HOW TO SKIP All YouTube Ads FOREVER No AdBlock Needed!

[@SillyLlamaz]

Wow...Amazing traction for this video...I can't believe that there are so many like-minded individuals 😇😊😊😊 I will read every comment! Promise!

[@sferg9582]

WHEN ON THE COMPUTER, I will CTRL+R (Refresh) when I detect an AD and the video starts over. There are a few things you have to be watching closely at first, and one is paying attention to the length of the video time at the bottom-left. If the time shows something like 0:15 that means it's a 15 second AD and you do the CTRL+R (Refresh) thing and hope your video starts without the AD. If you get an AD in the middle of the video, quickly pay attention to the first part of the timer which shows the time point you are currently watching and do the CTRL+R (Refresh) thing again and this should bypass the AD, but you may have to scroll over to the point the AD interrupted your video. Sometimes you'll get a really aggressive AD and CTRL+R (Refresh) CTRL+R (Refresh) CTRL+R (Refresh) a few times in a row is what it takes. I wonder if this is artificially inflating the "watched" video count for the publisher every time I refresh the screen, but I really don't care, I'm not watching the AD's. Your mileage may vary.

[@cjlaity1]

Ads have gone nuts. I'll try to watch a fifteen minute video and it will be interrupted five times with ad breaks, and if I'm not sitting right there to press the skip button, some of them will go on for five minutes. Remember the old days of television in which commercials came on usually every fifteen minutes but no less than ten minutes? Imagine trying to watch tv with ads interruptions every three minutes.

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

@@sferg9582 Or you could just dl ReVanced or Newpipe or Brave Browser, or some other options besides those 3, and not see any of them, ever. Your choice. I personally haven't seen any for years.

[@JCPalace2391]

Just because I'm bedridden and ads get to my nerves I have to pay. I use a tablet to keep me going during the day...

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

@@JCPalace2391 There are other options. Such as Brave Browser and the ReVanced and Newpipe apps.

[@peterjohnston4088]

Do advertisers realise interrupting a video actually makes me hostile towards their products and is counterproductive. I can’t be the only one.

[@Mr_White_448_B]

No, you're not mate, I feel exactly the same....

[@SillyLlamaz]

Same here.

[@jaidee9570]

I keep getting a washing liquid ad that has a short 22 second version and a long 58 second version, I mute all the ads, but last time I went shopping with my wife, she reached for that brand (that she's been using since before she met me) and I told her I refused to buy it because of their aggressive YT ad campaign. Those constant ads pissing me off has lost them sales for life rather than gained them sales! Well done YT and well done Procter & Gamble.

[@Konrad-z9w]

That time when there was one ad skippable after 5 seconds was ok. Advertisers actually tried to make these 5 seconds interesting so people would keep watching.

[@meesoedontask5562]

Absolutely... I stopped using Gillette because of KZbin ADS not because of the shit they, Gillette, pulled with the Trans crap. I stopped going to Ace Hardware and Lowes because of KZbin ADS... Superbowl... KZbin ad wrecked that... Daytona 500 again KZbin ad wrecked that one too. SO MANY THINGS KZbin INSISTED I WATCH AN AD OF... I HAVE DUMPED SO MANY THINGS... GOOGLE BEING ONE OF THOSE THINGS... I use Brave now and DO NOT HAVE TO TOLERATE ANY ADS ANYWHERE INCLUDING ON KZbin. Now the only ads I see are on the sides of News Websites or ON BILLBOARDS ALONG THE ROAD... Occasionally on the WANNABE RADIO we have these days. Something else I dumped because of the idea WE WANNA HEAR THE SAME THREE SONGS EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES ALL DAY LONG... LIKE GET SOME REASON RADIO HOSTS/DJ's AGAIN AND LESS COMMERCIALS THEN KZbin AND THEN MAYBE RADIO WILL BE POPULAR AGAIN...

[@hdlivemodels]

Everybody stopped watching TV because there were too many commercials. The internet is now TV with too many commercials again.

[@igorpotocnik7231]

I watch TV, I have FW/RW and FFW/FRW buttons. I skip all adds and it's very useful when I watch long shows like UFC events, I skip all Mumbo-Jumbo and watch just fights, I even skip 1 minute rests btw rounds (naturally I don't watch PPV, I'm from Europe and I rather sleep and watch in the morning).

[@viksox13]

I tried watching Snowpiercer on Cable. Dear God the number of ads was insane. First time I've watched "network or Cable" in almost 3 years. I won't complain about 20 seconds of KZbin ads. at least not yet

[@Mrbfgray]

I never started watching TV because it's all garbage.

[@stormgear896]

And theren there's cable, afaik people moved to Netflix because you can watch all the videos they have there without ads and now they're attempting to add some ads somewhere.

[@imaginitivity7853]

Now I pay a monthly subscription for TV streaming and still get served adverts. The only way is down😢

[@terrorbilly1]

What gets me is when the vids can't load (buffering etc.) but the ad loads without a problem.

