ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoThose YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three monthswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square265fedilinkarrow-up1606arrow-down113
arrow-up1593arrow-down1external-linkThose YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three monthswww.pcgamer.comByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square265fedilink
minus-squareArghblarg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·5 days agoOn desktop: uBlock origin (Vivaldi or Firefox). On mobile: Newpipe and AdAway (VPN mode, or rooted phone).
minus-squareBilliam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoFirefox + Ublock also work on mobile.
minus-squareBilliam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoYeah, I kinda assumed the people who cared about these sorts of things wouldn’t be using an iPhone.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 days agoOn 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.
minus-squareCairhienBookworm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoDNS filering alone doesn’t work for YouTube in my experience.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoYou’re absolutely right and I forgot that for a moment there.
minus-squarewin95@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoTv: smarttube Android: revanced iOS/ipad: youtube++
On desktop: uBlock origin (Vivaldi or Firefox). On mobile: Newpipe and AdAway (VPN mode, or rooted phone).
Firefox + Ublock also work on mobile.
On Android.
Yeah, I kinda assumed the people who cared about these sorts of things wouldn’t be using an iPhone.
On the TV, smarttube
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.
DNS filering alone doesn’t work for YouTube in my experience.
You’re absolutely right and I forgot that for a moment there.
Tv: smarttube Android: revanced iOS/ipad: youtube++