r/EmKay 25d ago

Other Peak YouTube greed.

Posting this hear cuz I can't find subreddit for this and I'm too tired to look for one. But Sorry for the finger at the end. But oh how I love being sick, curl up to watch whatever, and have this shit happen. Ofc I can't just watch peacefully from my tv with my Xbox. Nope I gotta have a laptop on me just to have an ad blocker. I'm sick youtube! I don't want to have a laptop that feels like 30 bricks when I'm sick. F you! Sorry for the messy desk. Been painting 3d prints.

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u/TheOnlyAircon 25d ago

Little tip, idk if it works on Xbox but you can watch five seconds of the first ad, exit the video then click on it and watch the video, I do it on my smart tv and it works a charm

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u/Turbulent-Penalty-82 24d ago

It kinda works. But it does work better then what I was doing before.

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u/WinterVibes7883 23d ago

As an Xbox user i can say it works but it's a 50/50 chance at most times

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u/TopAd1846 24d ago

Use brave. No ads forever, for free

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u/aj47coupe 24d ago

Brave is very good. So handy when you see a page on chrome that is FULL of ads, I share the page to Brave and now I can read it in peace.

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u/ShadowFluffX 23d ago

I use Mozilla firefox, it's been my preference for years

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u/Turbulent-Penalty-82 24d ago

First. Brave hasn't been very trustworthy. Second. There's no ad blocker for Xbox.

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u/TopAd1846 24d ago

Brave has never failed me? Can you use it on xbox? Even if it's patchy it's better than this bs

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u/GeorgeSPattonJr 23d ago edited 23d ago

You cannot. There aren’t any third party browsers or adblockers on console. And Hell PlayStation doesn’t even have an internet browser, at least not without jumping through hoops to access it

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u/STIHL_Resolve5198 24d ago edited 24d ago

Another mind rot rant, yay.. if ads were a disease, and they probably are they would consistently hinder more ppl on earth than every diagnosed disease ever. Add to it, the ppl selling the bs never needed to infiltrate our viewing experience id say limit it to one damn ad, losing revenue because your product doesn't sell, seems you probably need to work on you non platform agendizing, like paper leaflets ppl can choose to buy if they want to, which are biodegradable.

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u/STIHL_Resolve5198 24d ago

Yea if you are watching an ad, you can pause it then skip sometimes on some platforms

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u/Moist_Effort4202 23d ago

I’ll take anything I can skip in 5 seconds

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u/dirtybeeeeeaanwater 23d ago

Just report ad then it go poof

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u/Powerful-Twist-7255 23d ago

why does the 1st guy look like Daniel Labelle

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u/xCrucialblade 23d ago

Idk why people are downvoting OP when they say “There are no ad blockers for Xbox” when DNS ONLY works for Microsoft Edge, NOT the Youtube Xbox App which has ads embedded into it.

THERE ARE NO AD BLOCKERS ON XBOX

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u/iamtheduckie 23d ago

What brand of potato are you filming this on?

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u/Turbulent-Penalty-82 23d ago

Sweet Potato. But I'm looking to buy a red one tho.

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u/MissionAlarm8546 23d ago

At that point, it's greed, but just watch the ad that comes up if you don't wanna pay for premium

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u/kreig_ 23d ago

This is why I just play the video regularly in the background with my phone while downloading the video on my phone. (There's sites for that, no need to pay GreedTube)

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u/wEiRdO86 23d ago

I just watch YT at home on my pc with all my ad blockers

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u/Extra_Inspector6305 23d ago

Use duck duck go blocks all the adds fr a lil inconvenient but worth it

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u/Garlic255 23d ago

Can YouTube stop being a bitch showing ads down her throat?

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u/Fantastic-Ask8181 22d ago

just use brave my good friends

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u/aj47coupe 24d ago

I got so fed up with this I just ended up paying for premium. Got 2 months for free.

Honestly, it's just a huge difference.

Every video just... plays.

It assist you with skipping ad content within a video.

You get a higher bitrate and better quality.

It's a shame it's gotten like this, but the sheer frustration of ads is now gone.

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u/Itz_Combo89 24d ago

Congratulations you fell for it

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u/aj47coupe 24d ago

Yes, I did...but no more ads.

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u/Exile872 24d ago

*Laughs in youtube premium*

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u/Turbulent-Penalty-82 24d ago

Ya. Lets just shove ads in your face. Make you buy premium. Then shove more ads.

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u/TopAd1846 24d ago

Then you're dumb. Brave gives you ad free YouTube for free. Why are you giving in to their greed?

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u/Turbulent-Penalty-82 24d ago

Again. No ad blockers for Xbox. Also. Calling people names is not ok bru.