • WhoCaresTM
        • 0mU
        • 16 Apr 2024

        Naaah, I'll keep using workarounds. Screw you Google.

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          • Anonymous
          • 7JI
          • 16 Apr 2024

          yeah, no thanks. I'll continue to use uBlock Origin until the god damn heat death of the universe.

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            • Anna
            • X{B
            • 16 Apr 2024

            Two or three ads of 10 seconds each at the start of clip is fine. People won't have any problem with that. But they shows those ads every two-three minutes throughout the clip. Then people left with no other option but to use Ad blockers or u-block origin to skip those ads.

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              • Anonymous
              • tEZ
              • 16 Apr 2024

              No dislike count, no premium. Dislike count number is important because you already know whether its quality or bad video without you wasting your time watching it.

                Why is that Google is cracking down on adblockers in an election season? Hmmmmm!

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 2WB
                  • 16 Apr 2024

                  Anonymous, 16 Apr 2024All these idiots in this thread namedroping the apps 🤦‍♂️1)do you think google reads comments on gsmarena?
                  2) do you think google doesn't know about these apps?
                  you are so ignorant.

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                    • Floryn
                    • mAQ
                    • 16 Apr 2024

                    Just use Firefox with Unlock on laptop or mobile.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • vaS
                      • 16 Apr 2024

                      Anonymous, 16 Apr 2024All these idiots in this thread namedroping the apps 🤦‍♂️Bold of you to think Google is clueless about them and that no foolish influencer is shilling them on Tiktok.

                        Anonymous, 16 Apr 2024All these idiots in this thread namedroping the apps 🤦‍♂️so you rather accept greed and worse user experience?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • m51
                          • 16 Apr 2024

                          All these idiots in this thread namedroping the apps 🤦‍♂️

                            google, makes bad phones, make their services worse, why bother trying to block ads?

                              Mills, 16 Apr 2024Brave, Opera GX and uBlock Origin are our best friends. I u... moreAds make so little money that you're better off making monthly or yearly subscriptions through Patreon or YouTube Membership instead. You can even see content creators making their merchandise and initiating brand sponsorship. That's why you keep seeing those "This video is sponsored by (insert brand here)".

                                you have to suffer, 16 Apr 2024youtube creators can still gain money from its donations li... moreTHIS! I still see YouTube content creators saying that ads can generate income. I was like, "Please, I've been there before and it makes an amount of income so minuscule that I'm better off creating a monthly subscription on Patreon or YouTube Membership". It's the reason I keep using ReVanced since I mostly support my favourite content creator through Patreon or YouTube Membership.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • NhR
                                  • 16 Apr 2024

                                  I have a premium with a student discount, making it some pocket change as I live in a developing country, but work online. It still sucks. Shorts, sponsors breaks, getting superficial content recommended from time to time. I still use Vanced, even though I'm premium and it's just miles better.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • skJ
                                    • 16 Apr 2024

                                    So youtube wants to kill itself?

                                    Just a matter of time before other platforms blow up and take users away from yt

                                    Improve your service, keep improving it and make it cost like 1-2$
                                    Boom suddenly everybody uses Premium
                                    Easy peasy

                                      Anonymous, 16 Apr 2024I rather support revanced rather than youtube. Unless i can... moreyou might also like is fine as long it's relevant to videos i watch. i'd like to remove shorts as an option.

                                        They're still cracking down on ads? I haven't gotten a single block in months