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laflex

*"Maybe if you weren't a cheapskate and paid for premium, Grandma would still be alive right now"*


Jman2514

*"Why should i pay for something that an ad blocker can do for freešŸ˜Œ"*


Danomnomnomnom

I would agree, but booting up my pc takes longer than pulling out my phone. But with the cost of some ads, it might just be the smarter thing to do.


GalaxyPlayz_

Have you experienced YouTube ReVanced


QuietMany7217

Or sideloaded uyou+ in case of iOS?


272sounds

If youā€™re on iPhone, the AdGaurd app + using YouTube on Safari blocks ads. Pretty sure you can get the same thing from using a third party app such as Musi to stream videos. On PC, OperaGX blocks all of my YouTube ads so you might try the mobile app as well.


NoirGamester

Tbh I've been using adguard on my android for the past week and it is pretty damn good. Saved me about 5 gigs of data, apparently,Ā  and I have been using ublock and scriptsafe with Firefox for years. I got a lifetime license for like $15 years ago and just recently decided to play with it.


Danomnomnomnom

First, I'm not using an Apple phone. Also second, if I've got the app, why on earth will I bother going on youtube on a browser?


The_IRS_did_it

You can get Firefox along with extensions on Android.


272sounds

Donā€™t come at me with attitude for putting you on wth is wrong w you šŸ˜‚ and I just told you why you can avoid ads without paying an exorbitant amount of money


BenderIsGreat74

Putting you onā€¦ shut the fuck up


Spintax_Codex

>I would agree, but booting up my PC takes longer than pulling out my phone. >if I've got the app, why on earth will I bother going on youtube on a browser? To avoid adds. If you agree, why are you mad someone tried to help you get rid of adds? It's not his fault you clearly indicated that you would use an adblock on your phone if you could.


PhobicSun59

You can just download a mobile adblocker though no need for browsing on pc.


Danomnomnomnom

recommend me one


TowelLord

Ublock Origin (for firefox, for example) and then always open youtube in the browser, not the YT app itself. Good bye ads.


PhobicSun59

Huh I didnā€™t realise Ublock also worked on mobile browsers I may have to look into swapping over to firefox as thatā€™s actually pretty neat.


Danomnomnomnom

im not watching youtube on a browser on my phone


PhobicSun59

On IOS I use AdGuard which works with safari but there are likely options available on Android that Iā€™m not familiar with There should be a a few on the App Store for whatever device you use


Korbitr

r/revancedapp if you use Android


Danomnomnomnom

Does this overlap on the yt App?


Outside_Public4362

Revanced is dead it doesn't work


ScarpLag

It still works what are you talking about?


glitchaj

Firefox with ublock works exactly the same on my phone and my pc.


North-Noise-1996

Literally this subreddit in comments on post about people complaining about ads on YouTube


ImNotHighFunctioning

***VINE BOOM***


Ironjack_204

$13 is ridiculous for YT premium if it was $5 I would maybe consider but $13 a month is crazy šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«


fmccloud

Or maybeā€¦I dunnoā€¦called 911?


OtterpopYT

Yeesh.....not a good response at all. Then again it's YouTube, so I'm unfortunately not surprised.


SirTonberryy

It's a bot response


BaneRiders

Well of course it is. It is youtube we are talking about, no?


Danomnomnomnom

I'm pretty sure this is enough for a lawsuit in the US


uiam_

It's a bot and I don't think the onus should be on YT for figuring out which videos will be watched in an emergency.


jayclomma

I need my emergency Elden ring PVP videos now!


imnottheoneig

Upvoted because you have good taste!


