Got this reply from Google when asked over chat "Yes, you wouldn't see any ads that come with the video if you're subscribed to YouTube Red and watching it on a Apple TV."

Awesome, thanks!

Just out of curiosity, what are examples of inappropriate ads? Is it a subject matter issue?

Sometimes there are ads for alcohol or gambling on video clearly aimed at children. This is probably not legal in UK, and it's something I'm going to raise with regulators next year.

In general you should probably allow people to opt out of alcohol ads.

Or violent films.

It's weird that the film has an age rating; the ad has an age rating; the content has a much younger age rating; but YouTube can't see that many parents don't want an 18 / 15 movie ad on content they're showing to their children.

That's why Youtube Kids for the iPad/iPhone is nice. None of that. Does that not exist on AppleTV?

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Any ads are inappropriate for my kids (and myself, for that matter). It's distracting, misleading. There's zero benefit, only potential negatives to thought processes and attention. I don't subscribe to any ad-based services and make sure they have ad-block properly setup on any devices (on Android this means Firefox with uBlock).

And in general, stupid content is far, far more worrying than "inappropriate" content. I'd rather have my kids see some nudity than many of the "kids" shows out there.

Two specific examples: a Victoria's Secret ad, and one for a movie that was far too scary for young children to be seeing.

Depending on the age of the child in question, _all_ advertising may be inappropriate: children under ~7 tend to lack the executive function to differentiate between entertainment and advertising, and to reason about any agenda the advertiser might have.

Many television broadcast regulators limit the amount and type of advertising presented to children (including the very liberal FCC), and in some cases even prohibit such advertising altogether (e.g. the province of Quebec in Canada). So far, regulations have not caught up with the Youtube generation, even though many parents treat streaming media equivalently to broadcast in how it is used by their children.

VLC can also play directly from youtube.

If the YouTube app on Apple TV is made by and still supported by Google, then yes, probably.