For context I’m in the US. The last time I used YouTube without an ad blocker, there were 2 ads back to back, and way too frequently. I tried watching on my PlayStation tonight, and not only are they more frequent, they’ve increased in quantity by 150%. It’s also very common for the last ad to last 2 minutes to over an hour long. What the actual fuck, why would anyone watch YouTube without an ad blocker at this point? It’s literally unwatchable

Edit: the amount of unsolicited advice in the comments is unreal. I don’t get ads on my phone or on desktop, I’m very aware of how to block them. I simply won’t watch YouTube on my PlayStation anymore. I’m not looking for suggestions, please stop with the recommendations.

  • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1415·
    9 months ago

    PiHole for fucks sake. And stop buying shit from companies that proceed to force shit upon you unlubed and unwarned.

    • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      This isn’t helpful if you’re doing something like visiting relatives.

      Edit: For those curious, here are my personal ways I AdBlock for myself…

      TV - get an android TV device like a Chromecast and install SmartTube Next

      Phone - install YouTube Vanced; unfortunately not available on iPhones

      Web browser - Use uBlock Origin

      When I’m out visiting others and not using my own devices though the ads piss me off still lol

    • FiniteLooper@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      Does PiHole work on YouTube ads? That’s just a DNS based blocker, I thought YouTube ads came from the same domain as the regular videos and they couldn’t be blocked via DNS.

      I ask because I watch YouTube a lot on my AppleTV app, which I pipe through NextDNS which supports ad blacklist files. No YouTube ads are blocked there for me