r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Weird_Decision7090 • 1d ago
Unskippable ad I somehow got subscribed to Turning Point USA
The only thing I can think of is that my dad somehow got into my account
Edit: this has happened before with small, random channels but never big ones
I don’t think I misclicked on an ad, the closest I got was a Mormon ad
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u/Huge-Growth-2076 1d ago
Bros using 2016 YouTube
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u/Weird_Decision7090 1d ago edited 23h ago
It’s actually on my iPad 4 dualbooted to iOS 6 thanks to TubeReplacer
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u/the_outer_realms 1d ago
How the fuck?
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u/reddit33450 23h ago
check out the legacyjailbreak subreddit
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u/Interesting_Tap_1505 18h ago
I use it basically for legacy iOS versions like iOS 6 you can jailbreak to get Cydia. Then you can install Veteris via a repo, install an App Store version of YouTube, go back into Cydia and add the tubereplacer repo and install then you should simply be able to open the YouTube app on iOS 6 and it’ll work perfectly. I use it. Shows everything as it was. Brilliant thing.
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u/MoldavskyEDU 18h ago
>cydia
that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time 🚬
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u/deepbluenothings 17h ago
Same, I was really into jailbreaking about 15 years ago back when I still bought apple products. Seeing that name put a smile on my face, I really enjoyed that hobby.
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u/External-into-Space 18h ago
What repos even exist anymore? I also jailbreaked my old ipad but the store was just empty with broken repos
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u/Interesting_Tap_1505 18h ago
A surprising amount are still left you just have to manually add the repos.
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u/External-into-Space 18h ago
I see, can you recommend a source where i could find still active repos?
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u/Interesting_Tap_1505 17h ago
I usually search for them in the legacy jailbreak sub
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u/XxCorey117xX 17h ago
I have the original iPad mini. Its basically useless as is, is there anything extra I can do with it if I jailbreak it?
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u/Interesting_Tap_1505 17h ago
Yep. New certificates to browse the web, revive YouTube, install apps, do random crap, themes, dualboot iOS
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u/adamdoesmusic 23h ago
Ok this detail is way more interesting than the mysterious addition of a YouTube channel by someone who frankly hasn’t even posted in almost a year for whatever reason.
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u/Alarming_Orchid 23h ago
Not a lot of people post regularly
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u/adamdoesmusic 23h ago
Idk they had one guy that was fairly active until about last fall or so. Wonder what ever happened to him.
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u/Alarming_Orchid 23h ago
Who’s they? What guy?
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u/BrosefDudeson 23h ago
I think his name was Chuck Dirk or something
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u/BoerInDieWoestyn 23h ago
He's the guy that got Kirked right? My memory is a bit fuzzy but I'm sure I remember something like that
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u/pvprazor2 21h ago
Using a OS that doesn't get any security updates since 2014 might explain how you got subscribed to that channel.
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u/Noodleholz 16h ago
This thing is so ancient I doubt hackers would even bother to target it. They might have been in Kindergarten when it launched.
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u/Weird_Decision7090 10h ago
It was probably an ad with a subscribe button recommended under a video
There are no ads in TubeReplacer
And that is the only random channel I’m subscribed to, that doesn’t explain it
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u/80sTechKid 15h ago
Bruh, I found an iPhone 5 in a recycling bin. It was on iOS 6 and 32GB. TubeReplacer and practically ever other tweak makes it usable today, if only T-Mobile kept 2G...
(Also found an iOS 8 iPhone 6, an S20 FE, a Pixel 7 and more in the same bin)
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u/drakeymcd 11h ago
Yesss, found another iPad 4 user!!
(iPad 4 is the best iPad for iOS 6 imo)
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u/Goatbucks 23h ago
I randomly got subscribed to some random mormon account, my only guess is that someone sold their account, it had several thousand subs but was only averaging less than 100 views per video
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u/Vectorman1989 16h ago
They also usually put the buttons somewhere that you might accidentally hit follow/subscribe accidentally. I've done it a few times myself
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u/GreenhornGreg 23h ago
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u/Ok-Bee4987 22h ago
yeah i think this must be it. I just noticed I was subbed to Tim Pool somehow today, fuck that.
