Set your vpn to India and buy YouTube premium there for like 1 dollar a month. Cheaper than adblockers and works everywhere

In what universe is 1 less than 0? I haven't paid one red cent for uBlock Origin.

Universes where your time isn't worthless? A low cost, fire-and-forget solution might easily out-value free.

I’m confident that installing uBlock Origin will be faster and easier than subscribing to YouTube Premium.

Until YouTube blocks you.

I'm really not arguing for any particular course of action but these options have real and potential time costs that need to be weighed against financial and mental load.

If you're using a VPN already, youtube won't block you for using an adblocker. At least, not if you don't use an account. I definitely spend less than a dollar a month in time spent keeping my adblocker working, I haven't fiddled with it in years...

Yeah, but does that work everyw-

> Does it still block ads? I happily used Vinegar before, but it lost that functionality when YouTube’s crusade against ad blockers began (I don’t recall if it just let the ads through, or if it triggered the “Ad Blocker Detected” pop-up).

It does. The experience is worse than it was a couple of months ago, though, as both YouTube and the blockers have to get creative. I think it’s engaged in the general cat-and-mouse game and occasionally I see YouTube’s anti-ad blocker screen, but usually it resolves after a day or two. Overall it’s still much better than out-of-the-box YouTube.

I don't see ads on YouTube, but I use both Vinegar and Wipr.

I've had some issues with it but it seems to be back working as of the last two or three weeks.