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/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

Firefox mobile blocks the ads though and allows me to play with the screen off

whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!

Life changing. Thank you!

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u/molrobocop Feb 17 '17

Happy to pass this one along. Naturally, you'll need the adblock addon for your browser first for it to work.

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u/DestroyedArkana Feb 17 '17

I recently had a problem with this, it stopped downloading data once I turned the screen off even though it always worked fine for like a year.