Deleting Google Ads

[@Moj94]

Honestly the fact that you spend time and try to handpick them shows how you value your audience. Most creators don't even do that. Respect.

[@loxo5526]

Google should be reviewing the ads, not the creators. They wouldn't do even basic quality control

[@JosephDickson]

Exactly, kick all the Google tracking and adware to the curb. They need you more than you need them.

[@ArtBoomFashion]

Agree, definitely deserved a sub

[@Brahvim]

_Mad_ respect.

[@pauldwalker]

without adblocking, the web has become unusable. i’m always shocked when i use a non adblocking web browser.

[@rm9sbg93zxjzg]

its worst then the 90s/00s with the pop up and such

[@hohoho9939]

until "pLeaSe dIsaBle aDbLocker" pop up

[@ScottMyers-l1z]

@@hohoho9939 Ublock Origin and PiHole/Adguard Home self hosted. You won't see those. At least I haven't in years.

[@yerachmielb1]

@@rm9sbg93zxjzg I may still have PTSD from that.

[@iamwitchergeraltofrivia9670]

Hahhahaahha

[@wimderaat2993]

Thank you so much for your honesty and protecting people from these horrible adds. The internet needs more people like you.

[@User-gm4gg]

I don’t know how to add or spell eitheir.

[@ShadowardVZ]

And Google is more concerned with trying to disable ad-blockers and punish those who use them than they are with addressing the reasons why people need to use them.

[@wolphin732]

Google's idea: Preventing the Ads from displaying... means we can't charge the company for showing the Ad. We have no care for WHAT the ad displays, they pay us the money no matter what it shows... But not letting us show it to you, that we Cannot Allow. The fact you don't want to be shown scams... We Don't Care! It would mean we can't make as much.

[@ebqc1212]

@@wolphin732 Until some juridiction (Europe ? Canada ? Australia ? Japan ? Etc.) make ad distributors (Google ads, Radio Station, TV Stations etc.) legally solidary of adversters. After that only we will stop to see shit on internet, tv, radio, newspaper... If the ad distributors could get fined the same as the adverster... Aouch... But we will certainly need this legal change...

[@HolyPire]

advert companys should be legal responsible for ads they publish.... hardcore responsible. They are the reason why inet is basicly dead or not was it was 20 years ago

[@lussor1]

I uninstalled vanilla YT app when the same ad scams kept showing for months

[@XciterD]

Yup, CEO goes to jail type of responsible, one can dream!

[@flamingscar5263]

they are responsible, but the way google gets around it legally is that Google is not the one advertising, its the advertiser paying to use Googles services, the one behind the advertisement is very much legally responsible for what they advertise as much as this sucks, it very much is in line with the idea of the free internet, the idea that a service is provided for anyone to use without bias, that is very much the core idea of the internet, the internet isn't "not what it was 20 years ago" 20 years ago the seeds that were laid down for a free internet lead us here directly, free means free for all (not in price) and that includes corporations, the only way we could have stopped this was never inventing the idea of the free internet in the first place

[@techguydilan]

@@flamingscar5263 not really. Been dealing with Wave browser for years. To my knowledge nobody that works for them went to prison. They probably operate out of a non-extraditing country, which we still allow on our internet for some odd reason, so that our legal system cannot touch them.

[@avidwriter2882]

@@XciterD That or we all go do the "luigi"

[@gadeane287]

We are bombarded with ads on every medium, 24/7, and I, for one, am sick of commercials. Thanks for taking the time to address this for your content sources. And, of course, I wish you the best in the coming year!

[@AndrewPayne]

Brilliant video on how Google cannot help itself with its Ads service which is too dominant atm 👏 thank you 😎

[@monad_tcp]

They should be stripped of the adsense business by antitrust.

[@BBRAIN1977]

nahhh it brings in so much money. That is why they still allow them

[@Snorlaxiian]

@@monad_tcp You do realize that even if Google isn't doing it, some other company would?

[@BeardedTaz-Official]

That is how google primarily makes their money anymore. You take that away, a lot of the free shit google actually does provide cheap / free stops becoming cheap / free altogether. Unfortunately, even while we don't like it... It's almost become a necessary evil, and I hate even saying that. Even if google stops, someone else will step in and start their bullshit.

[@jandraelune1]

Amazon isn't far behind.

