USE PORNHUB, Start uploading your content there.
I pay for YouTube premium so that I can leave the app and listen to videos. I still get ads even though I’m paying. I don’t think there’s a single surefire way to avoid them.
Use Firefox + ublock origin.
Start the video, get out of the app/lock you phone, then swipe down and click on 'play' on the media controls.
This works on andriod, unsure about ios.
makertube.net, youtube is mask off at this point
There will be a solution for the adblocking side, there always is
They will never be happy with how much money they squeeze out of it. When people are watching videos that are 99% ads and the content is limited to two alternating pixels they will still find a way to further optimize their profit-taking. Nothing is ever good enough for the hyper-capitalist; product managers are a disease.
Jokes on you, I already watch them at 0.5x speed
I was paying for a whole family (premium). But I will not pay and send money to a fascist state. We've cancelled all our us based services.
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