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> Are youtube ads really unskippable No. I never see ads on Youtube on my own devices, and that barely requires any effort.

• Simon_says 6y ago
  I had to jailbreak my iPhone in order to not see Youtube ads. That qualifies as some (small) effort.
  • saagarjha 6y ago
    You must be using the app?
    • Simon_says 6y ago
      Yea, I'm using the app.
  • vackosar 6y ago
    Can't you use Firefox with uBlock addon on an iPhone?
    • olex 6y ago
      Firefox on iOS does not support add-ons.
    • deleted 6y ago
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    • AsyncAwait 6y ago
      iOS does not allow "real" alternative web browsers with their own rendering and JavaScript engines, so Firefox on iOS is forced to being little more than rebranded Safari.
    • Dahoon 6y ago
      No, the iPhone is locked down too much for this to work. Browsers in iOS are basically just skins on Safari/WebKit.
  • jannes 6y ago
    I use youtube.com (desktop version) in Mobile Safari and get adblocking without jailbreak. I prefer the desktop website because it lets me watch the videos in better quality than the mobile website. m.youtube.com seems to limit the maximum bitrate and/or resolution of the videos. Did anyone else notice that?
  • eitland 6y ago
    I use Lockdown in my iPhone. It reduces the problem for now although I already see YouTube working around it some of the time. As far as I understand it is a creative hack that use a local VPN server or something to block ads.
  • malnourish 6y ago
    I pay for youtube premium, or red, or whatever it was called, since I was grandfathered in by google music. No ads.