[HN] YouTube is blocking videos for users who block ads (www.pcworld.com)

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[-] Famko@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

uBlock origin works just fine on Youtube for me

[-] User1968@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

This is a good time to port NewPipe or LibreTube to Linux and Windows. Until it's not too late.

[-] GreatBlue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Something like FreeTube?

It has its own way of scraping YouTube and is using Invidious

You can also look into Piped

[-] Vormital@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If you mean having the apps in Windows. Then if you are running Windows 11 you can install APKs natively. So youtube revanced would be a good shout. If your on an older version of Windows, there is Bluestaks Android emulator.

[-] utg@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I hope that the download function with IDM remains intact. I will download the videos and then watch them because I refuse to let advertisers dictate my eyeballs

[-] ndguardian@lemmy.studio 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, I get it. Running a massive website like YouTube costs a LOT of money. That being said, the multiple unskippable ads before and during videos make for a terrible user experience. Maybe they should consider dialing that back some. Maybe that would get people to reconsider their use of an ad blocker.

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