[@KillianTwew]

Google: "How dare you use ad block" Also Google: "Here's a bunch of malware landmines on every page waiting for you to just click em"

[@LarsV62]

I have no experience withAdSense myself, but why doesn't the control panel let you block per company instead of only per ad? That's 💤 by Google.

[@CabbageBloke]

Probably deliberate.

[@trayvibez399]

If you ask the question: does it make money? And the answer is "yes" then you know why.

[@BigBirdOG]

Wavebrowser redirects every search to malicious websites. Used to work for Geek Squad in-home PC services and we saw it all the time.

[@platinum78195]

I'm pretty sure that Web companion is a component of Wave. I see regular blocks of it in our A/V console. If I remember correctly, it hijacked/reskinned a user's browser, and turned it into an AOL kind of thing.

[@johng.4959]

Thank you Chris for your dedication and professional advice. Very few creators on KZbin such as yourself! It's a cesspool out there! Thanks for helping us avoid falling into the septic tank we call the internet.

[@begriddled]

Good on you! I hate all this stuff, not that I see it much because of ad blockers. But the people who do get to see it all are going to be on average the more vulnerable internet users who really need more protection from all this scammy stuff. So good to hear that you've been clearing that down. It's so disappointing that google behaves in this way, so you're left with the choice of doing that or switching the ads off altogether (or letting the scammers exploit your site).

[@zacharyfoster4862]

Thank you for being better than most in this regard. I really respect it.

[@LurkingLarper]

You know what? I'm somewhat of an ad deleting connoisseur myself. Thanks for the overview of the issue and having some integrity and morals in these trying times.

[@LilaHikes]

"No rhyme or reason" There's plenty of rhyme and reasons; it's called, money. Google doesn't give a rip what the ad is as long as they're getting paid. Same with any of the social media platforms.

[@shadushio9682]

I use Ublock Origin with specific up-to-date extra filters and some of my own zapping, on Firefox mobile. Never see an add, ever.

[@shadushio9682]

Zapping for UI elements I don't like.

[@ZergRadio]

I am so use to a 99.9% ad free internet that on the few occasions, when I visit a friend who has no idea of ad free internet, and I see them using a computer and the internet unfiltered or their TV that is unfiltered, my poor brain goes BOOOOOOMMMMMM.

[@lussor1]

YT on browser is BAD

[@matnicjo6869]

​@@lussor1Actually with some extensions it gets good, I use untrap for KZbin and KZbin tweaks, it let me remove ui element and add some features to video player

[@Mister-Gee-9999]

How do you block the in-line ads like surshark VPN that is 83% off etc.?

[@vblank69]

there are 3 people that actually makes money with adsense: google, scammers running the ads, and owners of adsense farms

[@shawnmorrow8350]

Never seen an ad on the internet except baked in content, thank you ad blocker programs.

[@kvbk]

Sponsored content

[@lx2222x]

Google should be held by law liable for obvious scams and for not checking their ads

[@bean_TM]

if you make images a fixed size (instead of auto sizes), you can make the images lazy load to make the website feel faster too.

[@QFour]

Advertising isn't just ruining the internet, it's making it almost impossible to watch regular television as well. Look at Times Square when the news media gives a quick shot, nothing but advertising. Keep up the good fight and awesome videos.

[@Sismodium]

Thank you for optimizing your site Chris. I don't know how much the Google bloat made a difference, but your website is consistently loading at less than 0.2 seconds (Danish user).

[@autumnjeserich2689]

On a platform where 95% of content creators will take whatever garbage sponsors money and morph their content into advertisements. Its actually really cool that you one tried to filter the ads when you shouldn't have to and even drew a line. I wish more content creators would take this approach vs the LTT "how many more ads can we cram into our videos" approach

[@keessonnema]

Hey Chris, thanks for the video! Ads are absolutely ridiculous nowadays. I rather pay a monthly fee for every website I like than watch a single ad ever again. Also I noticed your sidebar is going under your top menu. (stickyside pl-lg-4), it has a top: 2rem; set to it, make that top: 8rem; and all is visible 😄

[@arisd.o.s6672]

Happy New Year Chris!

[@terraflops]

loving that you care what kind of ad runs along your name and brand. scam ads being a horrible problem is news to me since adblockers etc.

[@techguydilan]

Wave Browser is one of the worst forms of malware I've had to deal with where I work. Not only does it make itself the default for any type of url or file it can run, but it also changes the targets on the shortcuts of every other browser you have installed. Uninstalling it doesn't revert them either. It also launches itself when you close it, essentially forcing itself to be running, all the time. It's doing something nefarious. If I see it, I'm reimaging that computer.

