There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

Vinny_93 ,

Me but Vivaldi and Adnauseam.io.

Ads are a dystopian nightmare but for some reason nobody seems to care

Funkytom467 ,
@Funkytom467@lemmy.world avatar

Probably because unlike paying for the service, we don’t feel how it takes our money from us.

A psychological trick that works so great that it made a lot of services exist in the first place like the whole of YouTube. And now we’re kinda addicted to those too.

PrimeErective ,

Exactly. I hate when things say FREE!* (*With Ads), because you ARE paying for it. With your PRECIOUS TIME

grue ,

With your PRECIOUS TIME

That’s the least of it! What’s worse is that you’re paying with your MENTAL HEALTH, because by their nature, ads are designed to make you feel like something is wrong with your life (and that buying the product can fix it).

hbr.org/2020/01/advertising-makes-us-unhappy

mqmentalhealth.org/adding-to-the-problem-advertis…

hsph.harvard.edu/…/advertisings-toxic-effect-on-e…

adfreecities.org.uk/…/advertising-mental-health/

Oha ,

Consider switching to something Firefox based cause Adnauseam will break when google kills of manifest v2 in a month or something

Mora ,

Adnauseam will break when google kills of manifest v2 in a month or something

In June 2025, as of now. (Vivaldi only, other Browsers may differ, change to FireWaterLibreWolfFox regardless.)

vivaldi.com/…/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-futur…

Vinny_93 ,

Yeah I’m holding out for that dude who built a new browser from the ground up and made it fully open source. It’s called Ladybird.

Fish ,

FYI it’s not gonna run on Windows. But you probably already know that.

Vinny_93 ,

Yeah by the time Win10 is deprecated I am hoping Linux is more suited towards my needs anyway. There’s little sense in going open source and staying with Windows. It’s well past its prime.

SteveFromMySpace ,

Well you’re about to re-enter that dystopian nightmare because Vivaldi is a chromium browser and is moving over to manifest v3, meaning ublock origin will no longer work. Shift over to Firefox my friend

Vinny_93 ,

I’m not using ublock origin, Vivaldi has built-in ad blocking. If I were to switch, I’d switch to Ladybird

aldalire ,

uBlock origin!!

Senseless ,

And PiHole, Sponsorblock, Adguard and ReVanced (depending on the device). This is a strict “no ads” household.

something_random_tho ,

Don’t forget Tubular on Android

northendtrooper ,

Or NewPipe on Android

SeekPie ,

Tubular is a fork of NewPipe with Sponsorblock added.

SmackemWittadic ,
@SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world avatar

Or ReVanced on android! I’ve been running ReVanced YT since it launched and I haven’t touched the stock YouTube app since

Tlaloc_Temporal ,
@Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca avatar

Speaking of android, Blockada has been great on my phone. It’s like a PiHole or uBlock Origin for the whole incomming network data, like AB++ used to be nearly a decade ago.

Emptiness ,
@Emptiness@lemmy.world avatar

Smarttube for set top boxes like Nvidia shield etc: smarttubeapp.github.io

Senseless ,

Oh yeah I forgot that. Using Smarttube on my Android TV.

PhAzE ,

This one is a must

FreshLight ,

Also Adaway

Fish ,

Don’t forget Grayjay (or anything FUTO makes in general)

CowsLookLikeMaps ,

And patreon/liberapay for creators and journalists I enjoy.

Voyajer ,
@Voyajer@lemmy.world avatar

A single piece of merch from your favorite creator will cover for any ads you would have seen for the foreseeable future anyway

KnightontheSun ,

I run UBO, SponsorBlock on FF. I have many t-shirts and hats from youtoobers. Someone was asking about my hat, I said it’s a youtube channel, then they asked about my shirt and I said it’s another youtube channel. I then thought of all the t-shirts I have in my drawer at home. I’d say well over half of them are youtube channel shirts. Made me think I am too deep down the youtube hole, but there is a ton of good content and I like supporting the ones I watch and enjoy. So merch is how I do it so I can be their advertisement. I may not even wear it much, but I’ll buy to support them and to tell others about their channel.

Quik ,

Billy should really not support them, Ad Block Plus let’s advertisers pay for having their ads checked as “acceptable advertisements”, i.e. is selling out the core functionality of their product. Billy should use uBlock origin, which afaik does not accept donations, he could however support something like PiHole .

