This may have been discussed her before, If I missed it, sorry.

You Tube: More and more we are blessed with commercials. Yes, one can do the "skip ad". What makes it so bad is, that the commercials are usually far louder than the actual you tube content. (To a point, where people with a heart condition may suffer ill-effects because of the "sound-shock".)

Is there a way to get around this commercial BS altogether?

Thx & cheers.

I have bought a little USB infrared device that plugs into a USB port on the computer and have aimed it at my recliner. It hasn't remote control with which I can move a mouse arrow around the screen and just left-click on the "skip ad" when it comes up. The computer is across the room but I never have to leave my chair .

Sorry, but I don't think of it as commercial BS but rather as an essential means to finance what is an excellent service. Successful commercialisation of software apps is the key to their survival. Some software apps offer a commercial-free service for a premium fee but would you pay for this?

Firefox with the Adblock Plus extension blocks them so you never notice them.

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If you install adblock into any browser as a plugin, the ads will cease.

Be aware that you're taking money away from the content providers that make the videos though.

If you install adblock into any browser as a plugin, the ads will cease.

Be aware that you're taking money away from the content providers that make the videos though.

No you're not - that would be theft. You're simply depriving them of the opportunity to exploit the default functionality of your computer.

Arguably content providers are "taking money away from" consumers by artificially increasing ISP's bandwidth requirements (paid for by the consumer).

If you install adblock into any browser as a plugin, the ads will cease.

Be aware that you're taking money away from the content providers that make the videos though.

No you're not - that would be theft. You're simply depriving them of the opportunity to exploit the default functionality of your computer.

Arguably content providers are "taking money away from" consumers by artificially increasing ISP's bandwidth requirements (paid for by the consumer).

Arguing the definition of the word theft hardly makes it the appropriate thing to do. It's true, the content provider never had the money and you are simply preventing them from obtaining it. However your view is completely flawed.

Many content providers wouldn't make content if they didn't have some form of income from it. Making these videos takes time and equipment, both of which have monetary value for most. Stating that they're increasing costs to consumers from increasing ISP's bandwidth usage is certainly how ISP's would like for you to look at it. You pay for a certain amount of bandwidth already, be it 5Mbps or 50Mbps. The ISP does not increase prices based on how many people are using their system, they simply throttle bandwidth at a certain point (which is now illegal in most developed nations). The only way an advertisement hurts a consumer is through time.

Your argument is as moot as saying that there should be no ads on TV or newspapers because the consumer pays for the electricity of the TV and the physical paper. If there were no ads, there would be no providers, if there were no providers, there would be no service. End of story.

Even less convincing than Taylor Swift.

If you install adblock into any browser as a plugin, the ads will cease.

Be aware that you're taking money away from the content providers that make the videos though.

No you're not - that would be theft. You're simply depriving them of the opportunity to exploit the default functionality of your computer.

Arguably content providers are "taking money away from" consumers by artificially increasing ISP's bandwidth requirements (paid for by the consumer).

Arguing the definition of the word theft hardly makes it the appropriate thing to do. It's true, the content provider never had the money and you are simply preventing them from obtaining it. However your view is completely flawed.

Many content providers wouldn't make content if they didn't have some form of income from it. Making these videos takes time and equipment, both of which have monetary value for most. Stating that they're increasing costs to consumers from increasing ISP's bandwidth usage is certainly how ISP's would like for you to look at it. You pay for a certain amount of bandwidth already, be it 5Mbps or 50Mbps. The ISP does not increase prices based on how many people are using their system, they simply throttle bandwidth at a certain point (which is now illegal in most developed nations). The only way an advertisement hurts a consumer is through time.

Your argument is as moot as saying that there should be no ads on TV or newspapers because the consumer pays for the electricity of the TV and the physical paper. If there were no ads, there would be no providers, if there were no providers, there would be no service. End of story.

There were plenty of youtube videos before it became monetized, now its loaded to the hilt with crap, click bait, pointless soap opera and shock vids

If you install adblock into any browser as a plugin, the ads will cease.

Be aware that you're taking money away from the content providers that make the videos though.

No you're not - that would be theft. You're simply depriving them of the opportunity to exploit the default functionality of your computer.

Arguably content providers are "taking money away from" consumers by artificially increasing ISP's bandwidth requirements (paid for by the consumer).

Arguing the definition of the word theft hardly makes it the appropriate thing to do. It's true, the content provider never had the money and you are simply preventing them from obtaining it. However your view is completely flawed.

Many content providers wouldn't make content if they didn't have some form of income from it. Making these videos takes time and equipment, both of which have monetary value for most. Stating that they're increasing costs to consumers from increasing ISP's bandwidth usage is certainly how ISP's would like for you to look at it. You pay for a certain amount of bandwidth already, be it 5Mbps or 50Mbps. The ISP does not increase prices based on how many people are using their system, they simply throttle bandwidth at a certain point (which is now illegal in most developed nations). The only way an advertisement hurts a consumer is through time.

Your argument is as moot as saying that there should be no ads on TV or newspapers because the consumer pays for the electricity of the TV and the physical paper. If there were no ads, there would be no providers, if there were no providers, there would be no service. End of story.

There were plenty of youtube videos before it became monetized, now its loaded to the hilt with crap, click bait, pointless soap opera and shock vids

You're right, there were plenty of videos that consisted of peoples vacations and random videos they thought were interesting. If you were looking for something well produced, you weren't going to find it. BuzzFeed, RetroGameTV, etc. etc. All would be non-existent if they weren't making some financial gains.