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YouTube users who do not want to be pestered by ads on the platform have several options. The only official option is a YouTube Premium subscription, which is completely ad-free according to Google. Problem is, you pay a premium depending on where you live. If you live in the United States, you pay $14 a…
While I still swear on Internet Download Manager for all my downloading needs, many users may need such tools only occasionally or do not want to pay for a service. If you need to download a video every now and then, then you may prefer a fast solution that does not need to be installed….
While Google is intensifying its fight against adblockers on YouTube, developers of adblocking solutions are pushing back. A recent development introduced a new category of tools that improve the user experience on YouTube: so-called ad skippers. Unlike adblockers, which block advertisement using filter lists or AI, ad skippers either skip ads, hence the name, or…
Do you pause videos on YouTube sometimes? Soon, the popular video hosting site may show you ads whenever you pause videos. During Alphabet’s earning call for the first quarter of 2024, Senior Vice President at Google Philipp Schindler, revealed information about a test that Google conducted on YouTubed in the quarter. Google tested a “new…
Stepify is a new online service that uses AI to create summaries of YouTube videos. The core idea behind the service is to create step-by-step instructions of tutorial or lecture videos. While that may be the intended use, it works with other types of videos as well: How Stepify works Stepify is simple to use….
You may have read about Google’s increased effort to block or limit adblockers on YouTube. Since adblocking is not a huge issue on mobile, Google’s fight has been mostly against desktop users. Desktop users, be it on Windows, Linux, or Mac, have several options. They can install content blockers in their browsers to block ads….
YT Channel Downloader is an open source downloader for YouTube videos. It supports downloading individual videos and also entire channels or playlists. You can download it from its GitHub repository. It is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS devices. The program is based on yt-dlp, scrapetube, and pytube, but much easier to use. The main…
Update: A workaround is now available that fixes the issue. If you use Invidious to access YouTube videos, you may have noticed that most (all?) instances are broken right now. Attempts to play YouTube videos are met with error messages. Messages such as “the video returned by YouTube isn’t the requested one” are thrown by…
More and more YouTube users see the “Try searching to get started” message when they open the YouTube website. Usually, YouTube displays a list of recommended videos when users launch the site. What is displayed there depends on whether you are signed-in or not. If you are signed-in, you see recommendations based on past searches,…
YouTube publishers and YouTube may use age restrictions to limit a video’s accessibility on the website. Users get a “sign in to confirm your age” message when they try to open such a video on YouTube. The most recent Xbox Developer Direct video is age restricted. Age-restricted content does not violate YouTube’s community guidelines, but…