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I watch a lot of YouTube videos and have noticed that they have really ramped up the appearance of ads.
It used to be that you'd have an ad at the beginning of a video but now they also have them interrupting the video by popping in every few minutes, then another ad after the video is done.
Come on, man !
You can SKIP many of the ads after they have ran 10-15 seconds.
I learned years ago that when watching a video, you can press the letter J to rewind the recording 10 seconds, press K to pause or resume play and L to fast forward 10 seconds.
I also found that you can hit the REFRESH icon to skip through some ads entirely, this jumps past the ads and onto the video play.
I rarely watch videos on the phone because few things ruin a video quite like a screen smaller than the palm of my hand. These tips probably won't help those of you that don't use a computer for watching videos.
 
I have not seen an ad on youtube in like 8 years.... you are using firefox with the ublock origin extension installed? It pretty much blocks ads everywhere online....

Chrome wont allow ublock origin due to them making money off those ads.. you can install Ublock origin lite in chrome though.. it works "Ok".. Edge still allows ublock origin though.
 
That started a year or two ago for some.
Then came the ads you can't skip.
Some "creators" are also now pitching the ads themselves, like old TV shows used to.
Fortunately in that circumstance, most of them have a banner with the product website at the bottom for the length of the "spot", so you can judge pretty easily when to stop skipping forward.

I've found that when you link a vid, say to FBBO, it doesn't have the ads (or at least most of them including the one closest to the beginning) when the linked vid is viewed on FBBO.
 
YY1 said:
That started a year or two ago for some.
Then came the ads you can't skip.

I've found that when you link a vid, say to FBBO, it doesn't have the ads (or at least most of them including the one closest to the beginning) when the linked vid is viewed on FBBO.
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you don't have to skip them... with a adblock you never even see them...
 
Several of the ones I follow now do their own adds for someone sponsoring the video. Kind of annoying but I just FF through them. But there are a lot more adds in the last year.
 
Son-of-a-blocking bastard.



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I watch a lot of YT videos too, but at least the ones on my computer, I just hit F5 to refresh on the longer ones, and after 1 or 2 refreshes, I'll get a quick 5-second ad that I don't mind waiting for. My complaint is with YT ads on the family TV, we watch most of our YT content on that, not on a computer. It's true that I've noticed ads getting longer, unskippable ads increasing in length, some to over a minute long...but often you get the option to skip when it boils down to 15 seconds...then you get another ad that only lasts 5 seconds until it can be skipped. It only saves 10+ seconds but hey, it's better than waiting a whole minute plus.

Another issue I've experienced...if you're wanting to watch a YT video with an ad, or have begun watching it and a mid-video ad appears--if you press "Skip" or "Back", YT forgets the damn video you were watching and finding it again becomes nearly impossible. Explain THAT algorithm to me?

I'd love to be able to adblock on the TV.
 
Mopar Hunter said:
Me either. I don’t pay extra either.
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Whats funny is this exact thing gets posted like once a month here and on fabo... and for some reason guys hate the idea of an adblock... i am on youtube for about 12 hours a day (work and playing drums at home) and never a single ad..

It's easier to stop the ads than actually post about them :)
 
Some of the promos for a video are AI generated.
Such as an old Ali or Clay fight. The promos show guys of huge size, when in reality they are not.
The you tube videos about early bikes and riders are mostly bunk. Get a guy with a cool voice, and some early film footage, and make up the narrative. Pure bunk. But in 10 years, the bunk may become real, and everyone who watches will be mislead.
I say in ten years, because most of us that rode these early bikes, and followed the races, will be gone.
Another guy who talks about Offy engines and such, tells us about his sources. I like that.
When I was in Lewis Leathers in London England, getting measured for a new set of leathers, the guy said, should have been here yesterday, Ago was in. I also had the largest forearms he had ever measured. Road race bike riders are mostly skinny guys.
 
Unkle Krusty said:
Some of the promos for a video are AI generated.
Such as an old Ali or Clay fight. The promos show guys of huge size, when in reality they are not.
The you tube videos about early bikes and riders are mostly bunk. Get a guy with a cool voice, and some early film footage, and make up the narrative. Pure bunk. But in 10 years, the bunk may become real, and everyone who watches will be mislead.
I say in ten years, because most of us that rode these early bikes, and followed the races, will be gone.
Another guy who talks about Offy engines and such, tells us about his sources. I like that.
When I was in Lewis Leathers in London England, getting measured for a new set of leathers, the guy said, should have been here yesterday, Ago was in. I also had the largest forearms he had ever measured. Road race bike riders are mostly skinny guys.
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This is 100% real though...
 
icetech said:
I have not seen an ad on youtube in like 8 years.... you are using firefox with the ublock origin extension installed? It pretty much blocks ads everywhere online....

Chrome wont allow ublock origin due to them making money off those ads.. you can install Ublock origin lite in chrome though.. it works "Ok".. Edge still allows ublock origin though.
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+1 on Firefox + uBlock extension.

Those that don't like extensions, Brave (similar to Chrome) has a built-in adblock.

To add, I couldn't watch YouTube without an adblocker.
 
icetech said:
Whats funny is this exact thing gets posted like once a month here and on fabo... and for some reason guys hate the idea of an adblock... i am on youtube for about 12 hours a day (work and playing drums at home) and never a single ad..

It's easier to stop the ads than actually post about them :)
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I do have an ad blocker but it seems powerless to the YouTube overlords.
 
I figured out how to connect the 65" TV to the home wifi (I'm not an IT kinda guy), now I have a wireless mouse and keyboard on the coffee table! :lol:
 
I’m on a family plan for YouTube Premium, so no ads for me. I would probably pay for my own premium if I had to since I mainly watch YouTube. Also since I most watch on Roku or AppleTV, the in video ads by the creators have a one click fast forward for most vids.
 
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