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Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by propogandist on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @10:15PM (#29184082)
is there a reliable way to block YT ads with a browser add-on?

I'm using Ublock + Umatrix and still seeing a huge surge in ads across all videos.

Youtube is also injecting pre-rolls at the beginning of content I've uploaded to a new youtube channel that is not monetized (I have no interest in putting ads in front of my content)...so I have zero interest in supporting their ad empire.

Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by bhrgunatha on Thursday November 11, 2021 @02:59AM (#29185563)
Enhancer for youtube which makes youtube much better in my opinion. Ironically there is now a large, prominent sponsor logo on the add-ons settings page.

https://www.mrfdev.com/enhancer-for-youtube

Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by tester756 on Thursday November 11, 2021 @10:58AM (#29189360)
what the hell?

What are ads? Ublock Origin on Firefox on PC, here.

Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by propogandist on Thursday November 11, 2021 @11:24AM (#29189733)
are you subscribed to any unique lists? Ublock is the first thing I install and it's been on my machine for many many years, but the YT ads seem to be pushing through
Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by hasbot on Thursday November 11, 2021 @11:39AM (#29189951)
Ublock Origin on Firefox on PC here too and I don't see ads either, thank Zeus!
Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by heavyset_go on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:55PM (#29193689)
Are you using Firefox? If not, it blocks additional resources when compared to Chrome.
Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by propogandist on Thursday November 11, 2021 @11:38PM (#29196361)
I'm using a flavor of chromium, but have noticed no ads when watching of FF. It didn't click that Google made changes to restrict ad-blocking effectiveness on YouTube at the browser level; thanks
Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by tester756 on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:06PM (#29190292)
no, default settings
Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by travoc on Thursday November 11, 2021 @01:50AM (#29185162)
AdGuard on iOS or Brave on Windows reliably removes YouTube ads for me.
Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by 3np on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @11:45PM (#29184499)
Piped + Privacy Redirect