YouTube videos are skipping to the end for users with ad blockers [U]
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Some users with adblockers installed have noticed that videos are skipping straight to the end all of the sudden.
  • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Blocking adblockers apparently doesn’t work well enough so google resorts to various forms of gaslighting (delayed video playback, api randomly returning wrong video, and now skipping video straight to the end).

    • Howdy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Had the random API one the other day. Was nuts. Also the 5 second delay for Firefox too when it was a thing.

      • vortexal@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I just tried that and it’s not working for me. MPV just closes itself and VLC gives me an error message. Do I need to do more that just drag and drop the URL?

        • rickyrigatoni@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 month ago

          For VLC you need to go to Media > Open Network Stream (or Ctrl+N), then paste the youtube link there.

          For MPV use command line mpv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videocode

          • vortexal@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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            1 month ago

            VLC still gives me the same error message.

            For MPV, it gives me the following error message:

            `mpv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e9_l2oGxdw [ytdl_hook] ERROR: [youtube] 3e9_l2oGxdw: Unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U [ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed: unexpected error occurred Failed to recognize file format.

            Exiting… (Errors when loading file) `

              • vortexal@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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                1 month ago

                Well, while MPV might be outdated, I already mentioned that I was able to get YouTube videos working by downloading a newer version of yt-dlp and creating a conf file for MPV that links to it. While I was looking into the problem, the versions available in apt for all three of these are outdated by at least a year, possible 3 years for MPV. I’m not sure if this is just a Linux Mint issue but I have noticed that a lot of the software both preinstalled and available in it’s repository, are pretty outdated.

                I might try downloading the newer versions of these later. I got MPV working and that’s good enough for me right now.

                • Frellwit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  1 month ago

                  Mint is known to use old software in its repositories as it’s based on Ubuntu LTS. The flatpak mpv should work though. flatpak install flathub io.mpv.Mpv and then run it with flatpak run io.mpv.Mpv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

                  If you don’t want to type flatpak run io.mpv.Mpv all the time, you can create an alias in your ~/.bashrc file. For example: alias play='flatpak run io.mpv.Mpv'. (After editing your bashrc file, run: source ~/.bashrc to activate the change). Then you can run it with play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ.

  • YaksDC@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I have been using Brave as my browser for years, I have never once seen an ad on YouTube. Nor have I ever had any of the issues that have been reported with people using ad blockers.

      • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I’m leeching premium from a friend so no ads on pc, but because I’m getting sick and tired of all the shorts shit being pushed onto me (even play automatically when I would open the YouTube app) I’m using Grayjay on my phone instead of the official YouTube app. Never ads and it even has sponsor block. Plus you can follow creators instead of channels, across platforms. And downloading a video means you can actually watch it without a connection too. It has more perks then someone paying for premium has. Piracy pais off.

        • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          1 month ago

          On android I use Revanced. It patches the official Youtube app (patches are open source) to greatly expand the base functionality and offer a lot more customization of the UI.

          For me the best features are ad block, sponsorblock (skips in video sponsored segments), and complete excision of shorts from all aspects of the app.

          It also works on Youtube Music, effectively allowing free premium (just don’t get the local downloads of your most listened tracks to help save data, but I have unlimited anyway).

            • overload@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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              1 month ago

              They get paid whether sponsored sections of the video are skipped or not though, which is the beauty of sponsorblock. Sometimes the sponsor sections are high effort though and worth watching.

                • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  1 month ago

                  There aren’t many products being sponsored through YouTube creators which are actually worth it imo. I mean, the best VPN providers don’t pay loads of money for ads. Same with many other products. Companies focused on mass ad campaigns often have expensive products which are not that great. I did see some which are actually pretty good, but most of it is just average at best.

                  But I also have a personal hate towards ads in general. We are being overloaded with ads wherever you look. I try to live as ad free as possible. I think sponsorblock is awesome, because the creator still gets payed as no one can see you skipped the promotion part. I also don’t like self promotion parts either. I don’t like begging for likes and subscriptions. If the video is good, it gets a like. If the creator is good, I’ll follow. If it’s really good, I’ll consider patreon. Many of the best creators do not beg for likes and only slightly mention patreon at the outro.

                  I understand creators need to do it, don’t get me wrong. I just don’t like it so sponsorblock is perfect as creators can continue doing it while I can auto skip. Before I had sponsorblock I never clicked any of the links because of what I mentioned before, so me skipping the parts doesn’t change anything for the creator.

                • overload@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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                  1 month ago

                  That’s fair, I hadn’t considered that people may actually want to click through on sponsored content to help the creator. I really enjoy not having to see another ad for the usual sponsored brands ever again though (raid, vpns etc) .

    • 4am@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Don’t use brave, they’re shady. LibreWolf with uBlock Origin is plenty.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          It’s not so much shady as 1) crypto BS incorporated into it and 2) the CEO is homophobic IIRC.

          The “crypto BS” also encompasses running a protection racket whereby Brave man-in-the-middles website ads to replace them with its own, then shakes down the website owners to buy into said crypto BS if they want their lost revenue back.

          That counts as shady in my book: an end-user has every right to control what their computer (their property) does, but the third-party interference for the third-party’s benefit crosses the line.

        • RayJW@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I mean they did also inject affiliate links without the users noticing which is really shady behaviour from a browser because it has one job, open the link I click and nothing else. But that’s just IMHO if that is acceptable for you personally then there is no issue with that.

        • InternetUser2012@midwest.socialEnglish
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          1 month ago

          WIth user agent switcher, you can use firefox for the sites that make you use chrome. Hasn’t failed me yet with the three sites I need to use that would not work on firefox without it.

        • YaksDC@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I do turn off all the rewards and other BS in the browser, but I will look into Firefox and uBlock. Thank you.

        • Julian@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Any reason for picking it over all the other chromium browsers?

    • KneeTitts@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      More and more Im trusting the fact that ublock origin will correct these issues in short order. Youtube must really hate those guys…

      • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Youtube must really hate those guys…

        Makes you wonder how long it will take, before Raymond Hill plummets to his death from a basement window.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I think “all of youtubes bs will disappear” is a stretch. I don’t know the whole state of play but I know invidious has had some instability lately.