Edit: ok your comments just made me buy a cheap android TV box, thanks guyz x
Please everyone if you’re not using something like Ublock Origin (best in the game imo) you’re doing the internet wrong.
Some say they play ads to support content creators but they make almost nothing from them because Google is so greedy. Best way to support them is direct, $5 on buy me a coffee or a patreon subscription.
I agree with you, don’t shout at me please 😭 I just can’t use ublock on my TV and I’m too lazy to plug my laptop in.
If you have a smart tv or nvidia shield that can sideload apps, I recommend SmartTube
You can side load on Roku too? Literally tried googling this and every thread was like “not possible”
Thank you. It’s a really old smart TV though and it just has a handful of pre-selected apps you can install.
A pihole then?my bad, it can’t.I have pihole setup and it doesn’t seem to block YouTube ads on my mibox. Is there an entry I need to add to block them?
If it’s an android tv, install smarttubenext and never look back.
Also, for mobile there’s revanced.
And uYou+ for iOS.
I just pay $11 for YouTube premium. I did it entirely for YouTube Music (Google Music) but the ad free YouTube was just a nice bonus.
Whenever possible, just pay them directly through PayPal or a similar service. Out of the money you pay to someone on Patreon, the creator usually ends up with less than 50% due to VAT, payment processor fees, Patreon fees, and income tax. By skipping Patreon, the creator doesn’t lose out to VAT and Patreon fees.
More creators need to start using Liberapay. It’s a non-profit organization that funds itself via donations, so the only fees it charges are the ones being passed through from the underlying payment processor. It also avoids VAT by prohibiting creators from offering anything in exchange for payment.
Or New Pipe on phone. It’s quite a while since I saw any ad on YT.
Honestly I forget youtube has ads sometimes
even giving just 1 dollar is equal to about 50-500 views
Also, firefox on android (and I suspect iOS) allows you to install extensions including ad blockers.
Faster, saves battery, prevents sites from breaking on mobile.
Not on iOS, because Apple forces all browsers on iOS to just be safari with a different look
Saw your edit, just a reminder for people to be careful with cheap Android TV boxes off Amazon/AliExpress etc. Lots of them are malware-ladden: https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/18/popular-android-tv-boxes-sold-on-amazon-are-laced-with-malware/
I got a very cheap 4k Spectre tv from Walmart. I specifically wanted a “dumb” tv because I have an Xbox and I don’t need overly complicated, slow, janky interface. It has this funny issue when I put my router behind it where the volume goes up and down by itself. I moved the router and the issue is gone.
I have been surprised by it. It was so cheap I thought it couldn’t possibly be decent, but I barely watch tv so it was whatever.
4k video is absolutely beautiful on there. I half expected or to be lying on the box.
I don’t see the point in smart tvs (at least for me).
I recommend the Onn one
I got the Easytone T95super after reading an Expert Reviews review, is that any relation to the Allwinner T95? Have I made a grave error? 😂
Unfortunately there’s so many OEM variants of these things that it borderlines on impossible to tell for certain which ones are and which ones aren’t, short of taking the firmware apart. Given the proximity in the naming convention, I suspect it might be.
Much as I dislike Google, the Chromecast with Google TV (4K) variant is probably the closest in price and is reputable.
Thank you :)
My petty revolt is to rapidly tap the corner where the skip button usually is. I KNOW they’re seeing that on their analytics. Assholes.
If you keep on closing the YouTube app, and clicking on the URL, eventually after 2 or 3 tries the YouTube app won’t have an ad it will go straight to the video. Saves a lot of time especially if there’s 2 ads.
ublock and newpipe. fsck /com/youtube
DRINK VERIFICATION CAN
Don’t buy youtube premium
Why? I have it for YouTube Music and it works great plus no ads on YouTube.
Just use an adblock and you don’t give money to google
But I don’t mind giving money to Google for using Google Music/YouTube Music. The no ads on YouTube is just a bonus. I’m paying for the convivence of playing any song I want on any device anywhere I am. And I assume a portion of that fee goes to the artists, although I admittedly don’t know how that works.
Adblock detection was a mistake.
UBlock origin extension, and while not necessary, I also recommend Firefox browser
Edit: ok your comments just made me buy a cheap android TV box
That’s a terrible idea; those things all run hacked firmware from China with preinstalled malware. (There’s a fairly recent Linus Tech Tips video about it if you want more info.)
Instead, you need to be buying hardware from a reputable brand and then (ideally) installing a Free Software OS on it yourself, e.g. a Raspberry Pi running LibreELEC.
Oh shut the guy who tries to sell expensive shit to his audience said so.
why do you think addblockers were created for, baby?
Black Mirror had an episode about this!
I was just thinking, wasn’t there something a out having to watch ads, and if you looked away the ad would stop until your eyes returned to the screen….
Yep, you either pay to skip the ad or have to watch it.
Don’t worry, Sony has a patent that will ultimately take care of this problem: https://www.creativebloq.com/sony-tv-patent
We are truly in the darkest timeline.
Look at me. Look at me! Look at meeeeee!
I’ve got one thing to say to you!
CRT monitor and a computer with a floppy drive. Now that’s high tech.
Everything must be off white
Unsure if Karen or drag queen.
It’s Kath and that’s her crowning glory.
Use YouTube revanced if you’re on your phone. Use freetube if you are on your pc.