web What irrates you about YouTube?

[ggg-2 3,552]

On 2022-10-08 at 11:14 PM, Sparklefan1234 said:

The thing that irritates me the most is when you have to scroll through the Youtubers stupid beginning or mid-video advertisements. 

"I know you want to keep watching this video but let me take a moment to tell you about..." SO irritating! 

Agreed. I came here for a video not an ad for NordVPN or Stamp.com.

[Splashee 28,560]

@ggg-2 And here is what gets more trickier: Those YouTube videos have made you remember the exact sponsorship (their internet address/names) and now promote them here on the forum (free of charge, without you getting anything) You see how YouTube manages to infiltrate your own defenses towards those ads?

[PastelBread 147]

Ads on every video and clickbait. Clickbait is SO FRUSTRATING. 

[Gale Wind 82]

The ads and the spam bots leaving links for adult websites in the comments ugh

[Gale Wind 82]

On 2022-10-08 at 4:49 PM, Balt said:

Copyright bs, COPPA, Horse fame.

What’s horse fame?

[Splashee 28,560]

The ability to read dislikes. Though, trusting in the "YouTube Dislike" plugin is shady, it does provide something to go on.

[PastelBread 147]

On 2022-11-09 at 2:17 PM, Gale Wind said:

The ads and the spam bots leaving links for adult websites in the comments ugh

Oh man I forgot about the spam bots!!! Those are also terrible!

[Splashee 28,560]

Moments ago, PastelBread said:

Oh man I forgot about the spam bots!!! Those are also terrible!

Yea, the spammers who use the YouTuber's icon and try to fool you that you have won something in exchange for your credit card, those are just sad! I was hit by two of those replies last week.

[Splashee 28,560]

Ohoho! This one is a classic:

 

Trying to change volume with the keyboard keys, just to move the video time line instead

[DubWolf 17,212]

The politics of it.

Stupid awful/inappropriate censorship, the algorithm, and also demonetizing people wrongfully. I wish they had a competitor to make them work for people.

[Clawdeen 12,189]

The ads are annoying. Especially when they’re in the middle of a video or a live stream.

[Shadowmoth2011 150]

On 2022-11-18 at 1:01 AM, Splashee said:

Ohoho! This one is a classic:

 

Trying to change volume with the keyboard keys, just to move the video time line instead

Oh I DESPISE that! It happens to me all the time 

Here's another thing that I've experienced: no longer does YouTube give you a five-second countdown before an ad starts. Nay, now it springs it on you out of nowhere. So I'm stuck being on my guard at all times in case an ad I DESPISE shows up. 

[Clawdeen 12,189]

It won’t let you translate comments in the live chat. Some of us were asking for a YouTuber to allow the option for us to donate. One of the mods responded in the live chat but it’s in another language. It would be nice to know what the moderator said in response. It won’t let me copy and paste comments from the live chat either so I can’t even put it in a translator. 

[misaokuser89 139]

not being able to have accurate captions, 2 advertisements in the beginning of each vid and the sponsors

[ZiggWheelsManning 9,750]

It's about to get worse @misaokuser89  YouTube wants an increase in uninterrupted advertisements  This will make the advertisers unstoppable.  

YouTube Is About to Make a Big Change Viewers Are Going to Absolutely Despise - TheStreet

[Fluttershutter 2,388]

When the ads get through my ad blocker so I have to turn it off, turn it back on again, and reload the video. Happens a lot lately! 

[Brony Number 42 10,057]

The auto play thumbnail view, but I figured out how to turn it off.

[They call me Loyalty 1,948]

Nothing. Also, I don't watch much content anymore. I feel old, and I just saw what an otter is capable of doing to a baby seal the other day. There is no hope for this world.
Also, youtube is full of influencers. So, it is just another kind of war going on over there. It's all the same under a different skin. Always instigating and causing bother.

So, I hope they can at least reflect on their actions and pray to the Lord for sincere forgiveness. The good Lord. Jimmy Bong. Bringer of weed.

Edited June 3, 2023 by They call me Loyalty

[Steve Piranha 29,413]

The excessive amount of advertisements. I hate listening horses or relaxing music like Serenity from Fire Emblem Shadows of Valentina, only to be interrupted every minute with damn ads 

[Theautisticrebel 304]

• COPPA
• The fact that we can't see dislike count
• The return of Elsagate
• Scams
• Censorship
• Hypocrisy

[River wisp 94]

Shorts. They are just TikTok in disguise 

[Fluttershutter 2,388]

So we all know by now that youtube is messing with the ad blockers.

Any ideas how to get around that?

[A mysterious air dancer 4,227]

16 minutes ago, Fluttershutter said:

So we all know by now that youtube is messing with the ad blockers.

Any ideas how to get around that?

I've been using uBlock Origin for a long time and haven't experienced any tomfoolery from YT. Ads get blocked and my experience isn't diminished. If I turn it off, then the ads come back, turn it on and all the ads are gone.

[Cash In 22,180]

Removing the dislike counter has to be one of the dumbest decisions they've made in recent years, but luckily you can restore that with browser extensions. YT has also gotten very obnoxious with ads. I understand that they do need to have them, but it's very frustrating when you get several unskippable ones.

[Sir Hugsalot 9,182]

I think search engine on YouTube is at this point completely obsolete. Maybe I do something wrong, but I feel like finding more "obscure" search results is almost impossible these days. Often I feel like search results are some random videos, not actual "search results".