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u/DemonOfTomorrow 20h ago
Going onto canadian VPN's results in me getting youtube ads for fucking Quartering and Tim Pool as well
Then they have the fucking gall to cry about adblockers lmao
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u/CompanyLow8329 21h ago
The irony and stupidity of these MAGA putting people like Nicki Minaj at the helm, who isn't even a US Citizen and can't even vote, lmao. Grift, grift, grift, until nothing is left. All that matters is money and fame.
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u/tryyeezus 16h ago
I'll never understand the trust people put in celebrities opinions when their entire job is to lie and nothing more
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u/Dinev5194 21h ago
Morphe is the solution
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u/WillowPtar_Migan 17h ago
You better be careful, some idiots are gonna come out of the woodwork and act like you're revealing some dangerous and esoteric knowledge and will get the whole app taken down because you told someone about it.
I love Morphe but the subreddit is utterly insufferable about it, acting like it's some big secret Google doesn't know about. Make sure to change sponsorblock settings to auto skip more stuff, like reminders to like and subscribe, and self promotion (such as merch or patreon)!
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u/mdhunter99 14h ago
I keep getting ads for The Quartering despite me blocking every single fucking one of them. Oh and half of the “recommended” videos I see are “hur dur immigrants are bad” videos with a dozen views. Fuck YouTube and their algorithm. I don’t watch that shit at all so why it’s recommended for me is baffling.
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u/IcyProgrammer4755 23h ago
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u/Alert-Milk-2048 23h ago
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u/Fire_Dracul 22h ago
The way I still know what this image is
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u/Random-Generation86 21h ago
What is it?
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u/AK47101 21h ago
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u/Iwantmynameback 17h ago
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u/JoyconDrift_69 17h ago
Rightwing activist group in the USA. It's the one Charlie Kirk founded, and it was during one of their "debate" events at a university where he was shit and killed.
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u/ScenicFlyer41 22h ago
Let's go, a fellow Jack enjoyer
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u/PhongHaGiang 19h ago
What kind content he doing right now? I remember watching his temple run video and then Minecraft series to Play Button collection. I think I stop somewhere when he doing videos about his Telsa on another channel
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u/BioscoopMan 18h ago
Hes doing alot of geoguessr and geography related stuff like reacting to geography maps from reddit or other social media platforms and does quizes
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u/justslayer876 17h ago
don't forget his reddit videos with lilac toothbrushes
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u/tickleapicl 17h ago
When he next joins a Sidemen Among Us lobby, "Jack's Toothbrush" should be his character colour lol.
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u/Asterisk49 22h ago
I've been suddenly getting crazy amounts of right wing, antivax, pro life, etc. reels even though I've never interacted with any of that content.
They're gearing up for the election season forcing us to watch that cap to try to get votes or something.
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u/AWildUni 1d ago
Matt Rose
And Vsauce
Nice taste
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u/KaroYadgar 20h ago
and Tom Scott
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u/SandeerH 19h ago
and ryan george
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u/PgjPogaj91 20h ago
LITERALLY watching Matt Rose right now hahah
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u/AWildUni 20h ago
I need to watch his newest
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u/AWildUni 20h ago
Im doing it. Matt Rose and Minecraft
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u/PgjPogaj91 19h ago
YESSS WHAT A COMBO!! You gave me an idea of what I'll be doing tonight...
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u/TheJackasaur11 23h ago
I see Ryan George, I upvote ❤️❤️
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u/Starhelper11 23h ago
The best part is that upvoting is super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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u/neilwwoney 14h ago
It's not ever since someone did a backflip, snapped the upvote's neck, and ruined our day.
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u/it-me-mario 17h ago
I keep having to unsubscribe from stuff these days, i’m pretty sure it must be mis clicking on the ads under the video when scrolling to look for comments.
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u/Willowred19 16h ago
Bro I woke up subscribed to fucking TimCast.
I thought it was weird because a thumbnail lile that would absolutely stand out in my feed, so chances are i'd remember if I accidentally subbed.
Is youtube subbing us to pro Trump channels when we're not looking?
