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    Forced to sit through Youtube ads?

    I don't know why, but it seems that Youtube is making me sit through 2-8 minute long commercials with out the ability to "SKIP'? I don't have or sign into google accounts, so maybe they are punishing me. Has anyone else seen this?

    I like Colin Noir, but I had to write this while some video about solar roofs wouldn't go away.

    Is this a change that others are seeing? Is YT changing its model. Heck, these 'commercials' are worse than watching broadcast TV.
    The Second Amendment ACKNOWLEDGES our right to own and bear arms that are in common use that can be used for lawful purposes. The arms can be restricted ONLY if subject to historical analogue from the founding era or is dangerous (unsafe) AND unusual.

    It's that simple.

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    Open the page and change the URL link once it starts from youtube to hooktube. No more commercials.

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    If you are using Chrome download AdBlock if using a PC.

    I've noticed it when watching YouTube from my living room TV which is a Roku/TCL but since I'm signed in the ads are slightly more relevant.

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    Downlod the Youtube Enhancer. No ads, period.
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    If you are using AndroidTV for YouTube. there is Smart Tube and SmartTubeNext. Zero ads.

    You have to download it using a different app then play store like Downloader or the Troypoint app downloader, but it's easy.

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    GHOSTERY is your friend. I've NEVER seen a Youtube ad.
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    Yeah, what they said. You need an adblocker. This is what happened to me too years back before getting an adblocker. SO many ads, it really was getting worse than watching TV.
    ALL because they want to force people to sign up for a YT subscription plan. The ads were NEVER a problem before they came up with that "service to solve a problem that didn't exist"...
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    Quote Originally Posted by bp7178 View Post
    If you are using Chrome download AdBlock if using a PC.

    I've noticed it when watching YouTube from my living room TV which is a Roku/TCL but since I'm signed in the ads are slightly more relevant.
    If you're using Chrome, stop. Download Brave. It has adblock built in, is built around privacy, has a built in Tor mode, isn't Google, and you get BAT coins for ads that you don't even see (or at least I have yet to notice one). Those get paid out monthly and I've just been transferring to another wallet to swap into BTC or ETH.
    Last edited by aFella; 08-01-21 at 18:33.

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    I've been using Adblocker browser with good success

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