Thanks ever so much, YouTube, for putting a "watch THIS video NEXT" inlay directly on top of the tee / ball for the last 20 seconds of the clip, obscuring the shot itself.

Damn omnipresent advertising.

/grumpyOldBastardMode off

I was so annoyed by this and wanted to figure out how to remove it. I found this reddit thread. No option in yt to remove them, but if you have uBlock (like i do) or Adblock Plus you can add a filter (listed in reddit thread) and it removes it from videos. Worked like a charm https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/5jkaa7/how_to_remove_annoying_next_video_overlay_at_end/?st=j79p9rk5&sh=5c529d77

(edit) Also as the reddit thread points out, it's the yt channels owner who decides to use embedded endcards.

Here is the video without the embedded encard https://youtu.be/onH-468lkqQ

@eric3579 -- Rock on! Sincere thanks for making me less grumpy.

Sorry, I changed the video.

Wow, you guys don't use ad blockers?

uBlock Origin here (same as eric3579 mentioned), but the issue wasn't technically an "ad", per se. I guess the YouTube terminology is "embedded endcard", which many channels use to promote other videos on their channel.

The uploader of the original embed did so, in spite of the fact that it completely obscured the ball, and largely obscured the kid's reaction.

So I guess I should have complained about it as "omnipresent (self?)promotion" as opposed to straight-up advertising. But anyway, @eric3579 's uBlock filter from that Reddit link worked to remove embedded endcards from all YT videos for me, and at least in my case I feel like nothing of value was lost by making that universal. Also prompted me to do google searches of reddit for other blocking scripts, with some mixed success. Found one that blocks all "sponsored content" on Slashdot (and works), and one that blocks autoplay video on fansided sports blogs (but unfortunately left the audio playing with no video window to mute/kill it in).


BTW, thumbs-up on changing the embed to one that doesn't have that issue, @Spacey (I think, although I guess with the new script I wouldn't know if it was still there). Wasn't intending to catch you in the crossfire of my bitching about it originally; I know it wasn't your choice to put that endcard in there.

Where is this "bad" video? I'd like to see that version.

Found it in my history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP3kHcTbX84

Had to momentarily turn off uBlock to make sure. FFS! Not only is the endcard annoying and obscuring, there was also a Thai banner ad (since I've got a Thai IP) flashing directly on top of the entire bottom third of the video, and another massive ad in the top right corner. How in the hell can the plebs that don't use ad blockers put up with this crap?! Drives me nuts.

Wow, even with my uBlock Origin enabled, that embedded video thumbnail showed up.

You have to add the below filter to uBlock.
www.youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element

I watched millions of YouTube videos and had never seen anything like this. Is it new? I wonder when the official subscriptions will add this blockage.