Comment on YouTube: 5 ads the norm now?
victorz@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m watching YouTube on my LG TV quite often. It’s not unbearable yet. There’s never more than 2 ads. Never more than 30 seconds in total, otherwise it’s always skippable. Skippable ads now and then.
It’s not great, but not terrible. I’m based in the EU for context.
jeanofthedead@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
victorz@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Does it sync with my other devices and YouTube itself? Watch history? Recommendations? Otherwise I’m not interested.
Stoneykins@mander.xyz 9 months ago
Sorry it won’t work for you, but I wanted to throw out for anyone else reading thing: smarttube does let you sign in and have watch history and stuff, yes. And smarttube can also be used on FireOS tvs.
victorz@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Cool, wish I could use it on stock OS. Sounds great!
Elektrotechnik@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I have an LG 55C8 and was able to root it (somebody figured that out last year or so). I don’t know if you still can root your model, but I’d look into it! There’s a patched YouTube app which incorporates ad block and even sponsor block! It single handedly prevented me from buying an Android box and skipping the TV’s smart features altogether.
Sprokes@jlai.lu 9 months ago
There’s a version for webos too. But lg patched the security exploit. There may be a solution but I didn’t check as I don’t watch YouTube.
thes0ls@lemmy.eco.br 9 months ago
On newer webos, you need to enable developer mode and then you can install homebrews (adsless YouTube, kodi and more), without the need to root.
The downside is that to keep the develop mode apps for more than 48 hours, you need to setup a crontab or an ittt job to connect to LG servers tô automatically renew the developer token.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 9 months ago
WebOS huh? Checkout WebOS Homebrew Project, they have a youtube player with adblocker and sponsorblock support.
victorz@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s pretty cool. I’m too scared to mess around with my TV though like that. Like I mentioned it’s not unbearable yet, but it becomes so I’ll just uninstall I guess, and cast LibreTube or something from my phone to my Chromecast. 👍