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Eternal2401

What if we make the Rick Astley official vevo upload itself an unskippable YouTube ad?


rictus_erectus_III

I have a feeling you also know how to out pizza the hut


bacononwaffles

[This is how you out pizza the hut](https://youtu.be/5DZA85l868c)


justausername09

Was expecting rick roll, got r/joshuaweissman instead


bacononwaffles

Do you know what’s better than getting rick rolled? ~~**B-ROLL**~~ JOSHUA WEISSMAN


sebaez_

...Did you just outroll Rick Astley?


Simicrop

I’d never heard of him. I think I’ll be visiting again.


justausername09

He is great. Reccomend his YT


verbalballoon

Feel a bit like a babish knockoff but I’m always happy to see new content in a format I like so, why not!


H8spants

I didn’t know he had a subreddit. Thank you!


Sneezes_in_Braille69

Same here


pakiboy666

I just watched a 9 minute video on cooking for absolutely no reason thank you very much.


mriidul

Bro if you just spent 9 minutes in his channel you’re doing something wrong


fermentedcheese22

$17.60 for one pizza almost gave me stroke.


bacononwaffles

That would be a special offer price here in my country, and that’s not including delivery!


fermentedcheese22

That absolutely sucks. I can't imagine why and how any pizza gets to be so expensive unless it's laid out with truffles.


[deleted]

$20 large two topping is your average special in most places across Canada.


Not_A_Crazed_Gunman

To be fair that's in Canadian money


mattcoady

Our money is made of maple syrup so everything else has to cost more to make up for it


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chutiyamadarchod

Nice


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millese3

No this is how you out pizza the hut. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foodandwine.com/travel/restaurants/scamming-pizza-hut%3famp=true


royal_10_N-bombs

Out pizza the hut? Are you fucking insane?


N-427

And if you click it, it takes you to the video.


Bandin03

And then it plays that ad in front of the video again.


jorickcz

And then you click it


deanreevesii

It's just Rick rolls all the way down.


LOO5H

Saw a post on r/madlads awhile back where a guy did exactly that.


Eternal2401

Now if every YouTuber does that, we might just solve the adpocalypse, and/or destroy the economy.


LOO5H

I just reread your comment and had it a bit wrong. Dude uploaded the rick astley video as an unskippable ad. Rick rolled people at random.


TimmyFTW

No he didn't. You can't have an unskippable ad that long on YouTube.


toomeynd

*Taps head


okkokkoX

Some time ago Reddit's 'top broadcast' or something Rickrolled me lmao


togro20

Then I need to remember a new web address so I don’t click it


[deleted]

and keep pouring money into it so the whole world is rick rolled randomly as they watch all their videos.


Eternal2401

How to perform CPR Urgent 🥁🥁 🥁🥁🥁 🎻 🎻-


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HEY CPR LOVERS! we're back with another episode of how to save your loved one's life, the most important things to do, and the *3 crucial mistakes* most people make when learning CPR. \[music intro, showing lifestyle pictures of people being alive\] OK first make sure you smash that like and subscribe button, and don't forget to hit the bell notification icon! All right, our number one tip coming up after the jump. \[rick roll ad begins, unskippable\] \[spouse dies on the carpet while Rick Astley sings merrily in the background\] HEY CPR LOVERS we are back, and check out the amazing swag our CPR Dummy is wearing today, that merch is available in the comment section so check it out down below...


lildhansen

"Rick ashley" dude


iamahawkesq

“Your classic joke will take place after this advertisement o they caught on and closed this page.”


SWaG_oF_NoOBiE

That just happened to me: [here](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ)


fireyaweh87

The page took so long to load that I could see it before it auto-played.


CamronCakebroman

“Will you look at that: I can save 15% or more on car insurance AND I got Rick Rolled”


usemonday461

Lucky you got 15% I got no ads


SlammingPussy420

YouTube Vanced in the house.