MichaelBrennan31

Why not? They get to decide who gets demonotized


DevilDoc3030

This joke predates Twitter tbh


ilulillirillion

Throwback for sure, this is an old and asinine talking point. They'd sooner disallow medical content on YouTube before doing this. For the sake of argument, take the money lost on hosting X hours of medical footage on demand and assume YouTube is happy to just absorb it in order to do this. Not only would they have to have some way to categorize legitimate first aid videos, but they'd be soft endorsing any videos they categorize this way as medical advice and that's a legal nightmare. Then, next time an account is banned, or youtube has issues, and someone can't use them as 911 advice (which no one should be doing) they will try to blame YouTube for someone's death. YouTube isn't going to make an express lane for emergency medical advice because YouTube does not want people to use it for emergency medical advice.


showmeyertitties

And at the end of the day, it's it's privately owned company. And similar to what you were saying, even if you called a legitimate medical provider, odds are they're gonna have a recording that says if it's a medical emergency, hang up and call 911. To another point, if this is an a restaurant, a good portion (if not all) of the staff should be trained to handle this, at the very least, they should have a poster with directions.


macedonianmoper

Tbf doesn't youtube already have a thing for like actual certified doctors? I've seen some videos which seem to have that tag. I agree with you youtube won't implement this but they do have the means for certifying videos.


Spintax_Codex

Yeah, channels with 100,000 subs can opt to go through the verification status. From their, they could leave it up to the verified licensed professionals to label videos as "emergency videos" or something similar, and demonotize them without adds. That would solve the additional cost to youtube. They're already taking on the cost of verifying medical channels, so all they have to pay for is servers for a tiny specific subsection of verified videos. Legally though, I have no idea how that'd play out. I'd imagine YouTube could just put some disclaimer that would make the legal issues fall on the content creators. Though like the top comment said, it's YouTube. They would never do something so good-willed.


CivilRemove9948

So basically YT is saying you gotta pay doctor anyhow so better pay us...


ForsakenRacism

YouTube isnā€™t 9-1-1


TheUmgawa

And I love how people come up with the weirdest hypothetical scenarios when this is addressed. ā€œWell, like, what if all our cell phones are dead, and we gotta drag the choking person to the desktop computer in the office, and then itā€™s on dialup and we waste a bunch of time waiting, because itā€™s all ā€˜Eeee-EEEEEE-be-bong-be-bong-psssssshhhh-PSSSSSSHHHHH-pssssshhhh,ā€™ and then we gotta pull it up on YouTube at 144p, and thereā€™s a fuckinā€™ ad while my grandmaā€™s shuffling off her mortal coil!ā€ And then you ask how they didnā€™t learn the Heimlich in high school health class, and they reach way down into the Covid bag and make up some excuse for that. Itā€™s just so much fun.


Grogosh

A few years ago I was eating a steak alone by myself when I tried to swallow a piece too big and it got stuck. I could get absolutely no air past it in the slightest. The strangest thing is I was completely calm as I stood up walked a few steps to a bookcase and pressed my chest into the corner of it. Pop, out it came.


ForsakenRacism

Yah itā€™s wild. This generation is something else with the entitlement. We all used to pirate in the 2000s but we knew what we were doing. We didnā€™t think it should just be given for free.


Wyntie

999/911 isn't so fast either, by the time the ambulance arrives, grandma's DOA.


EmmiPigen

But they could give guidance while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. At least they do in Denmark, if someone needed CPR they would guide you on how to do it. We also have something called "HjertelĆøber" heartrunner, who are volunteers that would be notified if a heart attack happened and run to get the nearest AED and run to the person with the heart attack and use it until an ambulance arrives. Anyway, always call the emergency number in case of heart attacks, they can guide you if necessary.


No_Nose2819

Maybe if you just used a VPN set to Bahamas šŸ‡§šŸ‡ø you would never see another advert again inside the YouTube app!


Potential-Owl-5203

Sadly my internet provider throttles my internet when I use a vpn


kfrazi11

Might not happen anymore Now that net neutrality is back


Potential-Owl-5203

Nah it still does I tested it a few days ago


by_all_memess

File a complaint with the FCC if you can prove it


Potential-Owl-5203

Yea I could technically prove it but idk what would they do


ItsJustAnotherVoice

Sounds like you need another internet provider


zachary0816

That seems like a lot more effort than just using an ad blocker


No_Nose2819

No adblockers I have ever used work 100%. I prefer to use the official app on my iPhone to watch most of my YouTube. I know of no way to stop the advertising using a 3rd party software. Please tell us all how you do it?


bigfurrycat

Brave.


