Re:Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android
by delecti on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @03:19PM
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In addition to incognito, also Chromecast. A Chromecast will insert ads before videos added to the queue by non-premium accounts. As a result I got a family account so I wouldn't have to watch ads before videos my wife enqueued.
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Re:Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android
by ryanlitalien on Thursday February 24, 2022 @10:23AM
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Wait, Chromecast is injecting ads?? I use casting weekly. Can you elaborate?
Re:Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android
by delecti on Thursday February 24, 2022 @12:27PM
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If a person with a non-premium Youtube account enqueues a Youtube video into a Chromecast queue, that video might play with ads when the Chromecast is playing it.
I should note that I've had Youtube premium on all the accounts in my household for a few years now, so it's possible things have changed since. My guess is that it would have only changed in the direction of "more ads" though, not less.