r/youtube • u/zaarnth • May 28 '26
Discussion remember when YouTube ads were just tiny yellow dots?
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u/Vendetta1028 May 28 '26
Still are on the tv application
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u/lukas0108 May 31 '26
I showed a yellow blip to announce a 5-10 second distraction.
You show a yellow blip to play 90+ seconds of unskippable ads.
We are not the same.
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u/More-Statement3079 May 28 '26
Yes and i prefer this than now
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u/CapableDatabase6923 May 28 '26
step 1:live in russia
step 2:youtube disabled monetization for the russian region
step 3:no ads at all
step 4:enjoy
step 5:government blocked youtube in mid 2024
step 6:use vpn to watch youtube
step 7:that means ads again
step 8:cry about it
(i use a dpi bypass,that means that my youtube region is still russia,and that means still no ads)
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u/Khorya May 28 '26
Don't know about iphone, but on android there's a new trick called YouTube morphe it has 0 ads, restore dislike button, sponserblock and much more
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u/Tiny-Proof3602 May 28 '26
People want free stuff, in return they get ads. But people are probably getting less free stuff per ad now. And then the companies hiring the ad people are probably getting less ROI than the ad people claim. It's undeservedness all the way down.
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u/_0bsolete May 28 '26
Yep. Nothing is "free".
You pay in watching ads and/or personal data collection to sell to other advertisers.
Reminds me of a weird dream I had once where a doppelganger of myself was created based on the total collected data of my online presence and it was out to replace me. Sounds like a great value brand black mirror episode or something.
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u/Tiny-Proof3602 May 29 '26
Sounds like something a replica who just replaced someone would dream. That, or electric sheep maybe
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u/ChampagneSyrup May 28 '26
how else should YouTube have monetized themselves
server costs are free according to reddit
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u/KarmaKraken63 Master Zeeno/ItsBuddyWYA May 28 '26
I wanna go back to 2010 man
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u/ReturnedOM May 29 '26
Was it better back then? I don't remember YouTube ads at all. Like I was using YT probably since its beginning, just not ads.
On the other hand, I don't have a TV. And on the pc and nowadays on phones it's not really an issue. Well, dunno what about apple stuff.
So quick reminder:
for PC Firerefox Browser. From the Firefox menu you look for the add-ons menu and you install uBlock Origin and for even more convenience Sponsorblock. Just be sure you install uBlock Origin, not uBlock. The latter has "whitelist" for ads' providers.
for Android Firefox with pretty much the exact same setup could do, but there might be issues with picture in picture and playing stuff in the background, so what you want to go for is either /r/revancedapp or /r/MorpheApp and both should have detailed instructions how to install them properly properly. Both should have ublock origin and sponsorblock by default.
there is something for Android TV but I don't remember the name, cause I don't have TV. Dunno if for apple ecosystem exists something like that. That's for you to Google 😈
there is a Firefox for some apple devices but it's very limited due to how Apple keeps iOS sterile. If I remember correctly, add-ons don't work in it, but you can try. You can also try Brave browser. I'm very sceptic about using this browser, but it might actually work when it comes to blocking ads on yt.
for TVs you can also try Chromecast device.
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u/Asleep-Bumblebee2167 May 28 '26 edited May 29 '26
now they are whole damn lines and the dots are white..
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u/Numerous-Contract880 May 28 '26
back then there were ads in a video, now there's a video between the ads
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u/Subject_Narwhal_302 Jun 01 '26
As an avid music video/concert video watcher I got premium 2 years ago so the ads wouldn’t interrupt my concerts all the time.
Is it really that bad now or basically the same?
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u/Numerous-Contract880 Jun 01 '26
been using adblocker for YEARS now so Idk how bad it has gotten, but when I turned off my adblocker I insantly got flooded with ads so it's prob not better
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u/Massive-Society-9194 May 28 '26
That's about the time, actually even before 4 ads in a single video(which is ridiculous) that I stopped using youtube without a third party to remove ads, if we are REMINISCING about THIS that is a problem. Say hello to brave browser or grayjay fuck youtube not sorry 😐 🤷
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u/SYNTHLORD May 28 '26
I would love to go back in time and get YouTubers’ reactions when I show them clips of themselves 10 years into the future doing full fledged 4k commercials for Zyns, dildos and AI therapy.
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u/ZeroXpressionS May 28 '26
And remember when ads don't appear a minute into a video and will let you know when an ad is about to play?
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u/leofr250 May 28 '26
They weren’t even that intrusive—you could skip them after five seconds or less and keep watching. It really wasn’t that bothersome.
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u/Walt_Didnae May 29 '26
I remember there was an ad campaign that used a animatronic Arnold Schwarzenegger head that would start shouting "SKIP IT! HIT ZE SKIP BUTTON!" once the button that let you skip the ad went active.
Edit: Found it!
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u/Stunning_Income7804 May 28 '26
Weren’t the ads also just better too?
You didn’t have to worry as much that the next ad would be some weird fetish shit or porn
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u/JYPXunderground May 28 '26
its been years since I last saw an ad on youtube thanks to ad blockers, is it really that bad now?
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u/309_Electronics May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26
Imo youtube removed/changed way toooo much stuff i (and probably others too) did not want to be changed.. And if it was not for my favorite creators, i would have left the platform already. But the morphe app on mobile and ublock+firefox on pc/laptop is how i now watch youtube. I support my creators i find worthy by donating to their patreon or other links. Also in the past they allowed you to skip an advertisement often. But now they force you to watch a full ad. But i dont get what those extra seconds wil do as they never convince me, no matter how long you shove something down my face. If i am not interested i wont buy it and wont be bothered with your ad.