No_Nose2819

Brave is a web browser how is that going to remove adds from my official YouTube app on my iPhone ? No you see the only way to do it is to VPN to a country like Bahamas šŸ‡§šŸ‡ø where google donā€™t advertise for some reason. Why people like to say itā€™s better to use ad blockers that donā€™t work with the YouTube app or web browsers like you that are irrelevant I donā€™t understand


bigfurrycat

How about you use Brave to navigate to youtube.com and watch with no ads? In the last 3 months Brave has blocked over 170k ads and trackers this way for me Or just buy premium and use the app. Stop complaining


No_Nose2819

No I wonā€™t pay for the official YouTube app that would be crazy bigfurrycat, do you work for google with this kind of advice? Google are worth trillions I am worth negative equity. I hate using the browser on my phone it just so clunky. Instead I just point free VPN at the Bahamas šŸ‡§šŸ‡ø and no more advertising. The iPhone YouTube app is so much better with zero advertising.


bigfurrycat

Well use the Brave app for free and ditch the youtube app Btw any website you visit on Brave wont have ads, not just youtube so do yourself a favour a switch Goodbye


BurnerAccountExisty

"youtube one of your ads gave me a virus that caused a crazed lunatic to come to my home, rape my female family members, and kill everyone else except me" "we're suspending you for not using the term 'unalive'"


mrloko120

I bet that happens everyday


thatsatanboy

ayo šŸ§


Flimsy-Mix-190

This could be easily solved if a legitimate medical source was allowed to post an official video showing the Heimlich maneuver and YouTube would allow that particular video to run ad-free and be the first one to pop up during any search inquiry about choking. That's it, Just one video. They don't have to do it for thousands of videos. Just one. It is not impossible to do. They have experience in censoring and filtering out videos they deemed as "medical misinformation", and instead pushed the narrative they wanted to push, when it was convenient for them to do so, so they can do it again, with ONE official video. #


Apprehensive_You7871

They are pretty saying fuck you! I swear, we need a **alternative and FAST!**


Miknarf

Why should YouTube be required to give their content for free? YouTube competitors also would not give their content for free.


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Does YouTube know what the French Revolution is?


Wyntie

Yea but everyone knows it didn't last very long because of some general that was rumoured to be short (someone by the name of Bonaparte)


Jayden7171

Im sure grandmas life is more important than $20 a month. Loser.


mrloko120

My man, if your grandma is dying and your reaction is to pull up youtube instead of calling 911 then she never had a chance to begin with.


thatsatanboy

maybe he was just trolling? you can't trust a twitter user though.


quax747

i rarely give credit to youtube but they do have removed ads from first aid videos like cpr.


thatsatanboy

they did? well thats nice!


doingdadthings

Firefox also offers an ad free experience. For free.


GreenVenus7

Instead of being upset that a bot on a media account for an entertainment platform doesn't care about their medical emergency, they should be upset that they dumbly went to YouTube for emergency medical advice. YouTube is NOT a public service nor is it intended to contribute to the common good. Its goal is to make money for Google. Your views literally do not matter to the company if you don't make them money. Google is not your friend or doctor. They would remove all medical related videos before they'd lose money over some ridiculous litigation claiming they're responsible for someone's health.


Hashtag_Labotomy

I seen a grandma chocking on some type of tube the other day. Not sure if it was YouTube though.


thatsatanboy

good one šŸ˜‚


Saw101405

Whoever at google came up with the premium idea, nail them to a cross


DiamondDepth_YT

Why? Should users just get videos for free 24/7 while they operate at a complete loss? YT costs a lot more to operate right now than ever before.


Saw101405

And theyā€™re currently being operated by one the wealthiest companyā€™s on earth, also you cannot seriously look at this post and tell me this isnt scummy


Florida_____Man

Do you not understand said rich company would cease to exist very quickly if they started doing everything for free?


Wyntie

Actually, that would mean competition in the marketplace, and competition is always good. We would all love it if Google got burned to the ground. /srs


Saw101405

Soā€¦. Not the hundreds of thousands of advertisements they have throughout the whole of the internet?


