Youtube General thread (formerly Youtube Censorship discussion thread)

[ToroidalBoat]

the virgin '25 YT
that Chad 2005 YT

Also YT has already been online for 20 years?!

 

[The handsome tard]

the virgin '25 YT
that Chad 2005 YT

Also YT has already been online for 20 years?!

Yep

*drops quarter into the "Holy shit, we're getting old" jar*

At this rate I will be able to retire soon

 

[Pee Cola]

If you have installed yt-dlp in any way that isn't: from pip, or from the single file download on the yt-dlp Github, you are almost certainly doing it wrong. You need to be able to keep up to date.

For Macfags, yt-dlp from Homebrew is the way to go. "brew upgrade yt-dlp" is the powerword. I've never had a problem updating yt-dlp since I turned gay started using a Mac a couple of years ago.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Invidious redirection page shows no available instances, and indeed all three that were left(Yewtube, NerdVPN, Nadeko) are not working.
It might truly be over this time.

 

[Relinquish]

YouTube now can show you 60-minute unskippable ads

Link | Archive
A news website, Androidauthority.com, has decided to contact Google about this and this is what they got:

Ads are a vital lifeline for our creators that helps them run and grow their businesses. That’s why the use of ad blockers violate YouTube’s Terms of Service. We’ve launched a global effort to urge viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium for an ad free experience.

Source | Archive

Spoiler: Full Article

This private information is unavailable to guests due to policies enforced by third-parties.

 

[MetokurGroomedMe]

A news website, Androidauthority.com, has decided to contact Google about this and this is what they got:

they got what amounts to an automated response that saw the word 'ad'. i'm not sure why they think this is a real human response. it doesn't even have anything to do with the problem in question.

 

[Niggergante]

YouTube now can show you 60-minute unskippable ads

Years ago, I remember not realizing my mom had Youtube on the TV and there was a fucking half hour long ad for a hair loss remedy. Everyone was already doing something else and I only noticed after wondering why the music stopped after 5 or so minutes. Thankfully it was skippable, but that shit apparently has only gotten worse.
Adblock bros stay winning.

 

[Autistic Gunspergings]

YouTube now can show you 60-minute unskippable ads

remember guise, ad blocking is piracy

 

[MugolEx]

they got what amounts to an automated response that saw the word 'ad'. i'm not sure why they think this is a real human response. it doesn't even have anything to do with the problem in question.

Bet that would cause PR problems for Youtube though if people ran with the idea that was a real response. If they get enough heat for that it, they'll come out with "clarification."

 

[|o|]

unskippable ads

Brave mobile still works. Picture in Picture too. TOTAL WOJCICKI DEATH! …oh wait

 

[Nick Gars]

Brave
Chads
Stay
Winning

 

[Mr. Manchester]

Every time it catches on to Brave, which was like once, I just cleared my cookies and adblock works again. Youtube is retarded.

What was that ad for anyway? I feel like they should be bullied too.

 

[The Cheese Aisle]

I've been out of the loop because I get premium for free (I can't cancel it so I figure I might as well use it)- is ublock origin still going back and forth trying to keep up with blocking the ads?

 

[Bonedome]

I've been out of the loop because I get premium for free (I can't cancel it so I figure I might as well use it)- is ublock origin still going back and forth trying to keep up with blocking the ads?

Yes and no? I haven't noticed any big breaks in ublock lately but youtube also only has a 360p video quality option for most of my videos. Also randomly certain livestreams won't load even when they work completely fine in Brave (with no ads and also you can choose quality options.) I'm up in the air whether they're targeting Firefox, Ublock, or me specifically.

 

[The Cheese Aisle]

Yes and no? I haven't noticed any big breaks in ublock lately but youtube also only has a 360p video quality option for most of my videos. Also randomly certain livestreams won't load even when they work completely fine in Brave (with no ads and also you can choose quality options.) I'm up in the air whether they're targeting Firefox, Ublock, or me specifically.

thanks, looks like brave is the way to go, at least for youtube. or invidious.

 

[GamerGateSurvivor]

If someone made an hour long ad to troll Youtube, bravo. This is some A tier shit.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

If someone tries to make me watch a 60 minute ad, I will kill them. I refuse to be hinged and sane about this.

 

[|o|]

thanks, looks like brave is the way to go, at least for youtube. or invidious.

And for downloading YouTube videos, at least on mobile, yt1s usually works there are lots of other domains too like https://ytb.rip/en7/

Spoiler: Not sure if they work, but

here are a few more - https://www.mediamister.com/free-youtube-video-downloader

https://y2mate.nu/en-6yjH/

https://www.socialplug.io/free-tools/youtube-video-downloader

https://yt1d.com/en125/

https://zeemo.ai/tools/youtube-video-downloader

https://y2meta.tube/en/

 

[Seija Kijin]

Every time it catches on to Brave, which was like once, I just cleared my cookies and adblock works again. Youtube is retarded.

What was that ad for anyway? I feel like they should be bullied too.

It appears to be an hour long Minecraft video.

 

[keke]

Most ads on YT now is some Chinese anime porn game (against their TOS), a get rich quick scheme (against their TOS), or a straight up scam (against their TOS.)

They deserve to die.