[@PitoVI340]

Facts

[@kzalesak4]

It's delivered from a different server. Video could be from anywhere, whereas ads are always local

[@samholborn]

Yep same here,😠😠

[@THE-RECKONATOR]

When need to take this to Congress! Net neutrality needs to be reinstated, equal speeds for all

[@donyiiovanni]

I've been saying this for a long time now. Glad someone else pointed it out

[@LetGaiaLive]

Ads are annoying. Ads that interrupt music videos, in the middle of a song at higher volume, makes my blood boil 🤬

[@RedGreen-Blue]

The fact they don't really care says a lot. If ads are hated by the 99.8 % of world population, who is going to buy those useless products? Nobody, then the advertisers will turn against google. Who is advising google??? Somebody who wants to see them bite the dust.

[@GhostWarrier00]

as a music guy myself i understand you 😢

[@ftniceberg874]

I usually skip EVERY ad...the creators I watch tend to constantly have their videos demonitized. It's unacceptable to run ads on content they demonitized and is shameful!

[@marklmansfield]

👍👍

[@fredfox3851]

I hit mute during every add, until I can skip it. They can make me wait, but they can't make me listen.

[@SillyLlamaz]

@@fredfox3851 😀😀 Clever!!!

[@LasradoRohan]

Yeah, cause the ads are obnoxiously loud on purpose, too

[@RaggedyHobo]

You don’t have to even watch for 5 seconds. Pause the ad. Count 5 seconds and go back and restart the video. It will play the video. You still take 5 seconds but only see 1 second of the ad.

[@SillyLlamaz]

@@RaggedyHobo wow, I'll try this 🥰🥰😇

[@collie8]

same here, I can't listen to that stupid voices nor "music".

[@vaiciciaku]

KZbin has reached the point where if its a short video and it starts with an ad, I skip the video altogether to not watch an ad. It feels too much work.

[@alphatucanaletsplay]

I've had ads that were longer than the video.

[@DMAC1301]

Yep.

[@MartinParnham]

This. Also applies if I only want to watch a small portion of a video.

[@alainaaugust1932]

If the topic of the video really appeals to you, zap off the ad, scroll down to Library on the left, click on your choice again. If they start with an ad once more, repeat. I’ve found sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t.

[@archie_4843]

U-block origin on computer browser. i tried KZbin on my phone recently... damn... unusable... its all ads.

[@AlexanderSamarth]

Every youtuber is missing the point. Not watching the ads is not about saving time, it's about ads being mind poison, it's like eating junk food for your brain. I do not watch ads on principle, I make it a point to never buy anything from an ad I was forced to watch unwillingly. People's subconscious are damaged and manipulated by ads and nobody seems to notice.

[@LorriBaker-pf9sx]

Oh I noticed all right it's why I generally don't watch broadcast TV or the news that is deliberately script written now there's a great video that shows 50 local news stations reading the exact same script about Trump and things being a threat to our democracy with misinformation yada yada yada and the planned for compliance and imprisonment test they put on us recently a couple years back the test of the emergency control system is I like to college another way to do it it's not about safety it's about let's kill you or control you or kill you or subdue and conquer you or about poison 4 your mind or poison 4 your body... U are an expendable commodity to them and they really couldn't get to shit she actually has a price value on your human carcass and I can't pull the number out of my head off the top but it's only in the thousands it's really sad as shit and you think about it 💯👀😶‍🌫️🫥

[@judica8873]

Spot on my friend. Ads are population behavior control using methods of manufacturing consent, doublespeak & various other techniques. This has been going on full force, no stops barred for decades & gives new meaning to herd mentality. Yup, yah spot on.

[@krisstopher8259]

i don't need their garbage, i can't afford their garbage, i don't wanna see the same shit 10 times a day or even once. the ad is boring anyway so i can't enjoy it at all and i shouldn't. it's like 100% impossible X3 that i would buy anything anyway, they're just making my life even more miserable until i reach a point of total mental breakdown

[@alainaaugust1932]

Oh we notice.

[@captainmoretokin2172]

yeah. and why can't they make a channel thats nothing but their ads? If your into ads then you could go to that freaking channel. I'm too old to be wasting my time with ads. If i need something i pretty much know how and where to go to get what i want. in other words ( listen up ad people) We don't need no stinking commercials!

[@philiphedley7430]

I already did exactly this and I suspect a lot of others so thanks for making KZbin aware of it. I'm on the verge of boycotting KZbin, ads are incredibly annoying. I find it hard to believe people buy stuff after watching ads but hey that's what the ad people want KZbin to believe.

[@majorhavoc9693]

I put my tv on mute, close my eyes and count down. I NEVER watch or listen to ads! NEVER!

[@GruntBurger]

@@majorhavoc9693 How do you know when they're over?

[@morrofv]

@@GruntBurgeryou countdown? From like 30

[@GruntBurger]

@@morrofv lol seems like a lot of work. You'd also miss potential "skip ad" buttons.

[@frenzyviz6296]

I do that with my ipad. I don’t know how else to do it. TV too.

[@lanabreeze]

I've been using this technique for a while, and it works. Over time YT keeps increasing the amount of ads and the length of them. It's ridiculous. Enough already!

[@toolate1776]

Extra tip: to prevent the video from going back to the beginning after you've cut out the ad using the remote control, you need to restart the video from the "history". In this case, there will be no additional ads, and the video will pick up where you left off.

[@mikedunn7795]

Some YT channels put the ad at the end of their videos-bless their hearts! You can then go directly to the next video without fear of missing any content.