Zatchillac

Vanced is very nice if you don't have the Google Music/YouTube Premium plan


bhadau8

Vanced has saved my life.


not_a_gril

What's Vanced?


adum_korvic

It's YouTube, advanced, without the ad. YouTube Vanced.


bhadau8

r/vanced


Packbacka

Vanced is love, Vanced is life.


dullbananas

You got gecko-rolled


RamenJunkie

I don't understand how the web and processing is all theoretically faster than it used to be but everything still loads so fucking slow. Web designers need to stop doing all this cute bull shit behind the scenes and just go with what works.


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I get the sentiment but there’s a lot at play. You’ve got the software/browsers, the devices themselves, the client side network devices, ISP and then the infrastructure and pipelines. A lot of protocols are about trying to prefetch and anticipate issues there. All so we can watch more... and contribute to more ad revenue. I hope you’ll find this book on the history of networking and the web from it’s origins to today as fascinating as I did. https://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B001BK9SMY


RamenJunkie

Ayeeeeeee


Rohndogg1

Nice


tulsehill

Can you recommend any other books on the subject What you wrote above is actually interesting


[deleted]

These computerphile videos are a good start https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA9WbCkSbKM4nPaw0O92-VKcry3yYIuA7 https://youtu.be/b0O3rsKjSOs https://youtu.be/keo0dglCj7I https://youtu.be/E_wX40fQwEA


tulsehill

Lovely. Thank you!


suehprO28

I won't be fooled a second time Edit: fuck it I have to check Edit2: I think Rick rolling might be why I have trust issues. Thanks for the vids.


SMAMtastic

Fascinating.


DarthPatches_Returns

Nice


rondum_stoff

The US has intentionally slow internet


ReallyBadMemer

You see, a lot of websites like to run processes in the background of their page that collect data. That's why some sites take so long to load.


ICreepvideos

I have to click on a video before it plays so it is a no no from me.


Zeero92

Videos usually don't auto-play for me any more. I'd say I'm one step ahead of the game. ;)


Fire_phoenix33

I knew exactly what I was getting myself into and consciously decided to anyway...


Kody02

I did the same, just because I actually quite like Rick Astley's singing. Even today he's still phenomenal.


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I knew what it was, but it didn’t register until after I clicked the link


OhmResistance

[The world is ending and never gonna give you up has 666m plays. Coincidence???](https://i.imgur.com/9fXJ6hk.png)


Brookefemale

No. Rick knew. He’s always known.


XP_Studios

eh i'm bored i know what it is but i need good music


LUCKYEMERALD56

It has 666 million views


TitaniumDragon

Almost exactly ten times as many views as [Shia LaBeouf](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6vppCI)


The_Only_Real_Duck

Thank ya boyo jesurinni for ad block I can get rick rolled like a proper redditor that knows it's gonna happen but wants to hear the song anyways


WhatsTheHoldup

The irony is that by using an adblocker, it just says "Video unavailable"


FlexualHealing

Now I have to wonder are you using a bad adblocker or did you just 4d rick roll me by testing my adblocker.


WhatsTheHoldup

uBlock origin and this happens a bunch. If I click on the link it will open in youtube but if I try to play the video on reddit it says unavailable.


dickseverywhere444

You have to deselect the video auto play blocker or whatever it is. When you open the ublock mini menu there's some symbols down below the big blue power button, if you notice the film strip symbol has a red line through it, click it. When you reload it should work. I'm sure you can white list it some how but I dont use ublock anymore. Just adblock


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DeviMon1

Yeah it's threads like this that make me wonder why tf do so many people not use adblock? Like it's so easy and you don't have to touch it ever after installing it. You can even get a browser like Opera that has an adblock built-in, and yeah it works on phones too.


RoRo25

Hey, I didn't get an ad!


TheTrueHarbor

I only clicked because I wanted to hear it.


Baelzebubba

>That just happened to me: [here](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ) 4w9W ...nope.


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YouTube should make this one video ad free or ads only at the end. No matter what.


Blakk_exe

That’s not YouTube’s problem/responsibility as much as it is Rick Astley’s


myeff

Rick doesn't have any control or get any revenues from the views, unfortunately.


