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.

Cal ,

Copy this into uBlock Origin. Tells youtube ads are allowed and have been displayed, but no ads will show. Removes all references to shorts. Resizes video thumbnails so there’s 6 wide.

`youtube.com##+js(set,yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel,false) youtube.com##+js(set,Object.prototype.adBlocksFound,O) youtube.com##+js(set,ytplayer.config.aras.raw_player_response.adPlacements,[]) youtube.com##+js(set,Object.prototype.hasAllowedlnstreamAd,true)

! YT Homepage - Hide the Shorts section youtube.com##[is-shorts] ! YT Menu - Hide the Shorts button www.youtube.com## [title=“Shorts”], .ytd-mini-guide-entry-renderer[title=“Shorts”] ! YT Search - Hide Shorts www.youtube.com#-search ytd-video-renderer [overlay-style=“SHORTS”]:upward(ytd-video-renderer) ! YT Search and Channels - Hide the Shorts sections www.youtube.com#-reel-shelf-renderer ! YT Channels - Hide the Shorts tab www.youtube.com#-browse[page-subtype=“channels”] [role=“tab”]:nth-of-type(3):has-text(Shorts) ! YT Subscriptions - Hide Shorts - Grid View www.youtube.com#-browse[page-subtype=“subscriptions”] ytd-grid-video-renderer [overlay-style=“SHORTS”]:upward(ytd-grid-video-renderer) ! YT Subscriptions - Hide Shorts - List View www.youtube.com#-browse[page-subtype=“subscriptions”] ytd-video-renderer [overlay-style=“SHORTS”]:upward(ytd-item-section-renderer) ! YT Subscriptions - New Layout - Hide Shorts www.youtube.com#-browse[page-subtype=“subscriptions”] ytd-rich-item-renderer [overlay-style=“SHORTS”]:upward(ytd-rich-item-renderer) ! YT Sidebar - Hide Shorts www.youtube.com## ytd-compact-video-renderer [overlay-style=“SHORTS”]:upward(ytd-compact-video-renderer)

! YT Mobile - Hide the Shorts Menu button m.youtube.com##.pivot-shorts:upward(ytm-pivot-bar-item-renderer) ! YT Mobile - Hide Shorts sections m.youtube.com#-reel-shelf-renderer ! YT Mobile - Hide Shorts in search results m.youtube.com#-search ytm-video-with-context-renderer [data-style=“SHORTS”]

!(Font Size fix) youtube.com##-title.ytd-rich-grid-media, -title.ytd-rich-grid-slim-media:style(font-size: 1.4rem !important; line-height: 2rem !important;) youtube.com##-line.ytd-video-meta-block:style(font-size: 0.9rem !important; line-height: 1.8rem !important;)

! YouTube Fix & Customization v1.7! (1-2/12) YouTube 4 Videos Per Row Fix (Home and Channel Pages) youtube.com#-rich-grid-renderer:style(width: 80% !important; padding-left: 50px !important; padding-right: 1px !important;) youtube.com#-rich-grid-row, .ytd-rich-grid-row:style(display:contents !important;) youtube.com#-rich-grid-renderer:style(–ytd-rich-grid-items-per-row: 6 !important;)`

jecxjo ,
@jecxjo@midwest.social avatar

Honestly if I got ads for things that are actually relevant I’d have less of an issue. Right now 7 out of 10 ads are for a local event where Christians come to grift other Christians. Wtf am I getting that ad constantly?

sexy_peach ,

Big web corps are a wild ride lately

Paradox ,
@Paradox@lemdro.id avatar

Enshitification is in full force

SubArcticTundra ,

Yeah what is it with 2023 and enshittification? This has been such a bad year in general

Paradox ,
@Paradox@lemdro.id avatar

A lot of tech companies grew unreasonably fast during the COVID lockdowns, and assumed their new traffic patterns were permanent. Couple that with a general global recession, and you’ve got companies that overextended themselves, desperate to make some money back before people realize the emperor has no clothes

SubArcticTundra ,

That would make sense

nicerdicer ,

Someone in the Fediverse (I don’t know where and who) posted that you have to add the following filters into U-Block Origin. When done you shouldn’t see any anti-adblock-warnings :

<pre style="background-color:#ffffff;">
<span style="color:#323232;">youtube.com##+js(set,yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel,false)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">youtube.com##+js(set,Object.prototype.adBlocksFound,O)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">youtube.com##+js(set,ytplayer.config.aras.raw_player_response.adPlacements,[])
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">youtube.com##+js(set,Object.prototype.hasAllowedlnstreamAd,true)
</span>

I might add that I haven’t experienced any anti-adblock-warnings yet, but I added these filters in advance. I might be worth a shot!

TooLikeTheNope ,

Also or just use a front-end like as Piped (github.com/TeamPiped/Piped) or Invidious (github.com/iv-org/invidious)

A handy externsion of FIrefox wil automatically redirects you, see addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/…/libredirect/

nicerdicer ,

Thank you! I was aware of Invideous and I tried that in the past. However, Invideous-redirected videos always seemed to be slow, then disconnected or I experienced buffering. I’ll give the firefox extension for libdirect a try. I tested it and it seems to work flawlessly.

themizarkshow ,

What’s with every big tech company trying to destroy their userbase this year?

bren42069 ,

they think they have us sufficiently cornered on centralized sites, they may be right.

Scary_le_Poo ,
@Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org avatar

So if you are on android: apt.izzysoft.de/…/org.polymorphicshade.newpipe (Newpipe with sponsorblock baked in)

If you are on PC: freetubeapp.io (Piped with sponsorblock baked in)

You’re welcome.

Buttons ,
@Buttons@programming.dev avatar

And what are the consequences of “strikes”? Will you delete my Google account, including my email, and also screw up my Android phone and my kids Chromebook?

It’s scary to realize that Google has me by the balls here. They can screw me in so many ways, and screw my family members as well. I’d rather have my bank credentials stolen than my email credentials, at least I can get real customer service from the bank, I can even go to a physical location and speak face-to-face with someone who can help me. Google wont give me customer support, and my email account is the closest thing to an identity I have for most businesses I interact with.

It takes a lot of work to avoid Google. Yes, there are alternatives, but in D&D terms, avoiding Google is like a -2 to all stats for your entire life, and not something we can expect the general population to do.

All this shows the need for anti-trust enforcement. The same company is controlling too much. Bust 'em up!

wim ,

Moral of the story: create separate account for YouTube that has no high value services or data on it.

rho50 ,

I’d argue the bigger moral is that you should always own your online identity. You should buy your own domain (@yourname.xyz or something like that) and make your email on that. So if Google bans you, you just switch email providers and keep your address.

wim ,

I’ve been using @fixnum.org and since a few years the alias @wim.land to do exactly this, but that’s just email.

My app purchases, photo storage, and YouTube account are all entangled in this. I could decouple from Google, but it would be very painful.

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