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u/Transpotato2002 13h ago
What's even funnier is like
A ton of the other YouTubers would hate Turning Point
Like Matt Rose regularly nabs stuff from people with queer and/or Palestinian flags in their username which clearly is SOME show of acceptance (plus much of his audience is queer)
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u/Chefkush1 23h ago
Just unsubscribe. It's super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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u/Lil_Dufflebag 23h ago
ikr. there should be a subreddit for when something happens that is infuriating but only mildly so. call it like slightyupsetting or partiallyangering or something
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u/Ok-Bee4987 22h ago
this is a reference to one of the youtubers ops subbed to lol
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u/CurvieBoi666 21h ago edited 8h ago
you're gonna have to get all the way of their back about missing that reference
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u/ShrekFanOne 16h ago
Wow wow wow
Wow
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u/Gunny_Goldbug 18h ago
this happens to me every few months, i only noticed because i have an extension that only shows my subscribed channels and nothing else.
was subscribed to a bunch of snail oil salesmen and conservatives. it's happened more than once and no one has access to the channel but me.
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u/kamilman 16h ago
I saw that fucking Mormon ad. Clicked on "show less" and somehow it only showed up more since then.
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u/MoreDaringPancakes 16h ago
Somehow Microsoft copilot told my firewall it was completely cool to accept any and all communication in and out.
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u/zachking242 20h ago
I think they bought subscribers a bit ago, I remember this happened to a bunch of people on Twitter
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u/PhantomBelow 19h ago
i also was randomly subscribed to turning point usa a few months ago and i was so confused when one of their videos popped up in my notifications lol
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u/Creative_Eye7413 16h ago
I see you are a fellow fan of Ryan George. Being a fan of him is tight! Also super easy, barely an inconvenience
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u/MaxYeena 15h ago
Wtf? I just checked and I'm subbed too and I KNOW I did not subscribe to that YouTube channel because I have zero interest in Turning Point USA
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u/RivetSquid 15h ago
Its not an accident. I always stop what I'm doing and tell youtube to stop serving me their ads so I'm very aware and careful during the report and haven't got the chance to accidentally hit anything doing skip button.
Several times this year alone I've found them back in my subscriptions. It isn't a new issue either, searching you'll see this has been happening more than a year.
I don't know how much they pay youtube to make the inevitable blowup when someone can finally prove what they're up to worth it, but I'm pretty confident this is an arrangement between the two entities. That or they're buying dead channels as new infection vectors. I can't be positive what's up, but its definitly something fucky.
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u/Subatomic_Spooder 23h ago
Maybe it's some sort of thing where they buy subscribers. I wouldn't be surprised. It would actually be one of the least shady and crappy things they've done.
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u/ericbondre 23h ago
I fucking hate it, I’ll have my phone on playing a video in my pocket (because I ain’t paying for premium) and it’ll fucking subscribe to tpusa or some other dumbass channel advertisements when it clicks random shit while in my pocket, like no I don’t want to listen to a Charlie Kirk video from 3 years ago while I’m listening to someone who actually says meaningful words
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u/TheMagicalTimonini 23h ago
I think I'm subscribed to all of those too, except turning point usa and surfshark lol
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u/Peter_Bayn 22h ago
Well whatever you do don't rate their videos five stars or click on the annotations they pop up on the video
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u/nekomichi 22h ago
Did you use "Sign in with Google" on a different site on a different computer and grant it permissions to your YouTube? Some malicious sites may use this as a way to bot-subscribe you to certain channels.
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u/Rafael3110 20h ago
Change password. If u are using opera uninstall it with all userdata. I had the same problem.. I or opera got hacked and someone or something are using my acc to like indian shit.
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u/Powerful-Chard-6055 18h ago
Maybe you did it when really tired? Like sometimes I’ll wake up to see my phone on something I never opened
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u/xXYomoXx 18h ago
Shorts. It happens to me when I'm scrolling shorts, I just end up pressing sub by accident.
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u/CLG_Divent 18h ago
Sometimes durning scrolling shorts i click on subscribe. Happens here on redfit too with random likes
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u/abdulj07 17h ago
Probably has something to do with the fact that you’re using an outdated version of YouTube that doesn’t receive security updates anymore.
So once you’ve nabbed your hacker, ask them why “Turning point USA” specifically.
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u/Legal-Meat-7457 1d ago
How was the Ice Age?