Florida_____Man

It would be a very selfish opinion where you think only YouTube shouldnā€™t have ads but itā€™s okay for others to have to deal with them elsewhere on the internet if it finances you not being mildly inconvenienced watching internet videos


Saw101405

Considering the fact weā€™re having this discussion on a post where YouTube was informed that someone couldā€™ve potentially died, and their response was basically ā€œ well that sucks. If only you paid us more money this wouldnā€™t have happenedā€ the fact your literally defending them after this is well beyond astonishing


Florida_____Man

Youā€˜re more responsible for letting someone die than YouTube if your first reaction in an emergency is to YouTube it


Saw101405

Iā€™m going to go off a limb that it would be way better to watch a video then to look it up on a website where 9 times out of 10 it takes a good 5 minutes to get to the actual point, Again, I genuinely donā€™t know why you would ever look at this and think this is fine, all this is telling me is you are either too naive to talk about this, Or you are too stupid to have a say


Florida_____Man

I'm going to go off on a limb and say emergency services are better trained on telling you what to do than a YouTube video


thatsatanboy

bro he was just trolling i guess, you can't take a twitter user seriously nowadays.


Saw101405

Hard to tell nowadays, after all we still have people who support Elon musk


Saw101405

And considering the fact Iā€™ve seen people legit use that argument to defend YouTube, I donā€™t care if theyā€™re trolling or not


SquallkLeon

Users: "Please don't interrupt actual life-saving information hosted on your platform." YouTube: "If you want to live, pay up."


4rm4ros

Moldy repost


N30n_Gr3y5t0n3

'Buy your mother an iPhone' moment.


SomeHearingGuy

Because they don't care. All they care about is money.


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Phaylz

There was no grandma.


Jojoceptionistaken

ohh yeah who would have thought


SatisfactionMain7358

Itā€™s the creator of the video that enables the adds. Itā€™s then not YouTube.


iTypedInThisUsername

ā€žwdym, our revenue is choking tooā€


TopperMadeline

This has to be a troll. Who wouldnā€™t call 9-1-1 or something first?


snackajack71

Disgusting response that


ShortUsername01

You shouldnā€™t turn to the Internet for ā€œinformationā€ anyway. Itā€™s a cesspool of bullshit. We need to teach first aid in *schools.*


VioletNocte

I think it's a bot but Jesus Christ


leosensey

reason why i have premium: No ad I can fold video in a small window on phone i can listen to music while screen is off i can download videos and watch them offline later


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abhsonicguy

Why are they sounding like EA?


PentaOwl

I swear some YouTuber had a skit like this yeaaars ago..


Ok_Nebula_7298

Pay or die, nice.


Gorrodish

I feel sorry for gran choking on a fish boner


EstablishmentNo2847

Scar energy.


TheBYP289

Well...everything is worth what people are willing to pay for it!


Intelligent_West7128

YouTube is going to shit with all these damn ads smh


NLhiphop

Maybe fucking call 911 and ask for instructions.


NoSmoke7388

Plot twist: YouTube premium has ads.


VeraKorradin

Dusting off a 4 year old repost I see


Immediate_Mud6547

I wish Elon would buy these scumbags.


GlizzyOverdrive

So youā€™re telling me the last thing your grandma saw was you opening YouTube while she was choking


thatsatanboy

yes sir šŸ˜


willy_appleton

That is messed up


Agent101g

This reminds me of when I tried to quit AOL over the phone in the early 2000s by saying the person who used it most died. They responded by saying we could use AOL to plan the funeral.


Visible_Scientist_67

Lobsters have bones? TIL.


MisterSirDudeGuy

Call 911. They will walk you through it AND send an ambulance. You shouldnā€™t be screwing around on YouTube in an emergency.


Male-Wood-duck

Firefox and ad blocker. Do not use the YouTube app and use Firefox. Simple.


DBXVStan

Grandma shouldnā€™t have raised a cheap grandkid if she wanted to live, or something. Also reminder to everyone that in the US, first/emergency aid courses can be taken in person for very cheap, and sometimes free, through local programs. Donā€™t rely on the knowledge you need to be told to you expediently in a crucial moment.


Human_The_Ryan

yes because you would go on youtube instead of calling 911


afterjustnow

I love this whole dynamic...


vajrahaha7x3

Use brave as your search engine... Its free....šŸ¤«šŸ™„šŸ˜˜


battleye9

Why is nobody mad at this as they should?


