Every single time I use Spotify, after the first advert it says to enjoy the next 30 minutes ad free. Then after a 2 minute long song, I get 5 minutes of adverts 😑. Every single time

Edit: using mutify now, thank you everyone!

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    I tried YouTube today for the first time in years. Its unwatchable. The frog must have been slowly boiling for years to have so many people accept what Youtube is now. Just wow.

    I managed to watch about 10 minutes but had about 5 ads during that time, taking up several minutes of my time. It broke my focus and I forgot what the video was about.

    Back to Newpipe.

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        14 hours ago

        I was using the official YouTube app since I wanted to use chromecast to get a video up on my tv.

        I havent used revanced, seems interesting also. But Newpipe just does what I need so im happy.

        Already have network wide adblocking but doesnt stop YouTube ads in their official app.

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            Its an app? No i still have a dumb tv. 50 inch plasma that has lasted 10 years now i think. And I like that its not smart, so it doesnt talk to random stuff on the internet.

            I guess I will replace it soon but when I do, that tv gets no internet access. :)

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      15 hours ago

      I can only watch it with revanced and sponsorblock, otherwise I’d just watch some of my old downloaded stuff.

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        Yeah I have a few colleagues that did that too. But I dont want to support big tech by being paying user.

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          23 hours ago

          Ublock origin + sponsor block makes YouTube entirely watchable and you don’t have to fund this horrible company

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          You also support big tech by giving them traffic and watching the ads. The only way to not support them is to not use it.