I don't hate them. I think 80% should go back to the creators though.
I'd love to know their cost of storing all the YT videos and serving them.
On desktop: uBlock origin (Vivaldi or Firefox). On mobile: Newpipe and AdAway (VPN mode, or rooted phone).
DNS filering alone doesn't work for YouTube in my experience.
You're absolutely right and I forgot that for a moment there.
EDIT: Not reading any of the replies, so enjoy your circle jerk.
Use the Brave browser and you won't get any ads. Glorious.
Never use a browser that aggressively advertise itself.
Yup, it's my backup if I need a chromium browser for something. I just don't engage with the BAT nonsense and it's about as good as a chromium browser can get IMO.
Firefox w/ uBlock Origin is my main though, mostly because I want to support independent browser engines.
Ublock Origin + Firefox fork :3
Also a good option, but I like that Brave's native adblocker works better without addons.
Still need a good strategy for blocking ads on my TV. Mostly watching YouTube through a Chromecast so I can control it from my phone
PiHole can mostly block ads on propetiary software
Not YouTube because the ads come from the same "source", so blocking that DNS would mean blocking the actual video, too. That's my week understanding of it, at least.
Same but I don't use YouTube I tend to use it for TV. Cast and forget cable TV for free.
I hate edge but edge also let's you stream from your PC to TV with no ads.
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