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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWatching movies on YouTube and ad-blockers
I'm a huge fan of old movies, the more obscure the better, and I watch most of them on YT. Got a pop-up from Google this morning when I signed into my account saying that if I watched three more videos with my ad-blocker on, I would be blocked from watching any more. Now, I'm not opposed to advertising as such and realise that they have to make a living, but when I'm watching a 62-minute long British B-feature from 1960 that has had about 8 views and there are 12 breaks for ads every 4 or 5 minutes (which happened before I installed the blocker) it pisses me off. It shows no respect for the creators of the film (often cutting off in the middle of a scene) and ruins the viewing experience. Play 3 or 4 ads in a block every 20 minutes or so if you must, I'd be fine with that, but for now I'll be watching without signing in. I can live without having the ability to comment on stuff I like. Anyone else had similar messages?
ret5hd
(21,320 posts)i forget the exact site, but google youtube to mp4 and you will see a site named something like ymp4.com.
copy the link to the film and paste it in that site and hit enter.
it will take a few seconds and give you a download option.
download the film, watch it, then keep or delete.
Raven123
(6,177 posts)I do not believe this cannot be corrected. Just disrespectful of the consumer. When it happens, I stop watching.
Jirel
(2,260 posts)They want to play those games? Feel free to play back.
The easiest (of many) free web based and app tools is https://en.y2mate.is/
DrivingOnThe Left
(77 posts)They're always badgering me to enable my search history too. Google are just too intrusive, period.
Arne
(3,608 posts)I never sign in to any google sites
and therefore do not use G mail.
Youtube still warns me about my addblocker
but I'm able to ignore it.
LunaSea
(2,930 posts)Thank you!
AllaN01Bear
(23,562 posts)now watching old movies on tubi tv. yt never had ads untill the one over on x started to charge . i was w yt when it was just a serch engine . now i dont even recognize it.