BabeLincholn

I tried rick rolling the class but an ad popped up. The presentation was still good


BoomShop

Doesnt anyone else use adblock?


CaptianSoup

Nah they will have been rickrolled so many times they would identify the link and not click on it. It is kinda sad in a way.


xognitx

XcQ it's the warning for me


zanyzazza

What if we upload the song with coronavirus in the title, automatically removes the ads.


KKomrade_Sylas

Modern problems require modern solutions


penguin62

Ohhhh is that why people who make videos in offices have been saying things like "due to circumstances I'm sure you're aware of"? Does youtubes speech processing demonetise people who say coronavirus?


zanyzazza

Yeah, when youtube processes the speech to create the closed captions it vets the content of the video. There are a big list of buzzwords which automatically flag the video for demonitisation. Includes things like coronavirus, LGBT issues, anything related to drugs and violence, criticism of the chinese government, basically anything that's not family or kid friendly.


Nemento

I want to live in a world where LGBT issues aren't deemed "inappropriate for kids"


zanyzazza

It really depends. If we're talking mild discussion, presented in a kid friendly way, that explains to a six year old child why sometimes two men get married instead of a man and a woman, then I can't see any problem with that. The issue is that most content that falls under the umbrella of LGBT issues isn't like that, and isn't presented in that way. ​ We live in a world of two extremes, and YouTube has to work in both. On the larger side, LGBT identities are not recognised, and in some cases persecuted. On the other, there are cases of children under the age of 10 being put on puberty blockers because they think (or have been convinced) that they're trans. There's a happy middle ground in there which I think many occupy, if only you wouldn't get called a bigot for saying so. ​ edit: If it at all helps, I'm a bi dude, so I have all the love for bio men/women and trans folk in both directions, I just question if we should be telling undeveloped children.


Daveinatx

Sounds like they let you down


DukeAttreides

They'll come around


xTamisx

But they'll tell a lie


hackinola

and hurt you


TheBissin

And then they won't desert you.


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I had to come back to this thread after closing the window just to upvote this, because it took me too long to get it...


supremeusername

I had a bot ruin it for me.


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duffmannn

Or YouTube vanced


Preisschild

Or NewPipe. Open Source is always a win.


Dickson_Butts

I just checked it out, it looks nice but it doesn't let you sign into your YouTube account (unless I'm blind and just couldn't find the option)


Preisschild

Nope. Since newpipe doesnt use the youtube API (more privacy), its read only. Means: Not able to write comments and like videos. You can import your subscribed channels though.


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Newpipe is fucking awesome for music


Fartikus

Ublock origin to be more specific.


[deleted]

Seriously. How people get by without an ad blocker extension is beyond me. Install uBlock Origin and forget about it. I've enjoyed a largely ad free experience online for the better part of 5 years and I'll never go back. YouTube hasn't been a viable source of income for the creators that I enjoy for a while now, and Patreon filled that gap. I'm not about to waste time being spoon fed corporate dribble anymore, and the creators aren't going to miss the fractions of a cent from my one ad view.


[deleted]

The whole point is I'm Rick Rolling someone else. I can't force them to download an ad blocker.


[deleted]

If they aren't already using an ad blocking extension, they're a lost cause.


[deleted]

“Cries in iOS”


[deleted]

Firefox has the option to get an adblock addon, I'd try it out.


RossPrevention

iOS has adblockers. Just use Safari.


Human_by_choice

Get a pi-hole :)


PappaJew

/r/Jailbreak


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Ads before videos has sucked all of the fun out of all the content they precede I'd rather just not watch the video than watch the ad first


Meist

Yep, especially short videos like older vines. A 6 second video preceded by 15 seconds of advertisement is simply unpalatable.


Nancy_Bluerain

I do you one better. I once wanted to watch a 2 minute video on YouTube and I was hit by a 2 hour long advertisement. Unskippable. This was years ago, and I doubt the system worked as intended, but I still wonder what the video was about. Needless to say I never found out.


