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YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it::Annoying.

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[–] aluminium@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

I'm not going back to using Premium until in-video sponsorships are gone! I'm not gonna pay money and then still get ball shavers advertised to me.

[–] Candybar121@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't advise you get Premium, but I do recommend you download the free extension Sponsorblock (works on android too). It auto skips in-video sponsored segments.

[–] aluminium@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I do. But its wild that the free experience is better then the payed one!

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

In-video sponsorships are almost certainly never going to be gone for every channel, and definitely not as a part of premium since those sponsorships are done voluntarily by creators. As another said, the sponsorblock extension works great, find creators that dont do sponsors, or just skip manually.

[–] PrettyLights@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The egregious amount and length of in-video sponsorships are why I cancelled YouTube premium.

Ad-free should mean ad-free.

[–] aluminium@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yes exact same for me.

[–] Rykzon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

get premium with Indian vpn for 1€/month, get browser extension to skip all BS segments like intros, outros, sponsorships or whatever -> enjoyable experience