ThunderWhiskers ,
@ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world avatar

Not really, but just turn it off if it’s a problem.

Romkslrqusz ,

I’m pretty sure those ads also have to meet certain criteria though.

Using ABP, I’ve never had a popup ad, full page ad, auto-playing video, or other intrusive form of advertisement. The “acceptable ads” have been quiet and out of the way in what would otherwise be empty space.

With the understanding that some websites and content creators are entirely reliant on ad revenue, I prefer to have those filtered down to those that don’t provide a burdensome experience.

I will say that having a new tab open with a solicitation for a donation / “premium” every single update (so almost daily) is irritating and they better knock that shit off if they don’t want to alienate users.

Asafum ,

The “acceptable ads” have been quiet and out of the way in what would otherwise be empty space.

I don’t mind this whatsoever. I can appreciate the concept of free is paid for by ads, but when you force me to sit there and have to watch it, or pop ups take over the page, all that excessive nonsense, that’s when I say fuck off and use an ad blocker that will remove everything.

I actually think dating sites could be improved if they had an ad you could swipe away every 10 swipes or something. (I absolutely loath swipe only apps though. I need to know your personality not your duck face pose…) for apps with bios they could have a “banner” type ad that is between segments of the bio. Anything but “pay $50+/month to make this somewhat functional.”

Sotuanduso ,

I have no problem with the acceptable ads system. ABP doesn’t get any money from it, and the ads have to meet the criteria anyways, and it’s easy to opt out. I guess it’s a bit fishy that the list maintainers charge money to get ads reviewed, but the FAQ ThunderWhiskers posted says that smaller companies get it for free, and they only charge the bigger companies. I’m not gonna get up in arms over someone charging Disney money for a service they give the local deli for free.

I also like the way it gives companies an incentive to produce less intrusive ads. With the system, unintrusive ads reach more people. Otherwise, it’s all or nothing, which makes intrusive ads the best option from a greedy perspective; they’re far more likely to be clicked, and the only cost is the risk of damaging the ad ecosystem as a whole (and you know how little corporations can care about damaging ecosystems.)

gnomesaiyan ,
@gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world avatar

Firefox, uBock Origin, and Malwarebytes.

DmMacniel ,
@DmMacniel@feddit.org avatar

to really support them, buy merch, subscribe to their patreon, make a donation via kofi… there are so many more viable ways to actually support your content creator than YT+.

KnightontheSun ,

Agree! I do merch and patreon for the channels I frequent.

corbin ,

Weird way to say you would do anything but support creators directly.

Asafum ,

I don’t believe for one single second that this will stay ad free. YouTube will eventually do like all the assholes do and have a tiered system where the first tier is simply less ads not none.

brbposting ,

I believe gorhill says to support the filter list maintainers

Ah yes: Why don’t you accept donations?

[…] Have a thought for the maintainers of the various lists. These lists are everything. I can not emphasize this enough.

umbrella , (edited )
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

adblock plus is shilled and lets ads through.

ublock origin, folks. and firefox, because adblocking wont work on chromium anymore.

ipkpjersi ,

Someone should edit this image lol

SkyJuice ,

I find using scripts in Tampermonkey better for YouTube and twitch ad blocking

TheLowestStone ,
@TheLowestStone@lemmy.world avatar

There’s a firefox extension that upgrades the twitch player and blocks ads. Can’t remember the name but it was easy to find when I searched for it.

Mwa ,
@Mwa@thelemmy.club avatar

ublock origin baby best adblocker ever

paulallen999 ,

Did you read the title?

Mwa ,
@Mwa@thelemmy.club avatar

i think back in the day i would use adblock plus with chrome

Microplasticbrain ,

This is the way, appeasement of ad producers doesn’t work.

At some point number has to get bigger.

Before you know it were paying for cable tv with ads again.

anonymous111 ,

Is there a wiki for the best way to block ads per device type?

I’ve figures it out on Fire Stick (I know) and Firefox but I have no experience installing android apps via root or developer mode.

PinkyCoyote ,
@PinkyCoyote@sopuli.xyz avatar

For android use either YouTube revanced or newpipe.

Also there is the piracy megathread which will help you with that!

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