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Thank you Google for breaking my YouTube addiction

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106 points ambigious7777 | 2 comments | 18 May 25 11:55 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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loloquwowndueo ◴[18 May 25 12:17 UTC] No.44020788[source]▶
The ridiculous amount of ads is what’s made me basically not use YouTube unless I really really need to.

On my computer I have an ad blocker which makes it more tolerable but then there’s the added friction of “ugh I have to go start the computer and sit down yadda yadda”.

I could pay for a mobile ad blocker so I could watch crap on my phone. But then again - it is mostly crap so why bother. Perfectly fine with less YouTube in my life.

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yodsanklai ◴[18 May 25 12:20 UTC] No.44020809[source]▶
Well, just pay for the subscription. It gives you youtube music as well, and you can share it with several other people. It just a few bucks a month, totally worth it.
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1. openplatypus ◴[18 May 25 12:23 UTC] No.44020837[source]▶
I have YT Premium, still have to skip through ads (sponsored blocks in creators videos).

There are few great creators without them, but these ranks are shrinking fast.

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2. Drakim ◴[18 May 25 12:26 UTC] No.44020856[source]▶
Check out the browser extension SponsorBlock which automatically skips over the length of such inline sponsorships (database is maintained manually but does a great job).