Best Woodworking YouTube Channels...

[onocoffee]

The adds, in all forms, have gotten out of hand. Not so long ago, they were really only on the biggest channels. Even then, they were quick and skipable. Now they are everywhere and getting longer, plus the in-video ad-reads, from the creators themselves. Initially, for the most part, they were at least related companies/products. Some do still stick to that, while others will push anything that makes a buck. Sure, it works, some make a very good living, but it's short-sighted. It will either sink their channel directly or spell the downfall of the entire platform.

I agree. Whenever I watch YouTube from an account other than my main accout, I find it maddening. Those ad blockers are a relief. I use them on my phone so whenever I'm reading articles, I get the "Continue without supporting us" prompt - and choose Hell Yes.

I wish I could give you a recommendation on ad blockers for YouTube because whatever one I have is excellent. There have been a couple times over the past two years where YouTube was able to defeat them - I then resigned myself to having to live with it. But whichever service I have, it took a couple days and then they were able to defeat the ads again. I'm unable to tell you which I have because I have no idea. I don't even remember installing it, which means it must have been installed nearly ten years ago since it was already there when i started producing YouTube videos in 2019.

I will watch all day long, without a single ad, and be completely impatient when I see one on a different account.

 

[Mini Me]

Using the Vivaldi browser will block all ads without an ad blocker as it is not Chromium based.

 

[ChuckS]

Yeah. The ads are totally out of control. Many news media clips start with ads that run 15 sec. or so, and some news clips are embedded with even multiple ads. I usually avoid all of them.

Since I never watch any long YouTube videos online, I don't have any problem with the ads (I've installed block ad on my Firefox browser for web popups). I download videos and then watch them without any ad interruptions, allowing me to skip or jump forward as too many of them are so long-winded.

Short-form videos tend to be free of ads, but they may carry other forms of potential ramifications, such as this: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heal...earch-short-form-video-consumption-rcna245739