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Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 8 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

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

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Firefox + Ublock also work on mobile.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

On Android.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

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

[–] win95@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

On the TV, smarttube

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours 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.

[–] CairhienBookworm@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago

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