Revanced

there is mv3 version of ubo here:
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home

dunno how well it works on yt, though. i use dlp on a pc for the time or two a month i 'need to' look at a yt vid.

adguard's free browser extension is also mv3 compliant (for chrome). i think the old adblockplus (disable 'acceptable ads' and ignore offer to 'upgrade' to a paid version) is, too.

"Not as well as uBlock Origin" is the answer to that.

I got warnings to disable my ad blocker on my Chromebook recently, but did not get the same on my Linux desktop using Firefox.

I really ought to get away from the default software on the Chromebook (Firefox via Crouton or Android or something), but it didn't work well last time I tried.

I heard the graphics are really good. And the framerates extremely high. But there are mosquitoes so it's probably not worth it.

The latest version works fine.

Just like lemmy, yet here we are. Sometimes we need to waste some time.

I'm still self hosting Invidious... Watching YouTube videos without ever visiting YouTube...

I find funny, that after watching YouTube for not over an hour, my ublock icon already says >1k

Dunno, why learn to read, everything is already on the internet

️ And it works, I can confirm.

You mean like desktop backgrounds IRL? 🤯

I have yet to see my first ad on any youtube video.

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases

testing

Does that mean if viewing numbers plummet they won't roll it out? wink wink, nudge nudge!

I watch youtube on a smart TV where I don't have a way to skip ads. I know there are ways to do it, I just never implemented.

The experience with Youtube is getting so much worse. It used to be one ad at the start of the video. Then it was two. And now ads in the middle of the video. They are also so long! It completely breaks the narrative of the video and is so distracting.

All of this just makes me want to watch less Youtube, which is likely not a bad thing.

Link? Or just Google it?

I'm in the same boat here, I watch on my TV through a Roku and I don't think there are any options for ad blocking.

You could see if an adblock dns works, you dont even have to set up pihole for that (its just local hosted adblock/whattheheckyouwant dns).
If it makes problems you can set it to default or cloudflare or something

Setting another dns is in most cases just going to the settings and pasting a link

Edit: if you set the dns in your router it works at all devices at home

And thus we say fare thee well - U-Toob

Very likely - but that’s not going to happen. Some people will watch less, some will complain but keep watching the same amount, and the majority will just take it as a fact of life and not change their behaviour.