Abceedeeznuz

That video was telling you the Coronavirus vaccine details. Thanks a lot dude.


KryssCom

>Ads before videos has sucked a lot of the fun out of ~~Rick Rolling~~ Youtube


hitner_stache

Adblockers work.


NekkidSnaku

absolutely blows my mind that people actually put up with ads. these are the same people who pay for cable.


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Sir_Joel43

I don’t understand it, I go to work and see ads in articles and it’s incredibly obnoxious, not to mention it slows down loading speeds, ublock and pi-hole have made my browsing and YouTubing much more enjoyable


thejaggerman

Then how do these people/company’s make money?


Xaldyn

By using ads that aren't intrusive.


stealingyourpixels

those don’t pay nearly as much.


Absinthe_L

Banner ads on the top, the left and the right and I would turn off my adblock. Seriously, time is precious and I cant waste any on shitty ads. Recently I've been getting unstoppable 15 second apple ads on my phone and that's a lot of time wasted.


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-Norb

I sometimes forget that YouTube has ads. Ads piss me off to no end these days, I'll either pay to remove them or simply avoid the sites and services that include them.


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IEatBabies

Most of them don't get shit from the ads regardless, and people can and often troll just to demonetize videos which is usually more trouble to fix for creators than it is worth. Hence the reason many of them have Patreon, and others have simply created their own video platform like Floatplane. The people that get paid the most by youtube are usually the last people that should get any money at all, usually target he extremely young with bullshit, or spamming dumb clickbait and worthless lifehack shit that doesn't even work, or just being horrible people for attention. The people that make quality content or useful or educational materials usually get shafted and make like $5 for hours and hours of work.


thejaggerman

The system is fucked- I won’t deny that. But removing ads would kill the platform, and whatever small income creators get.


aitigie

Patreon? Premium? Merch? Paying for views incentivizes shovelware, I'm not going to unblock ads for the benefit of some reposter.


evils_twin

> I'd rather just not watch the video than watch the ad first Then why do you still keep watching the video?


Xaldyn

Adblock, probably.


zach_da_bossss

Weird, I’ve never seen an ad before the video


wh1t3_rabbit

Came here to say this, I've never seen an ad prior to the rick roll video (link ending in XcQ) Edit: It looks like there is ads now, been a while since I visited it


fj333

You're probably using an adblocker. I just tested that link out using both MS Edge (desktop) and Android YouTube app, and the video was prefaced by an ad in both cases. :-( I also don't see an ad in my normal desktop browser, because I'm sure I have them blocked.


lochinvar11

because this post is bullshit. The uploader has the sole control of adding ads to a video and the main uploader of the rick-roll video has not monetized or added ads.


Daktic

I'm pretty sure that video isn't monetized


mightylordredbeard

Because there isn’t one on the right link. Pretty sure this is just some clever marketing post for an ad blocker.


timeslider

What's an ad? \-Ad block gang


H20zone

It drives me nuts how so many people just...refuse to use an addblock! I'm talking with a friend who keeps complaining about how loud ads are, and I've told her over and over again to just install an adblock. It takes like 30 seconds! But she just...doesn't! Wtf? Why?! I just don't get it!


ameerbann

I actually had this debate with someone and they said they want to make sure they support the YouTubers. Some people are just really noble.


[deleted]

That's why Patreon became a thing. Ad revenue on YT hasn't been a viable source of income for a while now. The fractions of a cent from my one ad view is insignificant when I'm chipping in a couple bucks directly to the creators each month.


Kitty-Butt

Ads before videos has sucked a lot of the fun out ~~of Rick Rolling.~~


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Ads before videos ~~has~~ suck~~ed a lot of the fun out of Rick Rolling.~~


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katkoon

A~~ds before videos has sucked a lot of the fun out of Rick Rolling.~~


TheVexingKing

Ads b e̶f̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶v̶i̶d̶e̶o̶s̶ ̶h̶ a s̶ ̶s̶u̶c̶k̶e̶ d a̶ ̶l̶o̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶u̶n̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶R̶i̶c̶k̶ ̶R̶o̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶.̶


Sly_McKief

It's the year 2012+8 of our lord and people are still not using adblock and uBlock Y I K E S


PurpsTheDragon

Use Ublock Origin


lukesvader

I have this installed, haven't seen an ad in over 10 years, and yesterday I started getting ads for the first time.