[@Justin.Martyr]

​ *OnLy when my Boy, came Home from SchooL as a GirL, Did I FinaLLy Get Pissed OFF!!!!* *OnLy THEN did I Know that there was something WRONG with the SChooLs!!!!*

[@contessa.adella]

If I get ads, unless it is a vid I really want, I skip the vid. Companies should realise that a lot of viewers are so angered by forceful ads that they would never buy their products out of principle. Ads therefore not only fail, but REDUCE sales.

[@oka-yoke]

I think the ads companies also bully the vendors by doing brain damaging ads to force for yt premium not to sell the product. There is a corruption ay the ads companies. They must be investigated if they are making a cooperation with google

I did that but then they hit you with a full minute, they add up and punish you

[@priscillazietsman1300]

I have found that too. You can't skip the add and they give you two full adverts to make up for it

[@Cardulionax]

I've been doing this since KZbin ads started. I don't even care if it takes more time to skip ads I ain't watching them.

[@krisstopher8259]

lmao exactly. me too. but it's usually faster, like after 10 tries. 10 tries is 10 secs or 20 max. if i'm lucky it's 3-5 tries

[@DMAC1301]

Me too

[@jamesdolph437]

@@DMAC1301 also I

[@StarSwarm.]

I was the same but now I’m constantly getting served 1 min ad blocks. I just abandon the videos completely now if it takes too much time.

[@snowman2970]

Still pisses me off having to keep pressing to get rid of adds, I notice that thy are putting more ads on for longer and more often.

[@marikothecheetah9342]

In Poland there's a famous Polish TV station that has 15 minutes ads and people once wrote to them: why15 mins? They replied: because we can't do longer blocks... And we even created a saying: You want to watch ads and suddenly - the film happens. :D The funniest thing is people are mostly immune to ads and rarely buy anything because it was advertised.

[@MarioP9511]

Nowadays you should use replay to watch TV and never watch live, when ads start just press Fast Forward.

[@PhilHoraia]

I find it extremely annoying when there are ads during a LIVE. When I'm listening to someone speak, I WANT TO HEAR WHAT HE SAYS! I don't want to miss anything.

[@SillyLlamaz]

Exactly!

[@cschuh4695]

Even the news broadcasts about the hurricanes and tornados in Florida are littered with ads EVERY 4 MINUTES!!! It's uncalled for, and could [potentially] get someone killed...

[@yamil.343]

Good tip! KZbin doesn’t realize we all have a breaking point & there’ll come a time when people will start leaving.

[@stephenw2992]

They are trying to force you to pay for Premium

[@ABa-os6wm]

The time people start leaving is exactly where KZbin wants you. Maximal return.

[@Tangent360]

The good news is the complete lack of moderation with ads is making alternatives to KZbin become much more viable than they ever have been before.

[@IdahoMthman]

I don't buy any products from KZbin ads. Any ad is add to my blacklist

[@maggierioux6501]

I think I've been doing the same, though unintentionally. Now I'll do it purposefully thanks to your great suggestion.

[@fatillacing4131]

Same. I intentionally avoid products/promotions I see in YT ads. They are wasting their money and my time pushing these in my face.

[@oka-yoke]

Actually the advert companies are working for the google. They are not even trying to sell the product in the ads, but forcing people to buy yt premium

[@CC_Marauder]

💯 #FAlphabetInc

[@JCPKiara]

You have described exactly what I do...move to a different video, and even then, I find the clock starts at where it left off the video I was watching...so I leave the room entirely and come back, if I am interested in the video, I was watching, if not I switched KZbin off. KZbin needs to be careful, people are not going to stand for their manipulation.

[@pac1jpsnet]

My even lower tech method: for short ads, I just mute, look away, and detect when ad is done using peripheral vision. If repeated longer ads keep popping up despite back button attempts, I skip the video and click quickly on and off on other videos to punish the algorithm. Then, when I return to the video, the ad is almost always gone. A few rare times, I left a video altogether that was constantly interrupted. Since then, the ads seemed to have greatly reduced. I think the algorithm learned that the ads are a waste of time on me. Resistance that is NOT futile.

[@CCoburn3]

As you say, there must be moderation. If KZbin wants to drown us with ads, then we have to find a way to get around that situation. If they actually want us to watch the ads, they need to dial them back to something reasonable.

[@SillyLlamaz]

@@CCoburn3 exactly! 🥰🥰

[@MuffHam]

Not a single Ad or commerical has ever made me buy something.

[@grzegorzdomagala9929]

Not really - they want to drive as much people as possible to paid subscription. Ads aren't just revenue source anymore - they are tools of psychological torment

[@kevinsteinman8967]

@@MuffHam I have found if they have to advertise something then it's not worth buying to start with. A good product does get spread pretty well by word of mouth fairly quickly and rarely an advertisement for it.

[@CCoburn3]

@@grzegorzdomagala9929 That may well be the case. But they are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. SOME people will pay for the subscription, but relatively few will. People are not happy with KZbin as it is. If they are going to make paying for a subscription necessary to use their platform, people will find another platform. Why pay for a subscription to a platform you don’t like?

[@DazDaz105]

I remember when KZbin didn’t have any ads.

[@alanserjeant4947]

Greed never takes too long to rear its ugly head.

[@sharonlalli1414]

Why do I get ads for businesses that are from texas and im in the east?

[@MARYSSON22]

U and me both buddy!!

[@ravenlorans]

Or Bots... But they have been around since two thousand five. And when you mention this, the tube deletes your comment about it.. without warning, reasons, even comments with replies and questions to them.. or now exposing letter people in videos...

