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Jonnyprophet@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months ago

YouTube ads have ruined the good, old-fashioned Rick Roll.

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YouTube ads have ruined the good, old-fashioned Rick Roll.

Jonnyprophet@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months ago
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  • joyjoy@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Rick Roll is only effective on people using ad blockers

  • Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    I know theres a github page. I believe its shatterdisk? When i was in school they firewalled youtube. So i found alternatives to rick roll.

    Where there is a rick roll There is a rick way

  • Venicone@lemmy.world
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    I don’t mind adverts for free services but YouTube take the piss now.

    And Amazon. Paying Prime members still have to watch ads.

    • Veritrax@lemmy.world
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      What ticks me off is Stack TV. I pay for it and I still get huge ads on the bottom and right edges, telling me to subscribe to Stack TV.

      • Venicone@lemmy.world
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        Same in UK for Sky. You have to be a Sky TV customer (paying) to use the Android or iOS Sky Go app and it still makes you watch adverts without skipping.

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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    You aren’t doing youtube correctly.

    PC: firefox + ublock origin, freetube

    Mobile: revanced, newpipe

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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      Honestly, I have Firefox + ublock origin in Mobile too

      • t҉̠̙ǵ̣̞̄ͪ͜x̸̱͚̳ͫ͐̑̈ͯͣ̚n̒͌҉͉̦̜̝ͅ@lemmy.tgxn.net
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        and sponsorblock 👌

      • avattar@lemmy.sdf.org
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        I have all 3 options on mobile as well

      • hakase@lemm.ee
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        6 months ago

        Same.

    • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
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      How does one Rick roll people who don’t do YouTube correctly, which is most everyone?

      • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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        Those people? We don’t interact with those people.

        • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          Touché

  • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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    If you’re seeing ads on YouTube, you’re doing it wrong.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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    Tenor had a good video guide of how to skip ads for short videos on YouTube with link changes. I used it to Rick Roll a friend once, not sure if it still works, though: https://media.tenor.com/x8v1oNUOmg4AAAAM

    • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      you motherfu-

  • NegativeNull@lemmy.world
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    Don’t click this link

    • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world
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      Thank you. I needed this.

    • Artyom@lemm.ee
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      Omg did you just reinvent YouTube?!?

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    I can’t believe I’m about to suggest this, but use a YouTube short version since those don’t have ads.

    Such as: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SXHMnicI6Pg

    • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
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      Wow, a legitimate use case for shorts.

    • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.org
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      Nice! May I recommend you share that with all of our professional rickrollers? (Or may I share it there?)

      !rickrolltactics@lemmy.world

      • zombie bubble kitty@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I’ve literally rickrolled thousands of people and i didn’t hesitate for a second to click on that link. wow. (⁠﹏;)

      • Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Go for it!

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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      Tenor’s has a guide that shows you how to make a full video link into a Shorts style link to not have ads at the beginning: https://media.tenor.com/x8v1oNUOmg4AAAAM

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    I give up, this has really let me down.

    • The Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.network
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      I run around, and desert YouTube.

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      Gave you the runaround?

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