You kinda have to be a psychopath to take a Laptop to the kitchen, unless you place it super far away from everything and always wash your hands before typing that keyboard will get super nasty. The kitchen is Tablet territory because you can just wipe it clean after.

I think they mean like laptop on the table and you’ve cooked and you’re sitting down to eat.

Just be grateful that you don't have to pay for the privilege of watching ads... yet.

Cable TV, I'm looking at you!

You guys see ads?

ABP

Cable TV and some streaming services, I hear.

You guys still watching youtube?

I haven't seen an ad at any video content (or most other content tbf) for ages. My Plex share doesn't have any, and my browsers are cleansed by digital fire of this filth. I can't deal with the permanent sensory overload it causes.

My kitchen and living room and bedroom are all the same room

If you're not using Firefox or a fork of FF with uBlock Origin and still complaining about ads: What's wrong with you?

All-Boints Pulletin

Idk... probably something on stremio. It's funny they think I'm watching shittube on a regular basis.

It's 3 ads now

Most streaming services by now.

"but Google is where the internet is? Don't delete my internet!"

PSA (I honestly don't know anyone else who does this) the Android version of Firefox supports the uBlock origin extension (among other things) and plays YouTube videos perfectly fine.

I haven't had to watch a single ad on YouTube on my phone for years and well over a decade on any PC or Mac.

Pay for YT if you use it that much 🤷

And you kinda have to be autistic to care this much about where someone uses their laptop.

Where the hell do you think we are, lol

I don't own a tablet and don't see a reason to buy one for this non-issue.

Obviously you place it where it doesn't get dirty, and you start a video that is long enough before starting to cook, so you don't have to touch it until you're done.

UBO

Fuck no. Fuck daddy googs

How do you stop the YouTube app from trying to force open?

Get an OS that doesn't fill your phone with unremovable bloat ware. You can also turn off opening links in apps in the Firefox settings, or install NewPipe and make that the default app for YouTube links.

There's also LibreTube and Grayjay, which don't show ads at all anyway, and also come with a skip button that turns on for in-video sponsor ads / asking you to like and subscribe.

Do you have the ability to Force Stop and Disable it in your app settings?

You should be to copy paste any youtube link into your Firefox browser.

+1 for Grayjay, not the most user friendly out there, but once you get it setup it's really good!

I hate tablets with a burning passion. So no. It's laptop time, all the time

...running for up to five minutes each.

I do use Firefox (laptop) and NewPipe (phone), but my PS5 is the main device I use for streaming when I want to watch stuff with my girlfriend. No way to block ads on PS5, so I'm telling myself that I do it for the streamers (they gotta eat, too).

Skippable promos for other shows, yes. But importantly, you won’t see ads for like, toilet paper or food or whatever, on the paid tiers (unless someone has a stupid like, “pay less for fewer ads” thing).

It's easier to block ads. uBO on desktop/mobile, smart tube on the tv.

or install NewPipe and make that the default app for YouTube links.

tat seems to have been stopped ? all of a sudden it opening links in the YT app, and bypassing Newpipe, started about 2 weeks ago. I was shocked by the ads. How to change it back ?

quick guide, using LibreTube :

I tried peertube but there’s no content

Orion browser on iOS also supports uBlock origin, for those in that ecosystem

Uninstall it

Since no one else mentioned, there's also FreeTube.

Also revanced on android

We have an ancient Roku stick that we only use for YouTube. A pie hole is on my list of projects to do but other projects keep cutting in line.

Xavier forgot to mention that they're also for shit you will never buy, and go on and on about their product way too long, and you've already heard the pitch 362 times in the past week.

Edit:

The thing that's so stupid about all this is that YT had the perfect solution like 16 years ago. For quite a while they had banner ads at the bottom of the videos that you could x out of. That's how you have to do it on the Internet.

People put up with legacy ads on TV in the 20th Century because that's the only way it could be done. Trying to force people to go back to that is cheeky as hell.

No they don't.

I tried peertube but the instance I want to sign up for still hasn't reviewed my application.

Sure give a corpos more personal data

adblock360

Having a loud beginning to the promos for other shows is just as annoying as loud ads for anything else. That fucking Stewart Saves the Universe or what the fuck it is called on HBO playing before everything I watched for weeks made me stop trying to watch anything until it switched to some other show.

Don't forget you need Sponsor Block too for in video ads

Assuming Android, for me the following worked:

• Go to app info.
• Open 'Set as default'.
• Turn "Open supported links" off.

Though I'd wager that the above may be variant dependent.

Banner doesn’t make what it used to on desktop and mobile. Even the hotness that was CTV ads on streaming TVs are starting to decline in performance.

Worth noting creators still have a fair amount of control over their ad setups. They are jamming more ads to make the same amount of money they made 2 years ago with more placements.

Because you insist on using Chrome and can't install Ublock Origin and Sponsorblock.

The self-flagellation continues.