Youtube with advertisement  - Page 1
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author: temperance
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2025, 02:40:29 pm
content: With everything being interrupted about every 5 minutes on YT it became almost impossible to watch a long course for example. So I came up with the following to watch YT without advertisement.-Copy and paste the below code in a text editor.-Change the video URL to your requirements. Go to YT for example and click share. Copy the shown URL between the quotes where I wrote "YOUR VIDEO URL".-save as xyz.html-Open this page in your browser.<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><title>Embedded YouTube Video</title><!-- Tailwind CSS CDN --><script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script><style>/* Custom styles for the Inter font and overall body styling */body {font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;}</style></head><body class="bg-gradient-to-br from-purple-50 via-blue-50 to-indigo-100 min-h-screen flex items-center justify-center p-4"><div class="bg-white p-6 md:p-8 rounded-xl shadow-lg w-full max-w-4xl border border-gray-200"><!-- Video Container: Aspect ratio 16:9 for responsive video --><div class="relative w-full overflow-hidden rounded-lg shadow-md" style="padding-top: 56.25%;"><!-- iframe for embedding YouTube video --><iframeclass="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full rounded-lg"src="YOUR VIDEO URL"title="YouTube video player"frameborder="0"allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></body></html>

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2025, 02:55:30 pm
content: There are alternative ways to avoid YT ads. I use all of these options.1. Download videos with YT-DLP2. Install the Android app SmartTube or SmartTube beta if you want the bleeding edge. It is recommended for media boxes or tablets. It works well for me and even filters out instream creator ads. It is not available in the play store for obvious reasons.https://smarttubeapp.github.io/3. Setup uBlock OriginI can exist ad free on Youtube.But thanks for providing another option.

author: temperance
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2025, 03:01:07 pm
content: I had ad blockers for a long time but YT can detect if you use those and slows down the the page responsiveness to unusable. So I removed those a while ago.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2025, 03:01:44 pm
content: Quotesomethings changed here in the last few days as ublock dont seem to be as effective as it was,mid roll ads are still blocked but ads at the start of videos that cant be skipped have started to appear.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2025, 05:36:41 pm
content: I find YT only complains if I block advertising, whilst logged in, but it isn't consistent. It goes through spells of not caring.I've also found I can skip mid video adverts by pressing the back and forward buttons, but that only works if I've gone to the video from somewhere else and it doesn't always take me back to the same part of the video, so I have to remember roughly where I was.

author: temperance
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2025, 07:05:22 pm
content: I December I got tired of fiddling with ad blockers. But now I got tired of the endless ads. That's why created this css hml. Embedded the video in your own web page and It now plays without ads being shown.

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2025, 08:35:53 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on June 10, 2025, 02:55:30 pmThat's surprising; I wonder how it knows just where those in-stream ads are.I watch a lot of Mentour Pilot videos, and a lot of his contain in-video pitches for his sponsor; how would that app know where those are? Sometimes he'll say something like "but first, a couple of words from this video's sponsor", but often the segue into the ad is much more subtle than that.Of course as someone mentioned you can just fast-forward through the pitch, which is what I do (usually 12-14 forward keypresses are sufficient).

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2025, 09:29:25 pm
content: ublock origin still working well for me, there were a few days where it popped up with adblock detected, but closing it worked. ublock filters get updated regularly (was last updated an hour ago).Quote from: Analog Kid on June 10, 2025, 08:35:53 pmIts user submitted data, if I see an in video sponsor thats not submitted yet, it takes maybe 30s for me to select the start and end and submit the segment so it gets blocked for anyone else.https://sponsor.ajay.app/

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2025, 09:49:30 pm
content: Quote from: thm_w on June 10, 2025, 09:29:25 pmAh, crowdsourced ad blocking. I likes it!

