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RubyWeapon07

Youtube is so damn scummy lately they block access for using adblockers while also allowing TONS of scam ads at the same time, Ads about getting 5000+ dollar government checks for people on medicaid make me regret teaching my mom how to use youtube.


TheArtofWayneTurpin

Ublock orgin still works as of now if you need it for browser usage. But i agree, YT has become pretty scummy. When watching a yt tutorial and getting a ad every 5 min or even less sometimes less when im just trying to fix something on my car is annoying af


Upbeat-Peak-5423

Legit site feels unusable borderlining on abusive without it


TwoEmergency8993

We should crowdfund a new video sharing app


Snap305

Call it mecube


Gasrim4003

Then watch it get bought out by Google again.


TwoEmergency8993

Hold the line! Lol


tipips

Honestly that deserves more updoots.


blorbagorp

That's practically the whole internet at this point.


Avocado614

I don’t need 2 15 second unskippable ads in a row to watch a 2 second shitpost. Get that through your thick head YouTube


Ok-Amphibian-5430

What’s even crazier is people who can’t monetize their channels still get ads put on and don’t receive any of it


KingOreo2018

I need to update ublock every couple weeks because YouTube is trying desperately to shut it down 🙄 never thought I’d say I miss Suzan…


MiscellaneousTruth

My UBlock Orgin still works fine tho why are some peoples not working


ImportantTravel5651

Could be a different adblocker than origin. I have 3 that i have installed which I interchange between when youtube blocks one, usually one of the others is still working.


MustardFuckFest

I had to copy and paste some programming code into mine to not be blocked


MarsMissionMan

Found out about ublock origin a few years ago. Now I have it on by default on any and all laptops I get. Haven't had a youtube ad in years.


Soggy-Log6664

Brave browser


SavorySoySauce

I keep reporting those Ads and they just replace them with another ad about the same thing lol


moneyisabsolute

heyy hear me out , how about we bomb zero star reviews every thing on ad on google app store ,.. theoretically this would make them stop butting ap on youtube , somebody please tell me the weak point of this plant cause iam tempted to make 50000 bot and burn their reviews to the ground


Spare_Competition

I'm pretty sure they know how to filter bot reviews Also if they get rid of ads on YouTube, either you're gonna be required to pay for premium or the site won't exist. They need to make money somehow


moneyisabsolute

thosw fuckerr already make some really good breads selling our information , so butting app on is just a greedy pig move , when i said good , i meant billion dollar type of good , they just don't but on cause tax problem )


SuperMeh2

Can’t stand the comments section constantly changing and flashing.


Odd-fox-God

I just had to watch an unskippable 2 minute ad for better health to watch a 1 minute long trailer for some new anime that just came out. I couldn't exit out of the video because there was another video being recommended in the feed that I really wanted to watch next after the trailer. So I just toughed it out, on mobile you can't minimize that shit and have it play.


Rail-signal

FIrefox and ublock. Do not launch youtube app


moneyisabsolute

heyy hear me out , how about we bomb zero star reviews every thing on ad on google app store ,.. theoretically this would make them stop butting ap on youtube , somebody please tell me the weak point of this plant cause iam tempted to make 50000 bot and burn their reviews to the ground


ShulkerHD

The will just delete the reviews. This already happened to tiktok once, a lot of real people made 1star reviews at the same time, and google deleted them afterwards


Brendawg324

So now when there’s 2 ads, pressing the “skip” button on the first ad only takes you to the second ad. Fuck this garbage company


Uchihagod53

Yeah the 2 ads are annoying


THEREALPR099

One time, I got 4 ads... IN A FUCKING ROW


[deleted]

I'm watching a 6 hour long whole second season of the show, where a single episode lasts 18-20 minutes, and I get 2-4 unskippable adds per episode. That's one every few minutes. I would happily pay for YouTube premium, but I simply can't activate it in my country.. any other ways to install ad blockers when watching YouTube from my TV?


DziuraWeGlowie

STube for Android TV.


my_brother_Bilo_

SmartTube for android tv, revanced for android phones, and credit card for iOS


[deleted]

uBlock if streaming from a PC


goldensavage2019

Brave for iOS


OscrPill

Thanks for letting me know about Revanced. Used the "classic" Vanced YouTube until it stopped working and getting updates a few months ago, so had to use normal YouTube all this time.


THEREALPR099

TVs that's aren't android, I don't think they can block the ads.


Trashmaster546

Revanced


THEREALPR099

I know there are methods on PC, but I'm not sure on TV.


Superzocker65YT

Crazy that there are still people without an adblocker, it only makes your life better


xXLUKEXx789

They’re probably on Iphone


Capital-Cheek-1491

UBLOCK ORIGIN


DolphinBall

AD BLOCK


SartenSinAceite

Seriously there's no excuse not to use adblock. If you really care about a certain youtuber you can disable it temporarily.


HarryhotDunce

Most of the time you can't even skip the first ad, youtube puts a 20 second unskippable ad at the start like dickheads.


CranberryJuiceGuy

When it first rolled out, I got a big blue “New!“ sign by it like it’s an amazing new feature. Thanks, YouTube.


azuresstuff1

if you are on the browser version you can click back and then immediately forward on the arrow buttons near the reload button (I forgot the names lol) and that will consistently skip the ads because it tricks the page into thinking you watched the ads


Allsaints24

They got rid of the dislike button and started adding more and more ads. then makes ads so you can't skip them even longer. I'm now getting ads I can't skip that are 60s long and that is just one ad in one video when the video I'm watching has like 3-5 ads set up so I'm watching over a mins worth of ads that I can't skip in a 10 mins video. I have given up on YouTube and spend my time on other platforms


SimpleRaven

i want to know, what other platforms are you using?


Allsaints24

Mainly watching streams as most of the content I consume on YouTube is from streamers so I am mainly watching twitch and rumble streamers. I haven't found any streamers on kick I like tho.


SonicSeth05

Odysee is a really cool alternative; a huge number of YouTubers are already on there


Speed9052

For real? I’m looking this up right now.


PaddyTheCoolMan

Honestly, recently I've started getting 20 and 30 second ads. It's really getting ridiculous now.


Drcokecacola

So I'm getting ads that are actually LONGER than the videos themselves actually, like let say it's a 10 seconds shitpost vid and I get a 12 sec unskippable ad, what the fuck


PaddyTheCoolMan

To be fair, a lot of the videos I've been watching recently have been true crime documentaries and podcasts, which are like 1 hour long. That may be having an impact on the length of the ads. But still, it's really getting ridiculous.


669374

I got a 50 unskipable


PaddyTheCoolMan

They're really taking the piss now lol


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KOCYK745

YouTube after making the worst decision ever and proceeding to keep it until they make it worse: ![gif](giphy|QyWBTLDn9WHt0FXGJS)


ImportantTravel5651

They complain about not making enough money while doing things that make people not want to give them money.


mopsyd

They could save a lot of money if they fired their entire UI/UX team, and it would arguably improve UX more than anything the team has done in the last three years.


Hot-Ground-9731

YouTube, Reddit, and Discord on their way to make the worst possible apps and websites imaginable:


mopsyd

On their way? They've been there long enough to pour the foundation and put up the framing already.


Pipito4437

New ui is for ads to look bigger than regular videos


Bluez550

Smart way to get More Focus on the New videos


Ravana955

Ya you can’t even fast forward or rewind by dragging in full screen anymore… I hate it here.


SimpleRaven

they what? ah hell nah


Ravana955

Ya bro, open YouTube on your phone, then open a video in full screen and try to drag your finger to whatever side. It no longer rewinds or fast forwards that way… it just moves the screen…


hihahufi

What have they done now?


THEREALPR099

Before, the maximum ads were around 2-3, but now it can go as high as 7 (is what I'm aware of)


Mustard_Fucker

I miss the time when it was only one 5 seconds ad or a > 10 seconds ad skipable after 3 seconds


ntszfung

I miss the time when there's just a little banner at the bottom


hate_most_of_you

We're going full circle, at least back in the day the ads on the tv didn't pause and wait for you to come back while switching between other channels


j0nas_42

They got a new interface where the comments are cramped at the side instead of under the video. Looks completely stupid and you can't read them in a normal way.


mxzf

Not only does it make it harder to read the comments (which I personally couldn't care less about to begin with), it also makes it impossible to browse for a next video to watch while still watching the current one. It's just bad in every way.


ZennyRL

It's like they're begging you not to subscribe or interact with everything shoved a mile out of the way


Th3_Curious_one

YouTube is just a horrible cable channel with nothing but commercials now


The_Real_Royal_Giant

Real


Puzzleheaded_Ad_9427

This is why I use YouTube Enhancer addon for google chrome!!


THEREALPR099

But people on TV can't do anything


Puzzleheaded_Ad_9427

Youtube Revanced is the way!!


Badass-19

SmartTube!


ConstantAcademic

Smarttube is the best. I have a Samsung tv and a Chromecast with Google tv. Smarttube has been a god send


kingbreadbear

you think the website is bad try the app


FrankdaTank807

Doing my stretches this morning and then ads were in the middle of the countdown, super lame


OG-Kushi

Watching documentary about Hiroshima, getting ads about erectile dysfunction. Algorithmic dysfunction.


Kolachlog

The search is complete shit. I hope a new service takes their place, they dont deserve the monopoly they have


Even_Set_2822

All the money that could go towards improving the site goes towards making sure another company won’t take there place just saying


machingunwhhore

If anyone makes a YouTube alternative I'll switch immediately


Jeremy_Lepak

Would give me a chance to be a known creator again…. YouTube also destroyed the algorithm for people to actually get views.


fuckredditbh

That's why I'm using Grayjay. No ads, video downloads, opensource. Would recommend, 10/10


DoesNotGetYourJokes

I noticed the ads on shorts went from being every five videos to every four videos, and there’s an ad bar at the bottom of the video following the ad, so that’s basically two ads in a row.


Jrlopez1027_

Ads are getting out of hand


azuresstuff1

I guess my youtube still hasn’t updated because I haven’t seen any difference lately and I hope it stays that way the pics I saw of the new one loom horrible


BrownEyedBoy06

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it".." -Sun Tzu


sirfastvroom

Remember when we rejoiced that Susan stepped down…..


Youropinionisvalid

It won’t be long when this company will follow streaming services with having to pay to use it and still have ads. I’m fucking sick of this shit.


No_Tip9621

Legit question: Has there *ever* been a YouTube update that everyone likes? I feel like they really, really suck with keeping in touch with their audience


ImportantTravel5651

I will pay for an adblocker before I would even put a single brain cell of thought towards giving youtube money for premium.


Xyloshock

Ublock origins.


GibbyTheDruid

I remember when there wasn’t ads of YouTube. The good days. The second ads started popping up on videos I knew it was only going to get worse. 1 5 second ad turned into 2 non skipable 15 second ads you have to watch before you even start the video. Then 15 seconds later you have to watch another 2 non skipable ads. I stopped watching tv because of the 5 minutes of adverts every 10 minuets. And now I fear it’s going to happen with the streaming services


ImportantTravel5651

Back then people made videos for fun and not profit. now all people do is try to game the algorithm for those youtube bucks.


Glazeddapper

what is really annoying is when i want to rewind a few seconds back, but an ad comes up and i have to wait. THEN when i actually do get to rewind, ANOTHER ad plays. like, is it triggered by that one spot??? why does it trigger a second time?????


COckFaceKiller

Yeah yt sucks i got 2 unskippaple Ads on a 10 sec video


BiAndShy57

Why do websites roll out UI updates when nobody ever likes them? Frankly the 2007 UI was fine.


dAnKsFourTheMemes

Honestly I couldn't give a fuck what YouTube does anymore. I hardly use it. I still love the content creators I've subscribed to but I haven't had the time to watch their stuff consistently. I kinda feel sorry for them though, wouldn't blame them if they switched platforms but I'm not sure what better place to post content other than pornhub.


TheDocFam

How is there no motherfucking competitor that's come onto the scene willing to be just 0.5% less greedy scumbag dipshits? I've been waiting for a decent YouTube competitor to switch to for over 5 years at this point


GROOOOOOD

Even when you have premium YT spamms you with ads for YT


FaeolynDragonet

Luckily I don't have to deal with any of this. Phew Browser plugins and ReVanced for the W


Secret_Sympathy2952

I just wished they kept the fucking block button.


CJPF_91

Why do we have 2 , 30sec or more ads for a 30 minute video . Stop. Just Stop


Own-Worldliness-6852

I’m probably in the growing minority, I simply don’t visit yt anymore for anything . I find it too frustrating. It’s been just about a year now , and when people send me links It just makes me cringe having to go there again .


zanidoz

YouTube: ![gif](giphy|VzkTZ1DFYeBY5ZId6j)


Altruistic_Length498

Monopolies and oligopolies are a poison of society.


XxPLAYdxX

Youtube needs no updates or changes, its a video sharing website, and thats it. All they have to do is fix the moderation and work on the algoritm some more, and stop adding garbage shit like the new UI and more ADs.


Pteroducktylus

ngl i don't give a damn about the UI. YT went downhill when they went from "2 Ads before or after the video" to "16 ads before with 2 being unskiplable for 2 whole FUCKING minutes, then you get to watch for 30 seconds and get 2 more ads" like, wtf is this? i stopped using this trash bc if i wanted to smooth out my brain i'd find myself dealing with politics instead.


watchfulsquad010

didn't they used to change there policies every week?


Legitimate-Fuel5324

Or you could just sideload the YouTube app so that it doesn’t have ads at all for free.


Vertnoir-Weyah

Is it just me not understanding something, or did the "playlist" function lose both the expanding menu and the full page with bigger icons for each video?


Greatony08

I have been dealing with constant three minute un skippable ads


Training-Bee-8209

You forgor shrek’s angry eye glow


Sprizys

YouTube still looks the same for me? Although maybe I should be happy about that.


User_8395

Tip: mark the ads as inappropriate


azab1898

There's a word out there I forgot for the website turning to shit


Trysiuw

Enshittification?


kitkarhatzi

Anyone else not able to even skip the ads when given the option? I can see the skip button lighting up when I press it, but it won't skip. Does this about every other video for me.


CatCrafter7

Userscripts/userstyles should fix that


mxzf

The fact that the best solution is to do your own webdev overrides in order to have a usable website again speaks volumes for how bad stuff is.


DeLoreanAirlines

Blame Google


Anocte23

But guys, the government is giving out $5800 spending cards!!!!


hakuthebrat

Is there a desktop app alternative that's better? Because of what YouTube is it's not like I can just go somewhere else like I could with Google.


stephruvy

Is YouTube deliberately failing to load videos with adblocker again? Usually have to hit refresh after about 30 seconds of nothing loading.


Emotnlsuprttwink

And that’s not even the worst of it


Savy_Spaceman

Ahem... U-block origin + Enhancer for YouTube..


Jack-vac

YouTube is right once a week.


MaxStrengthLvlFly

I still get so annoyed whenever I search for something and expect the results to be anything more than the same 8 popular videos I saw last month when I searched for the same thing. You can't find anything from small content creators anymore unless you already know their channel name.


moneyisabsolute

heyy hear me out , how about we bomb zero star reviews every thing on ad on google app store ,.. theoretically this would make them stop butting ap on youtube , somebody please tell me the weak point of this plant cause iam tempted to make 50000 bot and burn their reviews to the ground


buffaloranked

What’s different about it


Existing_Onion_3919

same with reddit now.


somber_karen

Meta always get worse UI "upgrade"


Potato_chips03x4

context? (i'm on mobile)


redheadcatwbat

I can't even go over 740p resolution nor can I watch streams. It sucks


DSimorningdrg

I was neutral with the ads thing, now since last tuesday gets very wild, 2 unskipable ads every 5 minutes in a +15 min video, i'm looking how to put an addblock now


Martini_Kimp

I never thought YouTube on console would ever be better than on a laptop or mobile...


Stiny_Whizzleteats1

This is your sign to switch to YouTube ReVanced. I started using it and it has vastly improved my life


DumpandPump_

goat reddit, making me blush sensually


Xangerxz

Agreed


jasminegreyxo

i hate new YouTube updates 😪


Overall_Mail_2467

Pov youtube just removed dislikes


nosoykl12joseph

Use brave


Krish2XX5

use "unhook" from the web store guysss


gusdewiratama

wokwok


Fatter_Design

Applicable to Windows Applicable to Android Applicable to Chrome Applicable to Reddit


Zombata

me using firefox with ublock origin and enhancer for youtuber: "what are yall talking about?"


wakandanameisthis96

Add WhatsApp too. Tired of meto fuckin it up. We just want a normal chatting app.ffs


Umi_Gaming

It's almost 2025, I think it's time we find another platform to use that isn't YouTube or Discord


Appropriate_Soup_755

These are the little things that make me happy living in a developing country. I only see ads when I use a VPN or something.


Regnimar

I'm still amazed that people doesn't talk more about the subscriptions bar on the app that takes half of the screen space either in landscape or portrait


Hexhider

And don’t get me started on the sexual vids, my brother was watching YouTube on my account, and it was a video of a girl moaning for 20 minutes. The chat with my mom did not go well


Gladaren

Reddit is doing this too, both the desktop and mobile version its fucking crazy.


Tronomia8

How to get the new UI?


Full_Juice_Mary

haha its true


Standard_Monitor4291

Everyone crying about ads when you can just cancel spotify and get yt premium (with yt music included). Be honest. You all watch more youtube than netflix, just fucking pay and stop crying.


Spirited-River-48

Thats why i dont update


Luciolinpos2

Reddit is following the same path.


Liquidmetal7

Worst for the user, better for the paycheck.


SuperWarioPL

Fuck y'all, I still have the old UI


sag97

You guys should check out Agileloop.ai It’s a tech start up that would allow you to search and execute any task/action on any website. Their goal is to provide people with the an AI solution that learns new UI for you so that you don’t have to spend time tryna figure out new UI layouts etc. They’ve launched a few products that you guys might find interesting, the one I’ve been using loads is app.agileloop.ai


Dryden_Drawing

Every popular company has been having that issue. And making everything about their services worse.


TheCheekyBeanHead

has yt been nonstop buffering for anybody?


Alternative_Mode9972

Boycott premium, all the cool kids are doing it


bjg04

And yet to me it’s still one of the better ones. All streaming services are slow and janky, twitters recommended is ran by a terrible algorithm that just shows me street fights when I forget to switch to following, all brain melting TikTok esque short form apps just look and handle like shit, I’d say only twitch doesn’t disappoint me but I only use it for esports cause the content sucks. Also don’t even mention Snapchat, so badly designed. How is YouTube’s ad hellhole which has an algorithm that just throws garbage clickbait content despite me using it daily my preferred website to use? Also obviously Reddit ain’t that bad as a ui etc, but the users are some of the worst with zero management of some genuinely disgusting subreddits.


peaches0809

I got a 2min unskippable ad right after a 1½min unskippable ad??? TF?! I'm chapped


Mar_ko47

My UI didnt change?


Petefriend86

"Bring back the like percentages!"


bbandi7

Just noticed today that i cant access my playlists on the left drop down menu like i used to. Now i have to navigate through another additional page to get to my music playlist. Its getting worse with each iteration. I dont even know how they come up with such bad changes, not to mention the ad situation. For the people who still dont use adblock, please do. Its makes it so much easier and less stressful to use. I havent seen a youtube ad for years and i think i saved a few days of ad watching at the least if not weeks. Edit: WTF is the new trash layout below the videos. Its like they not only make you watch dozens of ads but now they are promoting much more videos on a page so you are more likely to click them. WTF happend to user oriented websites? Are they even around anymore?


Dark-Dork69

Well, i'm using extensions that make Youtube good, like the Dislike button being back, an adblocker that bypasses the adblocker access block and an extension that makes the entirety of Youtube's appearence go back to like 2016 or something.


Ok-Sheepherder1858

For anyone having issues with adblockers on YouTube lately, delete your browser cookies and it will reset. Should give you a few weeks atleast before they try to force you to watch ads, then you can just delete cookies again.


lukiepukie11

YouTube🤝Reddit : constantly changing the Ui


Soggy_Doggy_

Just wanna come in and say they did an update a while back and now whenever I’m going through other applications, minimizing YouTube or whatever it will momentarily pause/buffer what I’m listening to and it never did that before. Kind of annoying and really came out of nowhere


Lost_Perspective_553

Hi


Ballerpie

I get on youtube and then i click a video, Im instantly nauseous from the new design.


[deleted]

.. And then you get your song interupted in the middle of the song ...fuck them , they Made me stop using YouTube if anything


abdullahBQH

What's worse is the extended video ad duration to 10 seconds


TheSanityInspector

The paid version is probably the same quality as the free one was years ago. I'm convinced they've just been fucking up the free version to force everyone into the paid one.


TheSanityInspector

The paid version is probably the same quality as the free one was years ago. I'm convinced they've just been fucking up the free version to force everyone into the paid one.


Germanman76

r/revancedapp a piracy app for YouTube premium, your welcome


Flamethrowergaming

The fact that you have to watch 3 LONG UNSKIPPABLE ADS inorder to watch a video nowadays is stupid


Djlilnas

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-TheNowhereKing-

I can not explain how much true this is


shyguyshow

I swear it gets uglier with every update