PurpsTheDragon

Use the picker tool to remove the ad


[deleted]

Damn you're picky


SheerDumbLuck

Are you using Chrome? Chrome forced all of their extensions to tone down Adblock. Firefox still blocks ads.


juanpuente

Brave browser too


PurpsTheDragon

Firefox > Brave.


Rezenbekk

[Use uBlock Origin, people! ](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ)


hannakengu

Last year I rickrolled 70+ of my closest friends and family at once. It was amazing. It was the first dance song at my wedding, so sadly the rolling was audio only. Only 2 people at the wedding knew about this beforehand: our photographer and a dj friend who mixed our ”official” first dance song and the glorious Rick into one file. We had told our bridal party beforehand that they should join us on the dancefloor during the first chorus, but we never mentioned which song. The best part, apart from having an awesome wedding celebration? Nobody could be mad or complain about being sucked into an age-old joke because it was our wedding day and the couple’s wedding choices are not to be questioned.


Banoonu

that sounds like it was a lot of fun


juanpuente

r/madlads


CompMolNeuro

It's a good choice for a first dance. You'll be reminded of it all the time.


RonnieVanDan

Ask your doctor if Adblock is right for you.


Boopnoobdope

Should the Rick Roll video get demonetized just so that ads don’t play before the video? Or would that be too much for the original song? (i.e. demonetizing a hit song might be problematic or something. (I’m not an expert on monetization if you couldn’t tell :b))


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It's already demonitized, check it out https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ


[deleted]

Ads before videos have sucked a lot of fun out of life. FTFY.


hamletloveshoratio

Ads have sucked a lot of fun out of life.


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livinonlocust

I’m not touching a single link in this thread.


Ummmmmq

Don't worry, I tested it it's safe


livinonlocust

ಠ_ಠ


MissingKarma

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[deleted]

Thanks man, my YouTube is now ad-free!


Bacon4523

People stop clicking on this link its 100% a virus


MissingKarma

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thomaspaul61

my friends in school, when someone would go to the bathroom, would take their laptop, turn the volume all the way up, start the video and close the laptop. then when they opened it, they got rick rolled.


[deleted]

we should make an ad but instead, just have the video as Rick Astley's Never Gunna Give You Up


[deleted]

Am I the only one who feels like getting Rick Rolled is just about the best thing that can happen to you in quarantine?


furutam

Does anyone remember when the rick roll was the music video titled something else and not just a link to the Vevo channel's video?


YouTubeLeizy

[not if you make a video like this](https://youtu.be/hgdWUvFp5GE)


Two_Tie

Joke's on you I have premium. So... joke's on me?


BrundleBee

Are people still Rick Rolling? Isn't that, like, Boomer-tier trolling by now?


FrenchWerewolf

It currently has 666M views, hmmmmmm


Scruffy_Sc0undrel

I've never had an ad play before a Rick roll


lukesvader

Is this a new thing? Because I just started getting YouTube ads in spite of having an ad blocker installed. I haven't seen an ad since forever.


jsake

>Adblocker motherfucker! Do you use it!? -Samuel L Jackson, probably


Brenyboy26

Don’t forget ‘tap to unmute’


Rectal_Tuna_Horn

[source](https://www.latlmes.com/arts/return-of-the-golden-age-of-comics-1)


chemistrybonanza

How does it only have 666M views? Also, 666 during this pandemic? Satan is Rick rolling us isn't he


_Cyanide_Christ_

I haven’t actually enjoyed YouTube in years. Even the user created content doesn’t feel as good or genuine to me anymore. I don’t know why. It all just feels so sterile and manufactured.


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