YouTube Adds 'Most Replayed' Feature for Identifying Most Popular Parts of Videos

[jimthing]

I use this.

‎Vinegar - Tube Cleaner

‎Vinegar is a Safari extension that replaces the YouTube player with a minimal HTML video tag. It removes ads, restores picture-in-picture, and keeps videos playing in the background. Note: The "can read information from webpages" text in the permission section is just unfortunate wording...

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Is there any way(s) of blocking/reducing the ads when watching YT via the Apple TV app?

(i.e. not using AirPlay, but the actual ATV YT app itself.)

They're getting so annoying now...
- mostly the same adverts over-and-over-and-over for weeks now.
- ads every few minutes, with/wo Skip button - making watching almost anything intolerable.

 

[max2]

Is there any way(s) of blocking/reducing the ads when watching YT via an Apple TV?

They're getting so annoying now...
- mostly the same adverts over-and-over-and-over for weeks now.
- ads every few minutes, with/wo Skip button - making watching almost anything intolerable.

Yes but I forgot what it was called Let me find it in my 7000 bookmark or someone else may be able to tell you sooner!

 

[JippaLippa]

Just like a certain adult website uses. Usually the peak is the moneyshot.

You can clearly see the most watched parts are usually the bit after the first 1,2 minutes, then the 3/4bit, then the very end.
It's uncanny...

 

[justperry]

2 Ads of 20sec. each every 4:10 min is nuts.

Also, charging 16,99€/month for mostly amateur content with channel sponsors and about products.

Use a VPN to connect to India, get a premium account for about 1 Eiro, yes, it works.
(No VPN needed after registering)

 

[SenorWhyMe]

luckily I use uYouPlus app basically no ads , skips intros or internal ads, allows me to input when a ad or intro starts for others to use It’s great and to whom ever I care for i just whitelist channels if they even have ads. If I find out they have ads but youtube doesn’t fund them I will just block ads

 

[ArbyDarby]

I think it’s a direct response to YouTubers who stretch out their content to get more ad revenue.

Too many videos are empty filler content just to get the viewing time over some increment of 5 minutes (eg 5, 10; 15 etc.) because those videos generate more revenue.

Yes and no. Thing is, this is a problem of Youtube's own making. They changed content length rules forcing content creators to then make videos of minimum lengths before they can monetize them (ads). Your take on this makes it sound like the content creators are being greedy and trying to get MORE ad dollars, when in fact they are trying to just get at least the minimum. Shorter videos = no ad revenue AT ALL today, compared to a couple years ago.

Youtube created the "problem", and now gives the means to viewers to skip content which will mean content creators again will get screwed out of ad revenue.

(By the way, we all know the most repeated parts are going to be "BEWBS!" ? )

 

[Satjiv's one click]

I misread the title as Youtube Ads and I was ready to leave an angry comment but now I'm even angrier because of that.

 

[DeepIn2U]

Regular standard UI gonna come back to the iOS 7 iPad OS?

 

[rgeneral]

Watching on safari with vinegar is even easier. You get a button to skip 15 seconds. You can keep pressing it to go the part you want.

 

[LiveM]

We live in a world of shorter and shorter attention spans and a need for instant gratification it would seem.

Or a world where anyone can publish a video but not everyone can cut a video.

 

[svish]

Good addition. Also nice it is available for all users.

 

[bebarhood]

YouTube is getting so much worse these days. Here are my complaints:

1) I have to sit through 2 ads to be played before my video starts (in addition to having some ads in the middle of the video), and that's while using an Adblock.

2) I remember a tap in the past marked "Most Viewed Videos" where you can view the most watched videos (daily, weekly, etc.) and now they replaced it with a "channel" called "Popular on YouTube" where you get a section "Popular Right Now" which I am pretty sure it is paid by people to have their videos there, and other stupid sections like "Daily Aww" "Sports Highlights" "Today's Funniest Clips" "Hot New Trailers" which are all never been updated in 2 YEARS!

 

[jav6454]

YouTube is getting so much worse these days. Here are my complaints:

1) I have to sit through 2 ads to be played before my video starts (in addition to having some ads in the middle of the video), and that's while using an Adblock.

2) I remember a tap in the past marked "Most Viewed Videos" where you can view the most watched videos (daily, weekly, etc.) and now they replaced it with a "channel" called "Popular on YouTube" where you get a section "Popular Right Now" which I am pretty sure it is paid by people to have their videos there, and other stupid sections like "Daily Aww" "Sports Highlights" "Today's Funniest Clips" "Hot New Trailers" which are all never been updated in 2 YEARS!

1. AdBlocker solves that issue, I haven't seen a YouTube add on either my Mac or PC in a looong time.

2. Don't get me started and Recommendations which for some reason likes to pull stuff from 2010.

 

[bebarhood]

1. AdBlocker solves that issue, I haven't seen a YouTube add on either my Mac or PC in a looong time.

2. Don't get me started and Recommendations which for some reason likes to pull stuff from 2010.

1. I use AdBlock Plus on my PC, and it works most of the times. But not on my iPhone or iPad, which is where I mostly view YouTube (on the YouTube app, not browser)
2. I actually welcome their recommendations. They're not that bad

 

[laszlo182]

2 Ads of 20sec. each every 4:10 min is nuts.

Also, charging 16,99€/month for mostly amateur content with channel sponsors and about products.

ist cable like 50:50 content/ads?

 

[jav6454]

1. I use AdBlock Plus on my PC, and it works most of the times. But not on my iPhone or iPad, which is where I mostly view YouTube (on the YouTube app, not browser)
2. I actually welcome their recommendations. They're not that bad

1. Yes, same thing here too.
2. Some of them not bad, other times... like what the heck, memory lane?

 

[TinyMito]

We live in a world of shorter and shorter attention spans and a need for instant gratification it would seem.

Too Long Didn't Read - Can someone summarise MJaP's writing for me?