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I will never pay for YouTube Red. When an unskippable ad starts playing, I just look away. Most of the time, I realize that I'm wasting time watching idiotic Yo

I will never pay for YouTube Red. When an unskippable ad starts playing, I just look away. Most of the time, I realize that I'm wasting time watching idiotic YouTube content, and I quit the app. In this, they're actually lessening my addiction to their platform in that they're giving me a break to consider if I should keep watching or not.

kogepathic 9y ago
> When an unskippable ad starts playing, I just look away. Does uBlock Origin block YouTube ads? I'm asking because it's been years since I saw/was forced to watch a video ad on YouTube. Sure, there are occasionally the banner ads at specific times in the videos, but no video ads. So either the channels I watch have somehow opte out of video ads, or uBlock is taking care of them? Or maybe this is a geographic thing and YouTube in Germany doesn't show video ads? Anyway, if you have Android and want to watch on mobile, I highly recommend NewPipe (F-Droid). Lets you: watch, listen, download, repeat YouTube videos and I've never seen an ad in it. Really awesome app!
- lucasverra 9y ago
  It does block YT video ads, not banners