But frankly, youtube has become unusable without some kind of ad blocker. I can't use ad blockers on my work laptop (security policy) and on my iphone and OH MY

But frankly, youtube has become unusable without some kind of ad blocker. I can't use ad blockers on my work laptop (security policy) and on my iphone and OH MY GOD i want to nuke the google plex in california every single day. I don't use VPNs. I used to use a vpn for work, but I haven't been on the company vpn for months. * I get multiple advertises in a single batch. * Sometimes I get the same advertising over and over again, particularly in long videos. * I get advertising for stuff i clearly won't buy (like bus-based tourist travel service in Ireland[1] where have no interest or plan visiting as a tourist) * I get advertising for products i CAN'T buy (some kind of chocolate brand they don't sell in Italy where I live -- Cadbury i think?) * Aldi advertising... In German, about German stores. I recognize the Aldi logo, I don't speak German. * I get advertising in languages (both audio and text) i don't speak (already mentioned German, but lately Spanish as well). * God forbid I open a video from a link that points at some second in the middle of the video... Some moron Product Owner has decided i MUST catch up with all the advertising i would have watched otherwise before i can watch anything past the custom starting point. Yesterday I had to watch eight pieces of advertising before i could start watching a video. * God forbid i skip something like a third of a video... i have to catch up with advertising first. * I'm getting A LOT MORE advertising, A LOT MORE OFTEN. It's unbearable. I hate youtube/google so much, with passion. It hurts me so much because I used to keep them in such high regard when both me and they (as a company) were younger. They're effectively bullying me into getting youtube premium. [1] Hey Paddy Wagon Tours, Google has been scamming you out of advertising money for months i think - Same happens for Cadbury I guess.