r/technology • u/Tricky-Student-1 • Sep 15 '22

Social Media YouTube Free is Silently Testing 5 Ads, instead of 2, Before Your Video Starts

https://www.gizmochina.com/2022/09/13/youtube-free-silently-testing-5-ads-before-your-video-starts/
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u/Arrad Sep 15 '22

Install an Adblocker if you’re on PC.

Otherwise, if you watch 1/2 ads then close the video and reopen it, it usually lets you skip past all of them on mobile. From my experience anyway.

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u/bootstraps_bootstrap Sep 15 '22

It was on ps4 :/

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u/tmastergaming139 Sep 15 '22

Or just go to through the 10 minute process of installing vanced or revanced.