Brave Browser for ad-free YouTube and speed

[Retro]

Retro submitted a new resource:

Brave Browser for ad-free YouTube and speed - Give it a try

Lots of people watch YouTube videos and I, in particular, post lots of YouTube videos on this site.

And the ads are annoying, very annoying. They irritate the hell out of me, in fact, just so disruptive and recently they've started becoming longer (some are 15 seconds v 5 seconds) and more intrusive.

I recently tried Brave for watching YT videos and it does what it claims to do: let you watch YT videos completely ad-free for free without having to buy YT's expensive subscription. How it...

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[Uncrowned]

I tried Brave and wasn't a huge fan. Plus most of my YouTube watching is done on my phone so that all falls apart anyway.

 

[Retro]

You can get Brave for the smartphone too where it also plays without ads.

Personally, I use Brave only for watching videos.

 

[FF]

I'm interested in the speed aspect of Brave. As for ads, I use Ublock Origin, an open source adblocker for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, etc. and have never had a problem. I haven't tested it on Firefox, though.

 

[Retro]

I might just try Ublock as Ad Block Plus certainly isn't 100% effective.

 

[FF]

The problem with Adblock Plus is their "acceptable ads" program.

 

[AllThingsTech]

As per https://www.techspot.com/news/10823...d-blocker-loophole-tightens-restrictions.html , Youtube are starting to clamp down on ad blockers and more strictly enforce the ban against them?

Is Brave browser still effective for Youtube videos? If so, I don’t believe it will be for much longer…

 

[Retro]

No, it hasn't been for over a year now. I guess I really should take down this resource.

Interestingly, they were always being funded by Google, so I wonder what arrangement they had with them to block their ads and why Google would allow it. That arrangement must have ended at some point.

 

[AllThingsTech]

No, it hasn't been for over a year now. I guess I really should take down this resource.

Interestingly, they were always being funded by Google, so I wonder what arrangement they had with them to block their ads and why Google would allow it. That arrangement must have ended at some point.

Suggestive of some profit drop?

 

[Retro]

Who knows, could be anything.

 

[AllThingsTech]

Ugh, Youtube have now gone as far as to trial non-skippable 30-second ads and that ads will begin appearing for Premium Lite users!

YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto

YouTube is testing a series of new unskippable 30-second ads that will appear far more often for viewers.

www.dexerto.com

@Retro I hope that if you decide to delete this resource, these latest posts won’t be deleted. Perhaps it’d make sense to split this discussion on Youtube from post #7 into a new thread ? Just a suggestion

 

[Retro]

30 seconds, damn, that's offensive.

I've updated the resource to clarify that Brave no longer blocks YouTube ads.

 

[AllThingsTech]

30 seconds, damn, that's offensive.

Tell me about it! It’s taking the piss!

I've updated the resource to clarify that Brave no longer blocks YouTube ads.

I’d recommend you update the thread title too given that guests have permission to view the discussion but not the resource itself, and they may find this misleading. Up to you though - just my opinion

 

[Retro]

I'm fine with the title as it is.

 

[AllThingsTech]

Meta has now brought ads to Whatsapp - who knew?!?!?!

WhatsApp is officially getting ads

The end of an ad-free WhatsApp.

www.theverge.com

At least they’re in a less disruptive area that don’t interrupt messaging with friends with family!

 

[Retro]

Don't worry, they'll get worse over time and then eventually demand a "premium" subscription just like YouTube to get rid of them. Quite a nasty tactic really.

 

[AllThingsTech]

Don't worry, they'll get worse over time and then eventually demand a "premium" subscription just like YouTube to get rid of them. Quite a nasty tactic really.

Ah, copycat business models.

Does anyone here acc pay for Youtube Premium?!

And OMG, something went wrong in my Tidal subscription - I hit a billing error, and somehow MULTIPLE subscriptions got set up with the same account and same Apple Pay account.

sigh…
It’s not like I can call up Tidal either, they’re a company based in New York! Also, had it not been for this error, I wouldn’t have noticed that the subscription is priced higher via the iOS app due to Apple’s policy on commissions on In-App Purchases. So I was spending £13.99 instead of £10.99. Lesson learnt the hard way - always check prices on the website!

 

[AllThingsTech]

Well, the good news is that Apple will be forced to allow third-party app stores on iOS to avoid anti-competition:

A new bill would force Apple to allow third-party app stores

Will this bill move forward?

www.theverge.com

Hopefully this will mean that app prices and in-app purchases will be lower given the prices won’t have to account for commissions charged by Aplle.

Do you think it’s unethical that Apple charge commissions on in-app purchases? I’m keen ti hear everyone’s thoughts

 

[AllThingsTech]

Fancy posts you make on Reddit to be used for marketing purposes? I figure not!

So, what’s next?
Reddit will be placing streams of conversations of positive messages in ads.

Reddit to Turn Positive Posts Into Ads for Brands

And you're not going to get a cut.

gizmodo.com

Am I the only one who feels they’ve gone too far?