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2025, 10:50:19 pm
content: You can also watch videos via VLC if you paste the YouTube URL into the network stream dialog. However you will have to update your client occasionally since YouTube seem to break this from time to time.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2025, 10:59:04 pm
content: Or just buy YouTube premium. YouTube is very useful and someone has to pay for the costs involved.Plus you get YouTube Music with premium and the ability to listen to YouTube videos on your phone with the screen off.Which is great for stories/podcasts etc..

author: u666sa
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 12:00:42 am
content: Just get a VPN that connects to Armenia. Done. No ads.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 12:12:27 am
content: I keep saying this... Brave browser blocks all youtube ads out of the box. It's pretty great.

author: gnif
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 03:15:07 am
content: Quote from: Smokey on June 11, 2025, 12:12:27 amI couldn't agree more, I have been using this for years and it has never failed me. I forget how full of ads YouTube is and get a harsh reminder each time a friend tries to show me a video or I use someone else's PC.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 03:39:55 am
content: Quote from: gnif on June 11, 2025, 03:15:07 amAnother vote for Brave. Whilst I pay for YouTube premium (so I can watch ad-free on my TV), I can't remember the last time I saw an ad of any kind on my computer.Then when I use someone's else's machine, yikes!

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 04:41:15 am
content: Some technical stuff behind options people have mentioned here:(1) uBlock Origin and Brave use 99% the same filter lists for their ad & tracking blockers: ublock & easylist. These are community maintained lists, if anything good is discovered then it gets added to these (rather than being browser or addon specific).(2) Youtube "experiments" by sending different users different versions of pages, including changes that affect adblockers. They have been doing this for years. Try in a private window or clearing your cookies to confirm if this is why you're suddenly getting ads. Waiting a day and updating your filter lists also tends to work.I'll also add that Brave has had quite a list of controversies, including automatically installing affiliate software on your computer without consent and keeping money that people thought they were giving to others.Their wikipedia article is a good read.

author: AVGresponding
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 05:15:28 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on June 11, 2025, 03:39:55 amYes, this. I use Brave on my Android phone, and Firefox with Ublock origin on my pc. No ads, no setup, they just work.

author: Black Phoenix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 06:20:01 am
content: For mobile I've been using BravePipe -https://github.com/bravepipeprojectIt is a fork of New Pipe, supports download of vídeos in MP4 and WebM, it's easy to add the subscriptions of YouTube and also supports Sponsor Blocks for those ads that are inside the videos, as intros/endings skips and even self promotion segments.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 07:24:15 am
content: Quote from: Psi on June 10, 2025, 10:59:04 pmI would do that, but I can't support their scummy practices such as demonetising creators, for no apparent reason, including many of the channels I'm subscribed to and watch regularly.

author: Andy Chee
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 07:30:03 am
content: Quote from: temperance on June 10, 2025, 03:01:07 pmAd blockers need time to react, they do not respond to YT backend changes instantaneously.Once updated, uBlock origin works fine and is completely responsive.The same issues affect yt-dlp, which also needs regular updating.

author: johnboxall
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 08:21:30 am
content: YouTube premium, worth it for the music alone.Also bought a copy of 4kdownloader for archiving useful videos or when travelling.https://www.4kdownload.com/-54

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 11:22:01 am
content: Quote from: Zero999 on June 11, 2025, 07:24:15 amYeah, that's a fair criticism.I see my Premium subscription as worthwhile since it supports creators. Any video I watch results in significantly more money going to the creator than if a normal add-supported user watched the same video.

author: u666sa
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 01:12:53 pm
content: Either youtube prem or VPN that connects to either Russia or Armenia.For example on android TV, I had a 75 inch iffalcon (TCL assembled in Belarus), I used matreshka VPN.https://matreshkavpn.com/It gives you 2GB free. You can switch accounts with it and get more free traffic, but it's cheap enough I just bought subscription.On PC, they don't have a client for PC, I'd use something else.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2025, 03:59:45 pm
content: Quote from: Psi on June 11, 2025, 11:22:01 amFair enough, but keep in mind that unless they make hundreds of thousands or millions of views, creators basically get peanuts from YT ads. It doesn't even cover the cost of making the videos.They make money out of sponsors and business they get, sure, thanks to the exposure they get via YT, but not from YT directly.So by paying a subscription, you're not supporting creators (except again the very successful ones, who are a minority), you're supporting YT. And sure, supporting YT is necessary for the service to even exist (so that creators can use it), but the idea that you're directly supporting them via a subscription is, for the most part, a delusion.To get an idea:https://www.uscreen.tv/blog/youtube-cpm/Anway, YT considers self-hosting videos or otherwise using third-party viewer apps harmful: