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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…
Look at those cute cats. Just one more video and I’m done for the day. Promise! One of the many appeals of YouTube is the site’s vast assortment of videos. There is probably nothing that you cannot watch on YouTube, with the exception of prohibited content of course. If you find a video you like,…
Google implemented a change recently that makes YouTube slow for some users. This is not a bug, but a deliberate action by Google to punish visitors that use adblockers. It is quite easy to find out. Visit YouTube and check what happens. If you stare at a blank page for seconds, then you’ve experienced Google’s…