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Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (4 children)

On desktop: uBlock origin (Vivaldi or Firefox). On mobile: Newpipe and AdAway (VPN mode, or rooted phone).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Firefox + Ublock also work on mobile.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

On Android.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah, I kinda assumed the people who cared about these sorts of things wouldn't be using an iPhone.

[–] knobbysideup 2 points 5 days ago

On the TV, smarttube

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

On your phone (and other devices) you can also use a DNS adblocker. Less effective, but good for most people.

Mullvad.

Control D.

AdGuard.

ETA: This usually doesn't work on YouTube. Sorry for any confusion. Works decently enough for other ads at least.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

DNS filering alone doesn't work for YouTube in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

You're absolutely right and I forgot that for a moment there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Tv: smarttube Android: revanced iOS/ipad: youtube++