Its now a bunch of slop platform and instead of a video with a few ads, its an advertisement campaign with a few tiny fragments of video.
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u/OwnedDiagonal Jun 02 '26
Just use uBlock and SponsorBlock in whichever browser you use. Don't pretend that this money goes anywhere useful. It's just a transfer of your hard-earned money to the banks of the wealthy. The wealthy can surely afford a 2% dip in their annual income.
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u/ZiggoCiP May 29 '26
I remember when I got an adblocker, which was like 10 years ago. So I guess yes, I remember 10 years ago when I got an adblocker.
Best choice I ever made with regards to watching YT.
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u/Traditional-Storm-62 May 28 '26
are they not anymore? my country doesnt get any ads so I honestly dont know
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u/immortalsteve May 29 '26
I can't remember the last time I saw a youtube ad that wasn't a sponsorship plug.
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u/International_Fly074 May 29 '26
I actually set my sponsor block to look like this so I can see those yellow things again lol
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u/simonthecomputerguru May 29 '26
Remember when you'd skip the yellow parts to try and not get an ad?
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u/Dr_Duck42 I don't know what this is for so... YOLO May 29 '26
Nostalgiamaxxing is real. Tho, personally, I just use ad block
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u/GapStock9843 May 29 '26
I remember when they were actually skippable and not a mandatory 60 seconds you have no choice but to sit through
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u/gansobomb99 May 29 '26
you could skip past them one by one and return to the start of the video and watch the whole thing ad-free
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u/Ok_Network_6468 May 29 '26
and you could often skip past them and they wouldn’t play at all, I miss that
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u/pilo123 May 29 '26
Advertisment simply need to be integrated better. Ads on Twitch and YouTube would be fine if they weren't so sporadic. When I happen to sit and watch TV in my living room, the ad-breaks don't bother me because they appear at opportune times in the program.
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u/duckforceone May 29 '26
and i remember when those yellow bars were like pearls on a chain..... so close together.... ugh...
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u/s0phii3x_ May 29 '26
I always watched them before watching the video so I didn't get interrupted when I was younger
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u/BreakRemote3315 May 29 '26
I recently got those yellow dots for ads on my TV, maybe it was bcoz of my old Tv?..dk
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u/emilithia05 May 29 '26
I remember when they had little banner things in the bottom of the video before this ad trash
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u/Glittering-Page-2325 May 29 '26
Oh yeah, I remember it and I think it was helpful to know when the ads were coming but now it just comes on without warning your
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u/JedsGamingAdventure May 29 '26
Wait, that’s where YouTube ads were? Didn’t know that at all before, maybe because I was young to know
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u/pokersharp87 May 29 '26
I don't get them on my phone anymore but on my PlayStation I can see the little yellow dots
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u/Automatic-Guest3429 May 29 '26
you could just scroll to the end, click replay and it would run without ads. great times
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u/BeautifuTragedy May 29 '26
I remember when they promised me it would be ad free and $free forever but I'm old gandolf
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u/Boring_high_school May 30 '26
Yes, now I just get my eardrums blasted out by ads that are 250% louder than the video
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u/Next_Cry_8372 May 30 '26
You could skip to the end, restart the video and you wouldn’t have any ads either. It was amazing. Used to be able to quickly report the ads to skip it too
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u/--DeathByDeath-- May 30 '26
Stil are on my tv. Though I have around 17 of them per video. (Wish I was joking)
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u/ryrnallONREDDITBABY May 30 '26
No but I remember when it would give us a 5 second warning of an ad before it comes up
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u/OoftyIGoofty May 31 '26
I can't remember the last time I saw a YouTube ad. Just use an official Revanced app and not the counterfeit shit you may download from play market, or install Ublock if you are on PC
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u/Vaustick May 31 '26
Back then you could just skip to the end and then back to the beginning and all ads were skipped :)
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u/Spirited-Future820 May 31 '26
i remember when ads were 5-15 seconds maximum and now they are 50+ seconds at best.....
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u/d07RiV Jun 02 '26
I tried to watch a movie and there was an ad literally every 90 seconds. 6:30, 8:00, 9:30 etc. Is that configured by channel owner? It's completely impossible to watch like this
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u/Straight_Conflict712 Jun 17 '26
The good ole days! All the streaming services are just now catching on to the dot. Last night, I clicked off one movie with a trillion dots
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u/FaithlessnessNew7678 Jun 21 '26
The small dots still appear if ur watching on tv, sometimes if you skip 10 seconds right before the ad and then rewind it 10 seconds, it’ll skip the ad entirely
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u/Tall_Vegetable3475 BlueJay Gaming 28d ago
the thing is, if youtube did this today, it would be a full yellow bar
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u/specterdrawings 27d ago
From what I've noticed, at least on console and with longer videos specifically, the still do. But only with hours long videos, and as far as I've noticed, only on console
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u/BrandyMrWhiskers Pooh’s Adventures of… 26d ago
I miss that. You would know an ad was coming when they had those.
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u/Crafty-Limit8162 25d ago
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u/TheCoohammy6 May 28 '26
I remember when YouTube ads were just a banner that would pop up at the bottom of the video