[@Fishfinder42]

Then Google bought it

[@HUNT3R737]

If KZbin can pay creators for ads on videos, why can't they pay me for my time for watching them?

[@em0_tion]

You're not creating, you're consuming for free. I don't like it either, but that's reality. You can start a reaction channel though. 😁

[@HUNT3R737]

@@em0_tion That's why I'll continue to use an ad blocker.

[@em0_tion]

@@HUNT3R737 Right on. It's like the only thing the whole world can agree on - we HATE ads! 🤣 I'm done! They've just made me switch to Brave. 💪🤷‍♂

[@archie_4843]

you get paid, in content, the video lol

[@em0_tion]

@@HUNT3R737 BTW, I finally switched to Brave and its built-in ad-blocking makes me feel REBORN! I can finally breathe without the annoying ads and the "Disable your ad-blocker now!" threats. 🤗😘👍

[@debralawson1299]

I've started doing this too, and it works! I like KZbin a lot, but I absolutely refuse to pay $72 bucks each month to get rid of ads! My rent itself is through the roof and beyond and I never learned the art of shitting money haha! There is no reason that the price should be that ridiculously high other than disgusting selfish greediness! Thanks for the video!

[@WanderingUkes]

It's only around $12 a month for KZbin Premium with no ads. KZbin TV is $72 + a month .

[@larryevans2806]

This works. Sometimes you have to start the video over but most of the time this works. I've been doing it for two months.

[@nirfz]

The worst thing with YT ads to me is that they increase the volume drastically over the videos. So for me mostly watching YT with headphones ads can actually hurt in my ears. Hate that even more than the time lost to ads i don't care for. YT existed before they put ads on videos. And it didn'T go bancrupt then...

[@oka-yoke]

Also spotify makes this. Musics at low volume but ads are brain damaging

[@dennisszejman6390]

More and more adds really bring down my interest in KZbin. This is what destroyed MTV after the 80s.

[@SillyLlamaz]

Yeah... I mean, moderation...30 seconds, I can deal with that. Right now...insane 😀

[@havable]

Really it was that MTV stopped being about music. The ads didn't help. But it became a reality show channel which is of zero interest to those of us who went there for music.

[@alanserjeant4947]

Shit music destroyed MTV after the 80's and first three years of the nineties. Then it all took a dump.

[@krl97a]

Static ads on pages that don't obstruct what you're doing are reasonable. Moving videos, pop ups, or forced commercials are obnoxious disruptions and I'm fine blocking them.

[@ravenlorans]

Use Ad Blockers in your "Tool" Section ( if Computer ) at top of screen and then under Add-ons and Themes. They are Free! NO, this is Not a Ad. I do Not get paid for this. Just letting people know..

[@allnightfright619]

As someone who has been doing this for a long while now, this method works.

[@peter-e2q]

Yes I’ve noticed!! Sick and tired of YT. I do not watch, hear, see, listen, or notice ads. Mute, & skip whenever possible. I do exactly what you do.

[@Marlboro-g1i]

Eventually KZbin will be like television where there is 3 minutes of ads. Their greed is huge, they don’t care about the people consuming their content they just care about $$$

[@MuljoStpho]

More than 3, isn't it? More like 8 or 9. Because for a half hour time slot on TV the actual show itself is typically about 21 to 22 minutes long.

[@vmzrieracb7]

That’s exactly what I’ve been doing with every video I’ve watched on KZbin for the last couple of years, it’s tedious but I’m stubborn and refuse to do anything forced upon me.

[@SillyLlamaz]

Same, feel ya! 😊

[@dannysubohms530]

Watching 2 ads before being able to see this 😂

[@SillyLlamaz]

@@dannysubohms530 🤣🤣 Oooh the irony 😀

[@thomasolson8417]

SponsorBlock and AdBlock ftw

[@SillyLlamaz]

@@thomasolson8417 Oooooh yes!!! 😀

[@mtamech535]

@@SillyLlamaz My premium just paid you. Kind of throwing a finger up to me here.

[@BillLaBrie]

Gotta pay the rent somehow.

[@Blueglitter73]

I'm already doing this method in the mobile KZbin apps I use, so it's nice to know that others have caught on to this!

[@moormoor4281]

Thanking you most kindly from England

[@donjackson5522]

The algorithm is hysterical. I just got denied access to a video because of my ad blocker. Never happened before. I hit the back key on the computer and this video comes up! Brilliant!

[@GoodOleDFT]

Ublock Origin and Ghostery don't have this issue with detection.

[@PlainTruth888]

Indeed, I did that whenever I find the ad is more than 10 secs, or being forced to see an ad with no countdown. Advertisers needs to know it is useless doing more than 10 seconds on youtube. Viewers skip them.

[@trixiepixie-sn6le]

@@PlainTruth888 anything more than 6 seconds and I'm outta there!

[@GMDBestBoi]

been doing this for ages probably saved days worth of skipped ads

[@SillyLlamaz]

Yup yup, it really adds up! 😇🥰

[@powerhouse884]

@@SillyLlamazMe too. Also you shouldn’t be making Videos over this cuz YT will definitely work on making this worst.

