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A comment on Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?.

Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by Bancakes on Saturday March 20, 2021 @04:19AM (#26521611)
Ublock Origin for HTML/CSS/JS ads.

SponsorBlock to auto-skip in-video ads.

PiHole for network-wide blocking. Or just add Energized hosts to your router's hosts file, I like Ultimate.

Or set adguard DNS in your router/smartphone/PC.

They really do work.

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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by spiderpug on Saturday March 20, 2021 @08:29PM (#26527147)
I have AdGuard as DNS in my home network and my FireTV's YouTube still shows ads. My phones too. Any pointers?
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Re:Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? by Bancakes on Sunday March 21, 2021 @02:37AM (#26528552)
It's a partial solution, sadly... Try youtube vanced or similar front-end changing apps.
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