[@Oliver-fy6xy]

This is funny as people somehow forget that it's the exact method that Google used to get Chrome installed on computers during the days of Firefox and Internet Explorer! It was extremely invasive and most people would consider the methods malicious today.

[@RishuKumar-zo2hc]

Bro never ever ever think of keeping personalized adds on your Google account off it asap. Also great power move to block adsense altogether.

[@graysonpeddie]

Yeah if I'm going to have ads in my website (I don't because it will take away the look and feel of my website), I would create a separate Google account just for ads just as I did for Google Play and KZbin. But I won't and I am trying my best to de-Googlefy my life.

[@mauricevergeer]

about blocking ads on mobile, I use tailscale, have a server as exit node which uses pihole. On my android phone I can setup tailscale to use the exit node which runs through pihole. No more ads on mobile

[@ET.AIMusic]

You made me laugh so hard about the JS /TS joke. Kudos on doing your due diligence, I also try to eliminate as many 3rd parties as I can. Keep it up Chris. Love your content!

[@uByte2]

Unblock origin and Firefox will block ads.

[@Infinity_Ghost]

It does work on mobile, you have to download the addon​@tristen_grant

[@iloveopensource]

"I feel like I need to take a shower just saying the word JavaScript" 🤣🤣🤣

[@wolphin732]

If google wasn't a big monopoly... and was broken up so KZbin wasn't part of their ad system, but could choose the best ad system... and Google ad system wasn't allowed to run as a monopoly... but had competitors... then they would have a reason to vet the ads they permitted on their system, as otherwise they would lose the customers who show the ads to their customers for compensation AND the customers who purchase the ad space.

[@DaveSomething]

I used to run a tech based site and yt channel... goog ads loved to throw things in that were offensive to some, inappropriate to most, but mostly just not related. I killed it off years ago... I miss the income, but it wasn't worth it to me.

[@Staycalm2010]

It has got to a point were I don't notice ads anymore, its just background noise. While I understand that people do not like but I would like to know the reasons why. Most launguages were created for a specific purpose and they do it well.

[@chrischampion1120]

It sounds like you are trying to say he is doing it wrong, which to me is the same as if telling Michelangelo to work on his brush strokes as he paints the ceilings in the church.

[@Special_Ka]

Too much love for you Titus. You are my favourite hacker.

[@radimfoucek8765]

Chris, thanks for that. I must say that Google is just going to show us any ad just to make money. I have reported several times ads which were clearly scam and many people lost money clicking on these ads but they just replied that it is in line with their ad conditions. Shame on them...

[@toekneefurareoh]

The fact you are actually managing this and not putting it into autopilot is commendable. As someone who works in the advertising industry you will never win this battle.

[@johndroyson7921]

Yeah this is not the video I was expecting by the title. I was pleasantly surprised.

[@flarebear5346]

It sucks cause I have friends who actually want to advertise stuff for local orgs and charities and it has become impossible

[@nerminhadzimejlic1257]

Don't get me wrong, but this is the best video you've ever released. Congratulations!

[@ComputerGuyAndy]

Wave Browser contains malware. Two that I see commonly are fake McAfee pops up that say: your Antivirus has expired, offering a fake number to call. Another is the screaming Microsoft warning with sirens and a person yelling that your system has been corrupted, call Microsoft (also at a fake number). They're full screen vignettes giving the user the impression that the window is locked (like ransomware). I see it regularly. A simple browser reset will get rid of it but it's a pain in the ass anyway.

[@scootergeek1699]

I came here from your KDE Connect video. I never realized how crappy AdSense was for content creators. Thanks for your diligence.

[@AngelCosta]

Google Ads is one thing, Google Adsense is another. They are connected but are different services.

[@monad_tcp]

Google owns both because it's a monopoly

[@aymanbenbaha]

​@@monad_tcpThat's not a definition of monopoly. Google Adsense is the service from the seller of ad placements pov (in this case Chris Titus websites). Google Ads is thr service of the media buyer. So they're technically part of the same chain of "delivering ads" service.

[@AngelCosta]

I know that. ​@@monad_tcp

[@CocolinoFan]

Every time I hear people saying the internet won't survive without ads, I facepalm 🤦

[@edwardfitz-gibbon6484]

Absolutely agree. Some websites are impossible to browse especially on a phone. I just come out of them. Good for you Chris.

