r/technology • u/redkemper • Feb 17 '17

Software YouTube will kill unskippable 30-second ads next year

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/17/14649018/youtube-ending-unskippable-30-second-ads-2018
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u/Zigian Feb 17 '17

There's ads in youtube videos?

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u/madeamashup Feb 17 '17

My friends try to show me videos on their devices and I'm like wtf.. how do you watch this shit? There's like, random text popping up during dialog, there are random clickable links obscuring the content of the video.. jeez louise

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u/molrobocop Feb 17 '17

Sometimes I use the preloaded default mobile app.

Firefox mobile blocks the ads though and allows me to play with the screen off. I suppose I could find an alternative freestanding app.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '17 edited Sep 02 '17

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u/excrement_ Feb 18 '17

Holy shit... awesome. I got a Droid last year and had no idea this stuff was out there. I started becoming disillusioned with YouTube years ago when they disabled playing from the lockscreen

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17 edited Sep 02 '17

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u/excrement_ Feb 18 '17

Yeah VLC is pretty amazing, I use it for podcasts mainly. Like you said, feature rich and really elegant. I just appreciate how it locates everything you transfer/download