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Thank you Google for breaking my YouTube addiction

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106 points ambigious7777 | 3 comments | 18 May 25 11:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.639s | source
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loloquwowndueo ◴[18 May 25 12:17 UTC] No.44020788[source]▶
The ridiculous amount of ads is what’s made me basically not use YouTube unless I really really need to.

On my computer I have an ad blocker which makes it more tolerable but then there’s the added friction of “ugh I have to go start the computer and sit down yadda yadda”.

I could pay for a mobile ad blocker so I could watch crap on my phone. But then again - it is mostly crap so why bother. Perfectly fine with less YouTube in my life.

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1. pbasista ◴[18 May 25 12:36 UTC] No.44020934[source]▶
You seem to suggest that you have a device which does not allow you to watch YouTube videos on it without ads. Is that the case?

The uBlock Origin browser extension removes all YouTube ads. It works fine on Firefox, even on mobile. With Chrome, it is possible to use the "lite" version of this extension that seems to block at least the YouTube ads without issue.

On Android, there are several apps which can do it, for example NewPipe or Grayjay. At least NewPipe works fine on Android TVs as well. Also on Android TVs, it is possible to use Kodi with YouTube and InputStream Adaptive add-ons which can also be used to watch YouTube without ads.

I would avoid buying devices which claim to support YouTube but do not allow watching it without ads, for whatever reason.

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2. loloquwowndueo ◴[18 May 25 12:51 UTC] No.44021029[source]▶
I have the YouTube app on iOS. I never found a way to remove ads other than paying (lol). Then again - I didn’t look too hard as by then I’d already realized 99% of YouTube content is crap anyway. Sure I could install a combination of apps that would let me watch ad-free. But at this point I’m weaned off - better off without the damn thing.
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3. -__---____-ZXyw ◴[18 May 25 23:13 UTC] No.44025011[source]▶
Absolutely. People waste their lives away watching it, pointing and clicking for the advertisers, but hey, at least they're more clever than the slobs watching TV, right?