[@SillyLlamaz]

@@powerhouse884 yeah...I didn't think that more then a 100 people will see this tbh... 😀😀

[@Glitchyll5126]

​@@SillyLlamaz 💀🙃

[@sam-yt]

Yeah, i have dine this too on my tv when i got angry that the ads were a minute long and i realized it kept getting shorter until it was skippable in 5 seconds

[@dellcoc]

Advertisers need to learn that interrupting my show with their bs ad makes me boycott them. No matter the brand.

[@slightlyprofessional]

Another shitty thing they do is if you don’t press the skip button on the first ad, and then the next add comes on, you can’t skip that without waiting for the initial 5 seconds to lapse.

[@jagmarc]

Don't wait for 'skip' to appear, the moment ad tries to show immediately do back/fwd/back/fwd that skips waiting for the 'skip'

[@captainmoretokin2172]

@@jagmarc . That works, i do that all the time. Why? Because i hate ads.

[@jagmarc]

@@captainmoretokin2172 Wouldn't it be great if TV manufacturers included on their remote a play button that sends 'back/fwd/back/fwd'

[@captainmoretokin2172]

@@jagmarc Yeah where it would forward it back to where it came from. sending a message '' We don't need no stinking commercials''

[@jagmarc]

@@captainmoretokin2172 Actually, as far as I'm aware something like this does happen, the advertisers are able to find out in their impressions reporting that the ad they paid for was not displayed.

[@Sky1]

I was trying to listen to an interview on KZbin while in the shower. The second I got wet an ad came on and ran until I got out to stop it. Unusable

[@Re-PhantomZero]

A similar thing happened to me, i was listening to a discussion then it started an ad, the ad was an interview about something i don't care and it was 20 minutes, i've never seen a 20 minute ad.

[@alphagt62]

I saw an 8 minute ad about Donald Duck! It was a complete different video longer than the one I was trying to watch

[@SillyLlamaz]

@@Sky1 its the worst to close an ad with a soaked finger, that drips on your phone while you try to hit SKIP 😀

[@RaggedyHobo]

They do that type of thing a lot. If you don’t skip an ad you are able to skip the system assumes you aren’t paying attention and it will start feeding super long ads. It’s how they get paid for nothing.

[@johnparkhurst825]

Sell out content creators are sponsoring ads right in their videos Ag2, ebikes , microwave foods etc

[@eljaibas16]

Then theres the "Longer ads for fewer ad breaks in this video" (iirc) message which is a complete lie

[@Wazza555]

That message pops up yet there is still an advert every 6 minutes. SIX MINUTES. SIX FUCKING MINUTES. 10 adverts per hour. What a joke. I'm this close to never using KZbin ever again.

[@helterskelter9020]

Yes it’s utter bullshit

[@eljaibas16]

I'm glad I still can use Revanced Extended, and you should if you can.

[@Wichitan]

I usually use a variant of this but will try it. My favorite part is getting a 30 second ad in front of a 45 second video. That's awesome. I also like getting ads in the middle of music videos...

[@evilutionltd]

I regularly get served a 10 minute ad about the iPhone, a 35 minute ad about visiting some Middle East country and a 45 minute ad showing me people playing poker.

[@russellwolter5153]

Download the browser Brave. No ads. No pushing buttons. No BS. Brave.

[@thismeansWAR101]

I second this! Brave browser is great.

[@dlynn6180]

Ditto.

[@cheewawa4065]

You’re going to ruin it for us. Shhhhh!

[@SillyLlamaz]

@cheewawa4065 😀😅

[@soldjahboy]

Brave alone doesn't stop the ads. You need a few things to be completely good, but Sponsor Block will do the heavy lifting on the most recent attempt by SpewTube to force their brainwashing.

There is a special place in hell for the people who work and run KZbin and Google...

[@SillyLlamaz]

Indeed!;🤣🤣

[@diliupg]

No you're wrong. They have a separate hell.

[@jack-ch5lr]

Your cousin

[@JDDees]

I believe those SIMPLETONS help run it, they all look and act devilish!!

[@rolandhippe903]

Don,t forget Face book

[@Astrohurricane]

I do the “press back & then play again” on my Samsung tv too. Each video gets 3 attempts, if after the third time I still get a 20 second advert, I don’t watch the video and move onto something else.

[@MrDrSkittle]

I thought I was the only one who did this.. So glad to see others talk about it!

[@benjaminA.stantonpun]

If you watch KZbin on a phone or tablet, I am familiar with 4 basic types of ad skipping: 1) Keeping video browser addresses in your Notes and/or reminders using the dash method. 2) Jailbreak app versions of KZbin. 3) Ad Blocker apps on your browser. 4) The click & swipe method in the KZbin app. Every one of these methods has ups and downs. It is all a matter of preference.

[@Seed]

On your phone, click the shorts tab :D then click back to the normal page :DDDD

[@EvanPang-w4i]

Damn it works!

[@anon3308]

Please delete 😂

[@KuDastardly]

Shorts tab?

[@EvanPang-w4i]

@@Seed works on the iPad too!

