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[–] Zummy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I am for sure one of the smaller number of people doing this, but I watch YouTube on my TV using the TV app. As a result I always had to watch ads. I wish I could avoid them. I suppose a could watch from an alternative and then AirPlay it to my TV, but that’s about it.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

If you had an android device you'd be allowed to install an alternative YouTube app.

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[–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

User-Agent changer fixes this issue completely for me

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Problem is, it shows the internet that there id a higher share of chromium browsers.
Which is bad.

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel its slowing down Smarttube too, because I have to wait a few seconds for the video to start now. I don't know if it's a bug

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[–] rabiddolphin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I remember when they first put ads in and people rebelled. Frogs in a pot because it's not like any of you will actually use peertube

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[–] duckmilk@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Can someone create (or does it already exist?) an app that plays the videos in the background, remove the ads and then let you playback the whole video ad-free? Sort of like you did back in the VHS-days....

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[–] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Man, it's wild to see Youtube kill themselves in real time.

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