Ever feel like you are watching more ads than actual content on YouTube? Yeah, us too. Luckily, there is a free service you can use to bypass those pesky YouTube ads without installing any software or browser extensions and without all the time and expense of building a Pi-hole box – though that is a very cool and geeky project that we wholeheartedly endorse if you are up for it!
Yout-ube.com is an online service that allows you to easily bypass YouTube ads by adding a single character to the video’s web address (URL). Yep, you heard right – one character is all it takes! It even throws in a couple of bonus features to boot. Let’s take a look at what it offers and how to use it.
Key Features
- Ad Removal: The primary function of yout-ube.com is to bypass YouTube’s ads that appear before, during, or after videos. It does this by simply redirecting you to an ad-free version of the video at the Google-owned domain youtube-nocookie.com (see the WHOIS info here).
- Auto-Repeat: The service incorporates an auto-repeat feature, allowing users to play content on a continuous loop without any limitations. This is especially useful for music lovers who enjoy listening to songs or playlists on repeat.
- Full Screen: Videos are automatically played full-screen, putting the video front and center and removing the other distracting UI elements.
How to Use It
- Start with any YouTube video URL (the web address for the video you want to watch).
- Add a hyphen (-) immediately after the ‘t’ in ‘youtube’ within the URL. So youtube.com becomes yout-ube.com.
- Hit enter, and voila! You’ll be redirected to an ad-free, looped, full-screen version of your video.
So, next time you’ve got some cat videos to watch and no time for ads, add that dash to the URL, and let us know how yout-ube.com works for you.
Got any other YouTube hacks or tricks up your sleeve? Share them with us in the comments, and we might feature them on Defragg!
