edit: I swear google has some code that listens to background noise and does this on purpose
Why are got guys watching ads?
Seriously, I don’t get it.
You don’t have to watch ads on YouTube. Not on your TV, not on your phone.
most people have no technical capacity. also on ios you cant really do shit. android at least has firefox
AdGuard for iOS
People. What. The. Fuck?
Why does everyone freak out about the adds and not the level of brainrot this is. Like how do you actually function in your daily life if you can’t stop watching content for a 5min shower? I have ADHD but I feel like I am amateur attention span issues and this is competitive ranked grand master attention span issues
Yes I am judging and maybe even shaming you.
Okay not shaming you because doing so is negative and I genuinely hope you get better if you have attention span issue. Smooches on you
So I dont watch stuff in the shower but I do kinda HAVE to watch something to go to sleep. If I dont I cannot go to sleep or I sleep pretty bad because I kinda just go into a weird depressive mental state. I know its not good and it does need to be fixed. Im just currently NOT in a situation where I can get help on it so I use it to hold it as a temporary workaround for now. I do imagine other people have a worse version of this.
Can I recommend some music like Sigur Ros or something instrumental that involves less bright light in your face hammering the part of your brain that controls the “its daytime, stay awake” response.
I may be biased and ignorant cause I need pitch black and at most a fan one roon away to even run the chance of getting to sleep. Saying that if I have anything caffeinated after about 5pm I’m awake until 1am with my brain trying to make me kms, so I at least know how that one feels.
Thank you. I have tried Sigur Ros actually. I do prefer chiller content and darker if I can. It just needs to be something to distract and give my brain something to gnaw on
The subject matter is less important than the fact it’s beaming light into your eyes <1m away.
Even if you’ve got it on low blue light mode you’re still putting your brain through the kind of thing that was used as psychological torture by shady agencies since the 60s - keeping your brain active and exhausting yourself into unconsciousness instead of allowing your body the time to enter actual sleep is what’s making it gnaw on itself :/
Read an actual paper book instead of using a screen, get yourself into a habit of making a warm and sweet but not caffeinated drink so your body gets the signal of ‘now is the relaxing time’ at a regular time every night, and your mind will catch up to the routine.
Also dont underestimate the power of a decent meal a couple hours before going to bed (avoid eating directly before, because that’s a recipe for stomach pain and a bad time)
Speaking of recipes
Considering the phone is out of reach, it’s probably to listen to a podcast or music. Shower radios have existed for decades after all.
I mean, I do it, but I also spend at least 2-4 hours outside a day without any input from my phone. It’s more like, “I’m watching an interesting video, but I also need to take a shower, no reason to not do both.”
Agreed. Also taking your phone to the toilet is gross and using it at the dinner table is kinda rude
i feel like way more people should learn to meditate because this level of brainrot addiction is disturbing.
There are so many ways to watch youtube without ads. So. Many. Ways.
or you can use adblock on a browser, and not use the app.
use invidious ffs
and use ublock too
Why would someone watch YouTube in the shower??
For me, I listen. A lot of long form content is more like a podcast than a video.
It’s nice to watch something while doing chores. I have a TV and keyboard in my shower lol
The bathroom computer is truly the pinnacle of luxury
😭 <- me when someone uses ad-infested youtube.
- Firefox + uBlock
- Fennec + uBlock
- Grayjay
- Smart tube
Invidious
newpipe
PipePipe
Used to be on newpipe, but since updates were taking forever at times, switched to pipepipe. Hows the project now?
I’m using NouTube on Android via fdroid. It has YouTube and YouTube Music together in one app and automatically skips both ads and sponsorship segments. Basically free premium, at least on Android.
Have you been getting any error recently? Im on PipePipe and got this error 3 times today.
“Youtube forces us to wait 2 seconds before continuing playback.”
Morphe
I used to use VPN location settings and ad blockers, but I’ve got them on quite a few devices and that became a bit of a hit-and-miss ballache. So instead, I subscribed. Of course, they believe I live in India, so I pay about £2 per month. I do not live in India.
YouTube premium is over is the best services for the price. I get no ads in my car, my phone, my pc, and i get to give 5 keys to my friend and family to use.
Any streaming company that offers my an ad free plan that is reasonably priced I’ll support. I never want to go back to the days of cable where it was a paid service with ads. I’ll support the ones that give me the service i want. Ad free.
Also YT might be a soulless big tech giant with highly questionable ethics but they are literally a modern technological marvel with a how-to video on pretty much anything, niche and hobby content that “tv” and streaming would never touch and literally endless pure entertainment…
They are not now nor have they ever been a public service. Frankly its a minor miracle that in this day and age that they have a purely advertising supported option for access.
Newpipe lover here.
Who the heck is watching yt in 2026? ;_;
I got one of those phone cases thay you glue to your shower wall. Its waterproof and still works with my phone touchscreen. 10/10 can skip any adda
The FBI agent looking through the camera be having a field day.
poor guy lol
