Stop Youtube ads

[Zio Di Roma]

What are you guys using for Chrome?

[Mr-B]

ublock origin works for me.

[CypSIdders]

"Adblocker for Youtube™", free from chrome web store.

Works if you watch via the website, doubt it'll work if you've installed the YT app.

[Zio Di Roma]

CypSIdders said:

"Adblocker for Youtube™", free from chrome web store.

Works if you watch via the website, doubt it'll work if you've installed the YT app.

Didn't know it was a thing. Thanks.

Amusingly, after installation, it served me a page with an ad on it. Which another blocker blocked. They just cannot help themselves.

[Griffith4ever]

AdBlock is still working for me on all three pcs.

Doesn't work when you cast as your TVs app takes over . I now dont watch YT content on the TV. Its that bad.

[illmonkey]

SmartTube on Android based TV's works well to block ads.

[ARHarh]

illmonkey said:

SmartTube on Android based TV's works well to block ads.

Been using it for years, works a treat until the odd occasion youtube catch up and stop it working. On the plus side it is normally fixed within hours.

[eeLee]

try Brave browser then look into Shields and content filtering for YouTube, it probably will also help.

[toon10]

I just use Brave bowser. Can't remember the last time I had ads pop up on YouTube. Nothing to buy, download and install or subscribe to.

[LuS1fer]

I vaguely recall that the DuckDuckGo browser offers an ad-free player but don't watch YT much.

[FlossyThePig]

toon10 said:

I just use Brave bowser. Can't remember the last time I had ads pop up on YouTube. Nothing to buy, download and install or subscribe to.

I use Brave browser as well. It doesn't get rid of the presenter spending time telling us about the sponsor of the video.

[ben5575]

toon10 said:

I just use Brave bowser. Can't remember the last time I had ads pop up on YouTube. Nothing to buy, download and install or subscribe to.

Yep, this is the answer. With Quant an anonymous replacement for google.

[Kev_Mk3]

Something I'd never thought of but now added

[spants]

use sponsorblock on chrome?

[thepritch]

I’m assuming there isn’t anything for TV’s (Samsung) ? We now tend to only watch YouTube and the frequency of ads are now frankly ridiculous.

So much so we watched channel 4 for the first time in a long time last night was a revelation!

[Griffith4ever]

illmonkey said:

SmartTube on Android based TV's works well to block ads.

Cheers - I assume I can't cast to it? The frustration with TV based apps is the nightmare of searching using the TV remote as a "keyboard"

[Xenoous]

Brave browser. Stock works perfectly. Otherwise Ublock Origin

[C69]

A YT channel I subscribe to recently posted that YT had contacted them to say the placement of automatic ads will soon be changing. Apparently, a 30 mins video can currently get as many as 10 ads placed (which I can believe).

The message from YT was a bit vague as to whether this would result in more or fewer ads, though. Hopefully it's the latter, because watching YT via a TV app without the benefit of an ad blocker is now a painful experience.

[Griffith4ever]

illmonkey said:

SmartTube on Android based TV's works well to block ads.

Nice one! Side loaded on my Sheild with "Downloader" - linked to my YT account and blissfully ad-free on my TV now!

[Zag_a_muffin]

Griffith4ever said:

Cheers - I assume I can't cast to it? The frustration with TV based apps is the nightmare of searching using the TV remote as a "keyboard"

Yes you can