[@RFire007]

I've been doing this for years 😂😂

[@crumblingsanity6455]

I never get the moral high-ground part with some people with them thinking, "If you aren't paying (essentially looking at ads) then you're mooching off the site" even though it's already pretty clear that: 1. KZbin ads themselves have already been confirmed to have malware in them, cause KZbin doesn't check the validity of these ads and don't seem to care what kinds they show you, so all it takes is one accidental click and you could be infected and you have to go through the hassle of trying to remove it assuming you know how too and KZbin definitely isn't going to take responsibility on that front. 2. The ads are just getting out of hand, they're everywhere, in videos, on your homepage (so much so that i have to make sure I'm not clicking on one), on your searches, etc. again it's a literal ticking-time-b*mb on when you will click on one of these. 3. It's slowing down the site a lot and because of these guys having to try to and block all the ad-blockers and what not, it seems like the sites quality has dipped, a lot of the time I come to KZbin now, I notice that at points some videos/thumbnails are having trouble loading so you just see black boxes or having to wait for the video itself to load as well, which is very annoying. 4. They're very intrusive to the viewing experience, people complain like we're having the greatest time without using ad-blockers when in reality it's a freaking nightmare to watch anything, it's gotten so bad that, once those those people that either complained about the "moochers" or just someone that just stopped using their ad-blockers for the first time realize what a atrocious experience it is without the ad-blockers, they just end up buying KZbin premium to get rid of them. 5. And speaking of KZbin premium, I also been hearing even with that, they're still showing those customers ads which is just plain disgusting and after all this effort to try to get everyone just to pay for premium and they aren't even giving you the major benefits of it.

[@SillyLlamaz]

Wow...very insightful and educational!!!🥰 1. I really didn't know this. 3. Experienced the same thing in Chrome, moved to Modzilla. 3. Yup, uaually banner type ones...I don't want to see ANY, if I pay for it 😀

[@mtamech535]

If you youtube can't make revenue, they can't continue providing service. People like me won't get paid, and we won't make you content. Make your list of who's it's and what's it's, but you're here because you like watching videos. This will dry up...ALL of it...if the revenue can't be made. There are no free lunches.

[@johnandrews9433]

You’re wrong there are no ads on premium at all 😂. Must suck to be that poor

[@decibel333]

​@@johnandrews9433No need to be a dick, Mr. Privileged. In all likelihood you haven't done anything to deserve what you have and under other circumstances would be destitute.

[@mtamech535]

@@johnandrews9433 dude, I’m poor, I have premium. It’s not about being poor, it’s just logical: if the creators I subscribe to don’t get paid, I won’t get videos. There are no free lunches.

[@inadad8878]

I think only 1 out of 200 ads I see interest me in the slightest. All of these people making ads for worthless products or scams and wasting time and money is mind blowing.

[@johnebrink342]

I discovered that 'Tip' on my own and it works!

[@Syomiti]

If you can't jailbreak or sideload your Smart TV, you can watch the video in an alternative ad-free YT client on a mobile device and then cast the video to your TV.

[@Syomiti]

As far as I know, KZbin also shows fewer ads on mobile devices than on Smart TVs.

[@masmainster]

I'm with you, I will stop watching a video if it has too many ads, or they are too long, and here's thing I never look at pop up ads either. I watch what I want to look at.

[@riccardoc1711]

If youtube goes on like this we will get to the point where the ads will be interrupted by a short portion of the video…

[@chill6789]

😂

[@toolate1776]

🤣

[@JDDees]

YT is well on its way of being a RELIC and AVOIDED by all!!!

[@kelstra1997]

There are ways and means to bypass their adds so they simply don't appear. KZbin of course are not Robinson Crusoe in this. Advertising has got completely out of control. I don't know about other countries but the amount of advertising in Australia used to be regulated. Not any more with the result that the most viewed television channel devotes 48% of on air time to advertising. Needless to say, I never watch that channel.

[@ohasis8331]

MS Edge has to be the biggest offender. It's just a continuous bombardment.

[@patrick4247]

I don't know why, but KZbin is showing porn game ads for about one year.

[@havable]

I bet they interrupt infomercials to make you watch ads!!

[@stuartellis2006]

I created my own software for all my devices like Adblock I’ve been doing this since 2019 and I don’t see ads anymore !!these adblocks don’t always work especially on your mobile device if you have the know-how you can create your own adblock and it’s not illegal

[@SillyLlamaz]

Wow...awesome dude!!

[@GTVAlfaMan]

I am paying $13.99 per month for KZbin premium to not watch advertisements. Is that what everyone else is paying?

[@cschuh4695]

Are you outta your mind??? Why would you pay them to delete ads that never existed 5 years ago... So Google (YouBoob's parent) is making EVEN MORE money from this scam... They're becoming trillionaires with their feet kicked up, drinking fat-cat martinis, screwing the finest call girls, and smoking super-crack all day...

[@JimmyRJump]

When the video starts with an add, click the "next video" button and immediately go back again and the video will start without ads.

[@tarwashsomeonestolemyhandle]

I'm going to try this. If it doesn't work I want my money back.😁

[@DavidDerrin]

I also have been doing this, probably over two years now. The ad agents or those responsible for putting up these time wasting ads are doing themselves an injustice, the more they do it the less likely anyone will pay attention, let alone buy their product.

[@gustavo13k]

Found this trick on my own. My wife always says I'm crazy for doing it that I'm not saving any time. But I ain't waiting a whole minute for a 3 minute video. Also, since youtube remembers where you left off, you can always press back and then click the video to continue watching. It is very tedious in 10 hour long videos

[@SillyLlamaz]

OMG dude :D :D My girlfriend told me the same thing for months, but today, after I mentioned this video was taking off, She has used it the whole day :D ( I said nothing to her... just smirked and did the friendly nod meme :D )

[@XrastasXonPLAYSTATION]

I like your honesty and you get straight to the point. You have a new subscriber mate 👍.