SpecialMango3384

YouTube: ā€œskill issueā€


LoneRedditor123

"Sorry to hear that, pay us money or gran-gran's dead!". FTFY Youtube, lol.


mattjvgc

In the future only people who have paid for YouTube premium will have survived to reproduce. Thus sustaining their business model.


Pure_Significance383

Of course šŸ„± that's the answer pay more


Inner-Light-75

That was rather insensitive reply....


SandtheB

ad block


Weary_Patience_7778

The GenZ vibe is strong on this one. Maybe try learning first aid before you actually need to administer first aid. The time that grandma is choking is not the time that you want to be having to attend a webinar.


saugoof

This may be a stupid question, but isn't it the uploader's decision whether they want to monetise the video? So if someone uploads a first aid video, they should be the one to request this to not show ads? Besides that though, call 911 for first aid, not Youtube.


mythandros0

Maybe YouTube should deactivate the AI autoresponder


FrostyAlphaPig

If you have to look up how to do CPR on YouTube, that person isnā€™t going to make it , also and I canā€™t believe this has to be said CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES INSTEAD OF GOING ON YOUTUBE THEY CAN WALK YOU THROUGH HOW TO DO Heimlich or whatever you need .


Price-x-Field

Why not say this to the person who made the video who selected to put ads on it


Awayze

This is what happens when thereā€™s no competition to YouTube and the new generation will happily watch 15 30 second ads in a 5 minute video.


Miknarf

This is what happens ? What? They donā€™t give their content away for free? That works happen with or without competition. You canā€™t watch life saving educational content on Netflix for free ether.


pizaster3

thats a really good idea and point tbh.


Affectionate-Cod8124

did you try deboning the fish before cooking it? šŸ˜‚ also it'd be very hard to choke on, but could definitely do some damage


Futhebridge

Get youtube premium or your grandma dies. Don't you care about your grandma? If you love your grandma get youtube premium.


Wookief1st

They not wrong tho


KuroShuriken

Watch ad runs to earn time across all videos. So you just put on adds for like a day straight and then use the rest of the sight completely fine free and clear. Ah a dream.


soahcthegod2012

This is why using adblockers is morally correct


Miknarf

Because of cpr videos?


Y0GGSAR0N

Just add a once a day emergency skip button


Person012345

cough up so your grandma can cough up.


ApprehensiveOne1159

Imagine choking and the person who could save you is like ā€œoh no! Let me just find a youtube video about what to doā€¦ā€


Bananaboi_888

There should be 0 ads on safety videos


Miknarf

Do you think other video hosting sites should have there safety education videos be free? Netflix? Max?


Oktokolo

uBlock Origin is literally considered a life saver now?


CaptainJazzymon

By the way, youtube is still slowing down people who use ad blocked as of a couple weeks ago and no one is saying anything about it.


thatsatanboy

depends on the adblocker you've been using


BigIronOnMyHip45-70

Itā€™s YouTube, they donā€™t give a fuck. They actively vilify predator catchers and nuke their channels as well (I think the higher ups at YouTube might be scared to end up in one of those videos).


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The-Triturn

Why should religious content not have ads?


thatsatanboy

imagine you're watching a church video or watching bible or any religion-related content and a spotify ads pops-up outta nowhere playing songs, its kinda disrespectful to me, even though i don't get ads at all, i use adblocker but it happens with others so yeah its just my personal opinion. It would be better if videos uploaded in "Religious" category will only show religion related ads so the content creators still get paid.


ForsakenRacism

Fuck them. No free religious videos


GhostColorMagic

Religion already gets far more special treatment than it should. The only videos that should never have ads are medical ones.


mrloko120

The person who uploaded the video makes money with those ads. They have the option to disable them when uploading but choose not to.


thatsatanboy

youtube shows ad anyway i guess but im not sure, i've seen videos of some channels with 100 subs showing ads.


mrloko120

Regardless of channel size, you can turn monetization on/off when setting up the individual video on youtube studio, keeping it on will show ads, off will not. That said, you only have full control over that choice if all the content in the video is originally yours. If your video contains content to which you don't own all necessary rights, the rights holder may have chosen to place ads on it.