[@jasonk5979]

The ads on KZbin/Google are supper scammy. The products that aren't promoted by major manufacturers are at best money waisters. At worst to your property and your health. It looks worse than the old adverts in the back of magazines and newspapers.

[@wolphin732]

I'd have to disagree... there are lots of major manufacturers who make products which are money wasters... and are just designed to maximize their profits.

[@jasonk5979]

@wolphin732 I don't like any of them to be honest.

[@glmchn]

I am so glad this seems to be a direction more and more people are taking. Has the world finally had enough? Can we put an end to this mess? The entire advertising system-not just Google-is rotten to the core. It needs to change

[@pi_ist_toll]

I guess that's the market hole: secure, configurable and fast ad service!

[@uses0ap]

I was checking out the site before you mentioned the performance enhancements in the video. I noticed how fast & snappy it was right off the back. Great work.

[@XoaGray]

Google on the whole just seems to suck anymore, this is just one more bad thing on the growing list of bad things they're doing.

[@DigitalEntity]

I use pi-hole in the network, ublock on all browsers and brave browser for pc's and mobiles.

[@CptDallas]

Bingo. 👍

[@peterp4037]

I noticed not on the ads but some of the content the youtube AI recommends me. The AI knows I don't like it at all but they keep pushing some type of videos. It's like the AI had an agenda to promote some countries more located nordic like.

[@katrinabryce]

Same here. It keeps pushing me videos about how flat earthers are idiots who talk a load of rubbish. This is indeed true, but I am not at all interested in watching 30min video on the subject.

[@yahhasz555]

I used an adblocker for ages but I do feel bad for just consuming everything on the internet and the creators not getting paid, but that's just me.

[@graysonpeddie]

Same as well, although I'm concerned about safety and not seeing any malicious advertisements. I have Pi-Hole and uBlock Origin along with NoScript.

[@nixnox4852]

I want to say I'm surprised that google doesn't let you blacklist a domain/vendor and be done with them. But no, I'm not at all surprised.

[@KevKevAllen]

Google should use their AI power for good and have it scan all the ads for those scam visuals (can’t help where the ad leads) but it could at least stop the misleading visual part of the add that makes you think you’re clicking on a legitimate part of the website.

[@tombyrer1808]

I think there is an ad network that works mostly with tech newsletters; ask if you can show their ads.

[@mr.q3216]

Great video. Unfortunately Google needs to be split or gone.

[@Sr.V85]

just checked your website, man thats a fast loading page, great job!!

[@offHePaul]

I respect you so much for that, people don't realise how "pure" this action is :D Thx Chris Titus

[@thiagoassisfernandes]

perhaps changing from google ads to another ad provider, wouldn't say that microsoft is a good idea, but some smaller provider? sometimes they provide better stuff because they are smaller and although they might pay less, it probably is better quality ads

[@gmsipe]

Google 100% knowingly allows these ads. If they actually cared, they would allow creators to block accounts of the ad creators and not just whack-a-mole individual ads. Also, they would allow creators to specify strings (or better -- regex) matching content (including OCR of ad images). Such blocking would be *trivial* for Google to implement and they know it. It seems to me that this is an opportunity for someone to make an ad network with such better controls.

[@ianTnai]

They could just be doing the thing where they show you what you dislike/hate for the express reason that you’ll engage with it more. I don’t eat meat and they’ll show me meat ads (raw/bloody). The algos have learned to troll.

[@VorkKnightOfGood]

"what about people who are on mobile" DNS adblock is a thing, although I admit it has some caveats and not everyone is tech savvy enough to do so.

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

VPN via your own controlled exit node

[@DennisLymberopoulos]

Thank YOU. Sick of the internet getting harder and harder to sift through the bullsh**.

[@aymanbenbaha]

It's ironic how a creator meant to educating tech stuff and safe systems is being delivered ads of sketchy malware...

[@Minbedstekanal]

You are completely right Chris 👍 And happy new year to you 😊

[@Zaher24]

And now we want a full video on Why do you hate JavaScript.

[@PlanetMezz]

It's also getting more difficult to leave a comment on YT video using iOS. Ads in the way. It's terrible. I'm also old enough to remember when Google said and actually did no evil. Google and Microsoft and YT are out of control

[@House-Metal-Punk-And-Your-Mom]

evry cellphone apps are just absolute shit full of annoyances

[@Furtivexx]

You’re doing a good thing

[@hannonsb]

Brave browser with built -in adblocking is all I'll use.

