I took the time to setup PiHole at the network level, and uBlock Origin on my browsers, but to your point, I don't waste time trying to block YouTube ads on my

I took the time to setup PiHole at the network level, and uBlock Origin on my browsers, but to your point, I don't waste time trying to block YouTube ads on my Chromecast/GoogleTV (which is collecting data on everything I watch, not just YouTube, of course). I basically block the low-hanging fruit, but still get semi-targeted ads fairly often. But not quite to the extent I see described by people that put no effort into it, so I do feel like it has some affect.