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Can I make a Bluetooth button to skip YouTube ads on the computer?

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • YoFrodo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If youre using a browser to watch YouTube just use Firefox with uBlock Origin. No ads

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    • CapnClenchJaw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And SponsorBlock, and BlockTube.

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    • davidagain@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The duckduckgo week browser comes with its own YouTube player which is ad free.

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  • SolidShake@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do people not know of ad blockers anymore

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    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I thought I had Unlock and it doesn’t work anymore

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      • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        And you didn’t bother to look to see why. It doesn’t work on chrome, move to Firefox.

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  • tyrant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I do unlock origin on Firefox (or a Firefox fork) + sponsor block. The combination gets almost everything

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    • Infrapink@thebrainbin.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I use a dedicated video player instead of a browser. Quite a few desktop and mobile video players can directly play YT videos if you just feed them a URL.

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    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Same. It works crazily well for YouTube.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You could just use uBlock Origin on FireFox and they won’t exist at all to have a need to skip anything.

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  • Uri@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    On desktop Firefox+ ublock origin+ sponsored block.
    On mobile: Tubular.
    You won’t see a single ad not only no YouTube but also everywhere

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    • Asetru@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      On mobile: Tubular. Firefox+ ublock origin+ sponsored block.

      FTFY

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    • Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Freetube is great too. Its like newpipe for desktop. Lets you subscribe, have view history, and save playlists locally. Has sponsorblock and dearrow and is accountless.

      Sometimes breaks so have to go back to using firefox + ublock while waiting for update tp fix wharever youtube does.

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      • Uri@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I also use freetube btw

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    • QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      to add to this thread I use RVX (YouTube re-vanced extended) on mobile.
      I also use Seal (ytdlp UI) to download videos on mobile.

      I’ve also tried greyjay but it kept erroring out like every other week and id have to re-login every time. Also I’m not very interested in other platforms than YouTube.

      On desktop i use your recommendations, but I use Parabolic (ytdlp UI) to download also.

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      • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I thought RVX was dead? Did they bring it back? I’ve been using the normal ReVanced and it works great.

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      • Uri@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You may move to a newpipe or fork like tubular or pipepipe. On revanced, you are still running Google binaries. I don’t know how grayjay is for YouTube, but I use it for Odyssey. Pipepipe has some extra platform by the way.

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  • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, but that seems like over engineering a solved problem?

    And it would be rather tricky. The button would be simple; even a pair of Bluetooth headphones could do it. The tricky bit would be in figuring out how long the ad is and pressing the 10 second skip key the correct number of times and then pressing the skip ad button if required.

    Easier (and more secure) just to use an ad blocker.

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    • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I am sure at one point I had some auto skip extension in Firefox for this, but I don’t remember what it was.

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    • fizzle@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      On one hand I agree that today, the easiest solution is freetube or similar.

      However, this problem seems to become “unsolved” every other Wednesday.

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    • QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      sounds like a case of the xy problem

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  • BootLoop@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or is there a way to make it somehow auto skip?

    uBlock Origin and Firefox

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  • altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My suggestion is to not watch YouTube videos.

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you use Firefox, try this addon: addons.mozilla.org/…/youtube-no-disturbance/

    I’ve given up on uBlock for YT because frankly I was annoyed at having to update every two days. Silencing ads is good enough for me.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Been using uBlock for like 10 years.

      Very occasionally, like once every 2 years, youtube acts funky. I don’t even update. I just deal with it, and a day or two later it goes back to normal.

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      • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Idk, it kept breaking the site for me because of the arms race between YT and adblockers.

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      • gigachad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I can confirm this behavior. If there is a “race” between ad blockers and YouTube, I am not noticing it.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    why not just use ublock origins.

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  • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You mentioned you were still interested in a button.

    How are your programming skills, and what’s your current setup? Are you using a PC? Is there a specific reason you want a bluetooth button instead of, say, a USB one? Or even just using a keyboard shortcut?

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    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How are your programming skills,

      BASIC… Haha. In reality I know a little bit, enough to poke around and make a mess of things.

      I want it for my toddler, trying to see if I can get it to skip a video to a new one in a playlist.

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      • wildcardology@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        My two cents. Toddlers shouldn’t be exposed to screens too early.

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      • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Maybe look at Zigbee instead of Bluetooth. It’s meant for home automation stuff, but I think it might be easier to set up to perform an action on an input from a button.

        Or you can look at Bluetooth remotes but I feel like you’d have to create custom software to take the input and perform an action.

        That said, you can use ChatGPT or Claude to help you get started. It’s one of the things an LLM is good at. Tell it you’re a beginner and what you’re trying to do and it can help you through the steps of setting up and writing the basic app. Be warned, the LLM will eventually lose its way and stop making code that makes sense.

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  • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just use an ad blocker.

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  • urandom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Besides the adblocker workaround, there’s also flathub.org/en/apps/rocks.shy.VacuumTube, which is a nice way to use youtube without ads

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  • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Have you tried adblockers? They eliminate this ad problem, and you don’t even have to use a skip button.

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  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Install KDE Connect on your PC and Phone (supported on Linux, Windows, Android, iOS, Mac OS), pair them together, use your phone as a media remote controller for the PC.

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  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Pay up.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      OP: Can I get a button?

      Everyone in this thread: Use adblock

      This guy: GIVE GOOGLE MONEY!!!

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      • Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I answered the 2nd part of the question.

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    • spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean, I kinda get it. I hate ads but understand that’s the “price” I pay for content. It’s also gotten invasive to the point that the Internet has gotten unusable without an adblocker, so I do that too (if there were less I’d at least try to do my part)

      That said… You do know that the skip button was put in by YouTube? Do you really never press it? Or click the microscopic x to close an ad that’s in your way? Do you also go through the trouble of actually reading all of your junk mail?

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