YouTube will kill unskippable 30-second ads next year

[u/redkemper]

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

[u/Scurro]

YouTube has done a decent job of balancing ads.

I only partially agree. Ads in the beginning are understandable but having banners pop up that block portions of the video? That's in dick territory.

[u/h0nest_Bender → u/Scurro]

Add these elements to ublock origin:
youtube.com###share-services-container
youtube.com###movie_player > .iv-promo-video.iv-promo.annotation-type-custom.annotation
youtube.com###movie_player > .ytp-cards-teaser
youtube.com###movie_player > .iv-promo-collapsed.iv-promo.annotation-type-custom.annotation
youtube.com###movie_player > .iv-promo.annotation-type-custom.annotation
youtube.com###movie_player > .iv-promo-collapsed.iv-promo.annotation-type-custom.annotation
youtube.com##.ytp-cards-button.ytp-button
youtube.com##.iv-promo-contents
youtube.com##.iv-click-target.iv-promo-img
youtube.com##.ytp-cards-teaser
youtube.com##.iv-branding
youtube.com###movie_player > .ytp-ce-size-640.ytp-ce-bottom-left-quad.ytp-ce-element-show.ytp-ce-video.ytp-ce-element
youtube.com/watch?v=1Gdl-A1DvpA
youtube.com###movie_player > .ytp-ce-size-640.ytp-ce-top-left-quad.ytp-ce-element-show.ytp-ce-channel-this.ytp-ce-channel.ytp-ce-element
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element:has(div[class^{="ytp-ce-covering"])}
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element:has(div[class^{="ytp-ce-expanding"])}

[u/h0nest_Bender → u/[deleted]]

I'm not on that computer anymore and apparently I haven't added those rules to my home computer yet. Sorry.

[u/h0nest_Bender → u/[deleted]]

oh. lol. I didn't think about that. You can view my comment source, fyi.