[@calholli]

You can still use ublockOrigin with it too.. if you want

[@jerrygaguru]

Yep, found the same problem. I do remote computer repair and it just loaded my side up with Fake competition.. You may want to play videos you speak about Google and let Google listen to it because you triggered Google on the Google TV and you’ve triggered my Google devices three times.

[@Private-y4y]

I think you should have a banner at the spot and say "contact me to have your advertisement here" more manageable that way

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Chris. Happy New Year.

[@GameBacardi]

Someone need re-create web browsing again.

[@brianjones5705]

Love your tool to make windows usable. One more thing I wish could be added to it is that it would change windows passwords to never expire.

[@jonragnarsson]

Basically, google just let everything through, and relies on the adsense customers to filter it.

[@chregig7967]

I'm all for this, though how about trying to get some sponsors and manually integrating those into your site? Kind of like the Symfony docs do it. It's not intrusive and doesn't destroy the feel of the site, is actually relevant to the site, and of course it means they still get paid for their work, which of course everyone deserves.

[@bean_TM]

maybe try tailwind instead of boostrap. could minimize a bunch of stuff and make the styles much more flexible

[@MansoorBarri]

I was just contemplating disabling ads on my website

[@carlosdominguez3108]

I don't even understand how people browse the internet with advertisements enabled, it's a horrible experience. I block all ads.

[@Skurge00]

Happy new year titus!

[@jeremy7383]

Now I need a video explaining to my elder relatives on how to install an ad blocker and understand why they click on ads and what it does, because no matter what I tell them they don't learn. Regression I guess.

[@RubenEggers]

I just tried your site, and it is quick as thunder. Love this decision. No more ads. Wish to see more sites going this way. We should take back the web from ads and bots.

[@StaceyAyodele]

THIS is why I run adblock across the Internet and pay for KZbin Premium. I refuse to use the Internet without an adblocker. It's HELL.

[@Inventors_Toolbox]

Does adsense only allow blocking of specific ad's? Isn't there a way to block ad's from a specific company?

[@alzeebum]

Good on you bud. Remove them. The vulnerable people who don't have adblock are the same people who get fooled by the ads.

[@Niibiz]

Makes killer tools AND hates JavaScript. My man ! Subbed

[@tuneduptechie]

holy shit chris... your site has to be the fastest ive seen in a LONG time...

[@JB_magic]

Why don't you offer slots on your site directly to trusted vendors? I am sure some of your viewers would be happy to advertise on your site. I am sure you could implement and control it yourself, then you can control the advertiser and amount of ads on your site, and still get some bucks at the end of the month?

[@ifell3]

Google needs to take some ownership of this. Especially when they are all fake, this product is taking the world by storm etc.

[@Dhruv-qw7jf]

Amazing and really commendable work, man!

[@musicalneptunian]

early 2000s Bonzi Buddy wants to be your friend 2025 : Now Google makes Bonzi Buddy look good.

[@peterjansen4826]

This is one of the reasons why I use a JavaScript-whitelist. Another reason to prevent popups.

[@CptDallas]

Googles control panels are confusing for a reason. DNS HOLE TIME Pihole.. all devices done without extra blockers

[@khov]

Im a fan of your work, i never tryed linux yet, im always learning with you about secure servers, about websites, about windows, i just love all your work alot its hard to understand and many of those videos i feel like 10 min its not engnouf to teach someone dumb like me im just greatful for everything you do for me all these years, the win ultility is a masterpiece.

[@BlackenedDecay]

I mean you could let Google collect more data on you so it can show you more relevant ads by enabling a few things on the privacy settings but It is best to just block them... I block my ads on mobile and desktop so I don't ever get ads.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Same. Did it years ago so I removed ads on my site. Realising lots of people have adblock on anyway so was pointless. No one has sadly used my donate button though :)

[@onedaywewill]

I have never seen this on my PC. I also have KZbin Premium, so I never see any ads there.

[@StiekemeHenk]

Firefox and Ublock Origin is bae

[@xgui4-studios]

*best

[@wolphin732]

LibreWolf (Firefox fork with the privacy enhanced) with uBlock Origin is better.

[@StiekemeHenk]

@wolphin732 depends on your usecase.

[@pax0707]

Tailscale and local Pi-holes as DNS solve the ads issue for the whole family.

[@AndreTVOC]

just to say, all your videos show me on recommendation always expect this one