[@akanonymoss]

Iv done this for ages, although the last month or two on my TV what happens now is it takes me back to a refreshed homepage. I'd still rather go into library and start from scratch than be forced to watch obnoxious ads.

[@zmadhatter2340]

This is exactly what I've been doing for about 1 year with my smart TV and phone app. Works like a charm, but it does occasionally cause my cheap smart TV to freeze if I use this trick to skip ads on multiple different videos without closing and reopening the KZbin app first

[@AtomkeySinclair]

Back works. But just always canceling the video sends a better message. I will never watch ANY video... almost... if it exceeds 10 seconds. You know they keep metrics. Let it catch on. Make a video to advertisers telling them you won't watch to play.

[@markgibson7123]

An even stronger action is to completely leave the youtube platform, then come back to it. But that becomes a hassle.

[@AtomkeySinclair]

@@markgibson7123 That's great info. I wasn't aware of that. And thanks for commenting :)

[@RoselieMeredith]

A couple of days ago, a whole podcast came up in the middle of something I was watching-- a WHOLE podcast !! And businesses are starting to play 90 second ads ! And something I wish KZbin would do is play the ads in between whatever you're watching, especially music. In short, I will definitely try your method.

[@adamw7411]

Thanks for advice! What I used to do is turn on and off the video till it’s a short add that I can skip after 5 seconds, then close video, open the video again and close it when the add comes and then open the video again and the second add would be be gone. That’s how I would watch the first add but them be able to skip the second add. Adds really ruined KZbin. It’s just too much

[@MrCarefulGamer]

This is interesting. I watch KZbin almost exclusively on my laptop. When I get super long ads, I've hit reload on my browser after 5 seconds and, almost without fail, it gets me back to the video. I suspect what you do with your TV is essentially doing the same thing. Nice!

[@SillyLlamaz]

@@MrCarefulGamer Yes, exactly the same! Does your video start from the top, after midroll, or continue where you left off after refresh?

[@sferg9582]

WHEN ON THE COMPUTER, I will CTRL+R (Refresh) when I detect an AD and the video starts over. There are a few things you have to be watching closely at first, and one is paying attention to the length of the video time at the bottom-left. If the time shows something like 0:15 that means it's a 15 second AD and you do the CTRL+R (Refresh) thing and hope your video starts without the AD. If you get an AD in the middle of the video, quickly pay attention to the first part of the timer which shows the time point you are currently watching and do the CTRL+R (Refresh) thing again and this should bypass the AD, but you may have to scroll over to the point the AD interrupted your video. Sometimes you'll get a really aggressive AD and CTRL+R (Refresh) CTRL+R (Refresh) CTRL+R (Refresh) a few times in a row is what it takes. I wonder if this is artificially inflating the "watched" video count for the publisher every time I refresh the screen, but I really don't care, I'm not watching the AD's. Your mileage may vary.

[@christlevania5933]

This works for short videos. But what about 3, 1 minute long, unskippable ads in the middle of a long video? You either press back and back out of the video entirely, or you just deal with the ads.

[@mamatmatheaw3135]

Just select another video and go back to the video you were watching before. For me, this usually works for long video and also under 1 minute. But if the channel owner puts a lot of ads, then you can only repeat the action.😅 Edit: I forgot you didn't say what your device was. I use laptop, computer, phone and it's work

[@Sky1]

Same, and as a content provider even if I turn off monetization on my video KZbin will still play an ad. I like to release videos with no monetization for the first week so those who hit the notification bell and watch my video right away can avoid ads but that isn't the case so much anymore

[@priscillazietsman1300]

I remember when content creators could do that, or choose how many and when ads came up. But not any more. I listen to documentaries/podcasts while I am doing pattern design and sewing, and it is extremely frustrating when I have to stop what I am doing to first skip an ad. Most of the videos are about 40-50 minutes. I can deal with about 3 ads, but when they literally pop up every 3 minutes (I kid you not) I exit after the 4th one, regardless of how much I wanted to listen. And a new one - as if being bombarded with ads is not enough, some content creators insert sponsored content as well, sometimes more than one product, by the time they are finished I have forgotten what the video was about. No matter how much I want to listen to it, I am not even watching them.

[@Watchlist_Nominee]

watched, liked and now commenting. good stuff.

[@oztrekgelsoft8409]

Brother this works so well can't thank you enough 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@TheVicar]

An even easier way to avoid all ads, if you're watching on a computer and don't mind the resolution of the video being a bit rubbish, is to zoom your browser screen so one thumbnail fits nearly the entire screen. Then hold your mouse over the preview thumbnail and watch completely ad free

[@castleanthrax1833]

It's the same with your phone. They'll run the video while you're scrolling and looking for something to watch, so I just watch it on a smaller scale with no ads.

[@Spreadie]

Great - thank for ratting us out to youtube and giving them another loop to close. 🤬

[@SillyLlamaz]

@Spreadie damn 😀 I didn't think that far...Good news is that my videos don't get any views, so it woun't get picked up 😀 All good!

