All the ads are a beating. The reads, the injected ads, all of it. YES WE UNDERSTAND they need to do it to produce content and pay the bills. YES it still sucks ass. NO the YT app is not a great option. I listen in the car via CarPlay on iPhone's podcast app - no CarPlay for YT.
The formula for OTF now is:
Listen to only one of Coffee or Livestream - it's all a repeat unless there is breaking news.
Skip the Babers/Shipley segments b/c Rod babbles the same "football investigator," "DBU," and Akina love things 5x over and over. Shipley spins the same tales of the old days again and again too.
Skip "Hump Day with Hills" segments unless you are all about sunshine pumping over the top fake enthusiasm - hard to believe Bobby pays for that.
Hit the :30 skip forward 6x at the top of the pod which gets you through the initial ad reads and the "tell us where you're at, tell us what you're drinking, and oh BTW super chats can interrupt the show at any time" disclaimers.
Whenever an ad read pops up midway, hit :30 second skip another 6x. Nothing you miss won't be repeated again.
With all that in mind a 1hr Coffee and Football can be done in about 20-25 minutes on 1.5x.
All that said, I actually do like OTF. I enjoy Gerry's recruiting updates, every once in awhile Bobby drops some behind the scenes stuff. They are at their best when they disagree and debate, wish they did more of it. For all the flaws it's miles better than any other Longhorn focused pod.