How to watch youtube videos without giving views? possible solution?
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I have been looking for a solution to this problem because there have been many times where I don't actually want to support the people that create the content.
I think downloading the video and watching it works but that's just inconvenient.
Well I found this site called "ViewPure.com" and all you do is post the link in there and you can watch the video without incrementing the view count, there is also no comments, no related videos, no autoplay, and there IS a search function.
The site doesn't say that it ignores views its just something I've found out on accident. I encourage you to test it as well.
All I did was have 2 different videos open and playing at the same time (they must be your own video),and in a third tab open up real time analytics on your channel and you can see that there are views increasing on only one video as you refresh the videos.
Here is one unlisted test video of mine [URL]http://viewpure.com/unlisted[/URL] , the url is customizable.
Lastly if you have alternative/easier solutions please post them.
If you don't want to support them turn an adblocker on. I had an addon before that would add the channel name to the URL so I could whitelist certain channels but I can't remember what it was called since most ad servers are now blocked at the hosts file level - it would work the same as a blacklist.
Can also use [URL="http://docs.livestreamer.io/"]livestreamer[/URL] if you care about it still being a streamed video, or [URL="https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/"]youtube-dl[/URL] if you don't or live in a country with third world internet infrastructure that can't handle 1080p video like I do. Also allows you to have it decoded with a higher quality decoder than the browser uses.
That's not weird actually thinking about it, I'm not exactly happy if I'm giving YouTube's cancerous channels like Leafy and FouseyTube. But yeah, you'll still give a view but they'll won't gain ad revenue from it if you use an adblock, the viewcount is kinda irrelevant. Still, it's a little petty.
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[QUOTE=helifreak;50865841]If you don't want to support them turn an adblocker on. I had an addon before that would add the channel name to the URL so I could whitelist certain channels but I can't remember what it was called since most ad servers are now blocked at the hosts file level - it would work the same as a blacklist.
Can also use [URL="http://docs.livestreamer.io/"]livestreamer[/URL] if you care about it still being a streamed video, or [URL="https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/"]youtube-dl[/URL] if you don't or live in a country with third world internet infrastructure that can't handle 1080p video like I do. Also allows you to have it decoded with a higher quality decoder than the browser uses.[/QUOTE]
The [URL="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog"]Adblock I use for chrome[/URL] allows you to whitelist Youtube channels (it also puts the channel name in the URL).
Won't stop the view being counted, but it'll allow you to cut off ad revenue from channels you don't like, and to allow ads through for those you [I]do[/I] want to support.
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