[@Seed]

@@SillyLlamaz ... it is getting picked up

[@gropatapouf5998]

Thanks I agree with the short attention span and moderation in everything we do

[@steely666]

Big gob he is

[@celtisafricana4984]

I've often run across videos where the forced advertising is longer than the actual video. KZbin is screwed by their rampant greed

[@calidingoVIII]

I love it when I wanna watch a quick silly 45 second video, and i get a 45 second ad....

[@JOHNNYCARROLL-f9e]

he told you he makes 35.00 a monthe from you tube.now you see how he makes it.

[@SillyLlamaz]

Total of 2200 EUR 😀 Jesus... sadly over now. Very few new views. So back to 35 🤣

[@BronyumHexofloride]

works on all youtube apps on TVs, been using this method on my chromecast from 2020 for years and its not yet failed to either skip the ads or provide a 5 second skippable

[@jernaugurgeh8110]

This is the same method ive used for some years . Well done. I figured it out and so did you brother 👏👍❤️

[@UraTrowelie]

I notice when I watch yotube on my TV vs my phone is that on my TV I see many more ads than on my phone, which is also way too many. One day Y T will be replaced by something superior without an agenda and doesn't censor speech. I dream

[@Romiman1]

Watching an average video, i totally quit, if ads appear. So I only tolerate ads in really well made and very interesting videos.

[@rick343]

I'm old and don't have patience for the ads I've been doing what you're talking about for quite awhile, but I still move on from a video when the host goes into trying to sell something, when they're just a few minutes into their video, and I get tired of clicking the back button, so I'm pretty much back to just moving on to another video every time an ad comes on, and yeah just recently the ads have been more than ever, long ones, click next and goes to another one, it's freaking terrible, but I refuse to watch them.

[@SillyLlamaz]

Exactly! Parience is also not my virtue 😀 And It's also unfair for the creator too to be "clicked off" due to KZbins tortureous ad policy 😀 I have done the same. Thank You for the comment too 🥰

[@josesolis4505]

Brother, I figured that out like 2 years ago...works like a charm...

[@rolandhawken6628]

I make a point of not buying anything that advertises on U tube just boycott all of them then they will add somewhere else

[@isbestlizard]

I haven't watched an ad on youtube (or in my browser) for like 10 years now. 15 maybe? Ever since firefox was released. Any web page with an ad is confusing... I see screenshots of peoples browsers on reddit posts and for a few seconds I read the ad thinking why are they showing me this.. then realise they're showing me something else and the ad just happens to be part of their usual experience. It must be terrible for people trying to browse the internet on a non-ad blocking browser :

[@SillyLlamaz]

Oooo yes! It's horrible on samsung tv...no way to block. Pc I use ad-blocks also like 10 years allteady

[@raphaeldelaghetto5343]

I've been literally doing this for years. It genuinely saves u many... many frustrating seconds. However, I didn't realize no one else knew this. I didn't realize i could have been a hero.

[@toolate1776]

Extra tip: to prevent the video from going back to the beginning after you've cut out the ad using the remote control, you need to restart the video from the "history". In this case, there will be no additional ads, and the video will pick up where you left off.

[@mjhombre88]

SmartTube. Trust me. Haven't seen and ad in years. Install on your Fire or Google device

[@EspinalPhotography]

My question is, who falls for these ads? Who is buying these services/products?

[@vegetablepolice1]

thankyou for this mate❤❤

[@1BSDjunkie]

I award this excellent hack with the golden metal! Awesome! Can’t wait to try it!🏅

[@tpop3723]

Been doing this for the last few years. Glad that I’m not the only one doing this too.

[@redacted629]

50 second ad? Ive seen "ads" that lasted equal to or greater than the content creator's work. In some cases for over 1 solid hour (ad 1 of 2). KZbin, Google and Alphabet are willing to lose creators for just being an ad platform, it seems.

[@Stormlywing]

Allow ads to keep youtube (FREE) worldwide - they mean More-Free-ADS everywhere not ( FREE ) sadly that a lie when russia can't access it meaning if they not paying for Ads because they in war

[@rickn501s]

You are correct in that when the ads are too frequent or too long I don't watch You Tube.

[@David-hu2zx]

This "trick" also works on Twitch. When an add pops up, refresh the channel or go to another, and keep doing that until there is no add. Kind of a wonk way to avoid ads, but if you aren't using a blocker (and hate ads) it's good enough!

[@hwertz10]

Spot on. I just recently installed ublock (like within the last couple months) because youtube has gone from a reasonable amount of advertising, which was often targetted to my interests; to harrasment level quantities of ads that are just whatever random BS. Man your technique is clever!

[@E.H.andrew]

On popular channels this doesn't work. They will continue to play a ad on every reset. Also this method is incredibly frustrating to me.

[@foxy2007b]

legend . great content keep it up king

[@SillyLlamaz]

🥰 Thank You

[@caribstu]

I've been doing the same thing for about a year and a half. Can't believe someone would be stupid enough to make a video about it. Now everyone knows KZbin will for sure fix that within the next month and stop it working. Thanks for that.

[@margyb7469]

He is not the only guy that has made a video about it. I learned this years ago from a Utube vid

[@caribstu]

@@margyb7469 fair enough.

[@missconduct]

Thank you so much....I DETEST ADS! God bless you.

[@westbccoast]

Thank you. I watch less KZbin because of ads, I go watch or listen to music on my NAS instead. The 60 seconds are stupid. I mute the tv if ads show up, so I refuse to watch but yeah annoying as heck, it's ruined the platform.