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Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement) (www.androidauthority.com)
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[โ€“] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hour long ads? How come I've never experienced these?

Oh wait, i used ReVanced hahahaha ๐Ÿคฃ

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[โ€“] TheObviousSolution@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I didn't have a problem with using YouTube Premium, but Google is doing a lot of shitty practices. The latest is purging Google Maps reviews in collusion with local authorities for private interests. Maybe don't be part of a shitty monopoly while trying to push this sort of bullshit onto us?

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[โ€“] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

No problem with ads with https://smarttubeapp.github.io/ Or youtube revanced :)

[โ€“] cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Hour long unskippable ads? You have to show me that video where this happens

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[โ€“] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Greed.

[โ€“] g1ya777@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I came across a few days ago with Pipepipe, which is a Newpipe Hard fork with sponsorblock. It seems that it is better maintained than Newpipe ( Newpipe stops working sometimes ), and has more features. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/InfinityLoop1309.NewPipeEnhanced/

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