r/technology • u/Dilpickle2113 • 10h ago

Social Media YouTube is testing hiding the dislike button entirely and users aren’t happy

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-is-testing-hiding-the-dislike-button-entirely-and-users-arent-happy-3420822/
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u/Specific_Frame8537 9h ago

Damn, that's rough.

https://github.com/gorhill/ublock

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u/throw-away-exception 8h ago

Yup, between this and Revanced Youtube on rooted Android, I haven't seen ads on Youtube in years.

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u/annoyingashe 8h ago

Patching YouTube with morphe was easier and fixed the playback issues I was having with ReVanced recently. It also lets you use a more recently updated version of YouTube.

I still use the "reddit is fun" app patched with ReVanced, it's great.

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u/JWBananas 8h ago

THANK YOU! YT Revanced was driving me bonkers.

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u/Bassre2 8h ago

I still use the "reddit is fun" app patched with ReVanced, it's great.

Wait, there is still a way to use reddit is fun!? How? I though they blocked every other app other than the official reddit app. I hate that now they sort some comments by Live by default and there is no way to change it..

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u/annoyingashe 7h ago

There is a way. It's not exactly trivial to set up, or at least it wasn't for me when I did it with Revanced but there are step by step guides.

I suggest going to r MorpheApp and reading the stickied threads. You should be able to figure it out from there. (Morphe and Revanced are very similar to each other, but morphe is newer and more actively developed than Revanced; that's why I suggest it even though I used Revanced to get rif working. May require some troubleshooting either way.)

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u/jazir55 4h ago edited 2h ago

Does that way still work? For Boost it required creating a dev token which worked until earlier this year for me. Now if I try to create one the way it worked before it tells me to apply for a dev account to reddit so I can create the needed auth token.

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u/Hi_Trans_Im_Dad 8h ago

Wait...are you me??

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u/blacksideblue 4h ago

No, you're Dad

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u/Specific_Frame8537 6h ago

How is Morphe easier?

I've only used ReVanced and beyond the default APK site being absolute ass and riddled with ads (ironic, really) it hasn't been difficult as such.

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u/Other_World 2h ago

Unfortunately neither work for me, but since upgrading to a foldable 3 years ago mobile web works perfectly for 99% of my browsing. I barely use apps anymore, it's great.

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u/PregnantOrc 8h ago edited 6h ago

Don't even need to root the phone for it and its clones/derivatives nowadays. Just wanted to throw it out there for the world that the barrier to entry has been going down a lot over the years and is now about as difficult as a first time phone setup. If it has seemed too technical before it has gotten notably easier and well worth a second look.

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u/tightfade 7h ago

I didn't even have to root my Android for Revanced

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u/on_guard_for_thee76 7h ago

There are methods for removing ads on iPhone as well, people just want it done for them. 

Between pihole, Stremio, and Vinegar extension for iOS. I do not see many ads. 

If it is truly unavoidable, I mute my phone/laptop and put the screen face down. 

I will not be advertised to if I can help it. 

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u/ByeByeMiddleClass 6h ago

There are ads on youtube?! (tongue kisses ublock origin)

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u/JiggzSawPanda 2h ago

Had to move to YouTube Reseam. Revanced was being borderline unusable for me.

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u/crustyrobots 7h ago

I keep forgetting others experience the Internet without it.

This dog shit is seriously malware, anti-adware is a must

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u/mnstorm 7h ago

I only got ublock origin (or some other earlier program) when my old-ass laptop was starting to go so slow. I was thinking I would have to replace it very soon. Decided to try an ad-blocker and frankly my computer was good for another couple of years. I have never looked back to a life without an ad-blocker.

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u/metalflygon08 8h ago

Sucks that Youtube is getting smarter and will refuse to play if you have UBlock installed.

There is a constant arms race between them and it's a couple of days after YT blocks Ublock before UBlock finds a workaround.

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u/KrazyA1pha 5h ago

I've been using uBlock for years and I've never had a problem with YouTube loading. If you are, you may be behind on updates or something

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u/metalflygon08 3h ago

Its a thing.

Might be regional (in USA)

But it happens, usually right when YouTube updates.

It takes a day or two for UBlock to counter update.

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u/mr_oof 6h ago

Replying to come back after work 👍🏻

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u/xSaviorself 9h ago edited 9h ago

Youtube with this installed is throttled to shit on a lot of browsers now.

Edit: I never said don't use it, it's a dig at the browsers.

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u/William_Wang 9h ago

works fine for me

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u/xSaviorself 8h ago

Try with different browsers with uBlock origin and see the result. On Chrome it's slow as fuck, Firefox a bit faster.

Both work just fine, YouTube itself is being a dipshit and preventing you from watching the video while the background shit fails. Browsers being controlled by ad delivery services seems like a bad idea. This is what causes the delay for the most part.

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u/William_Wang 8h ago

Why would I go searching for a problem when I don't have one?

I use Firefox

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u/roachy69 8h ago

On GX never had a throttling issue, and Firefox haven't had one since the start of the year and updating uBO lists solved that problem. I'd expect it to be bad on Chrome, Chrome doesn't get full uBO.

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u/metalflygon08 8h ago

For me YT on FireFox will just refuse to play and display an error about detecting an ad blocker and then refuse to play until it is disabled.

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u/WOF42 9h ago

then you arent blocking hard enough, there are ways to stop that too, also i would rather literally watch a blank loading window for an hour than a single fucking advert ever.

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u/SirRolex 8h ago

I get teased slightly by my friends and family for the lengths I go to to avoid ads. I run ad blockers everywhere and I will spend hours troubleshooting why they are not working before I want to see garbage slop ads. It sucks as I really enjoy watching football too, but I cannot stand TV ads lol.

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u/finalremix 8h ago

"ha-ha, you waterproof your home. Loser! ... why are my feet wet?"

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u/xSaviorself 9h ago

Blocking has nothing to do with throttling you goof come on now learn the technology you're purporting to support.

Signed, someone who's actually contributed to the software.

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u/MyDickIs3cm 8h ago

I wish I knew where you worked so I could avoid their products.

The pages will try to load monitoring elements that can determine if the ad loaded or not. If they indicate it didn't load, it will hang you up and keep trying. You can see the number on uBo going up as it repeatedly tries.

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u/not_a_miscarriage 8h ago

He's not saying blocking ads throttled anything. He's saying when YouTube detects that he's blocking ads, then YouTube throttles him. Which is 100% the case btw

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u/xSaviorself 8h ago

He's saying when YouTube detects that he's blocking ads, then YouTube throttles him. Which is 100% the case btw

You're misunderstanding my response. I'm not saying blocking isn't causing the throttling sorry if my last response is confusing.

You cannot "block Youtube harder" to prevent it from throttling you and showing a loading spinner an extra 10s or more because it's YouTube doing the fucking blocking, by determining your browser and seeing what network connections fail. It's awaiting responses.

I'm agreeing that this is the case.

But what he suggested to my original reply is not something that works. That's not what he's saying at all, either. The "Also" in his statement is excusing the issue.

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u/baconboner69xD 9h ago

Honestly it’s more of a hassle than it’s worth at this point. Have to disable it every time you click a link to a website you’ve never gone to before. I almost wonder if a portion of comments mentioning it are actually ads.

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u/userrr3 5h ago

Have to disable it every time you click a link to a website you’ve never gone to before

Surefire sign the website isn't worth visiting.