TL;DW - They do whatever Aaron tells them to.
i use ublock origin
reddit still good for something: Filter Lists–>uBlock filters–>uncheck the “ublock filters - quickfixes” box and then reload the page.
this worked for me
ad blocking works fine with this unchecked. from what i gather this particular switch is a recent addition per the ublock app update, which broke youtube ad blocking. i’m sure ublock will rectify it, but in the meantime this workaround works around it.
No problem, set your useragent to openai, boom no more advertisements. Every other video is some weird video about how great google is however. Strange that. (Note: this is a joke, not something that I tested and actually works).
Please don’t make posts to TechTakes that are just bare images without a description. The description can be simple, like “Screenshot from YouTube saying ‘Ad blockers violate YouTube’s Terms of Service’”. Some of our participants rely upon screenreaders. Or are crotchety old people who remember an Internet that wasn’t all three websites sharing snapshots of the other two websites.
If the Youtube player is giving you trouble, check out this Android App (alternative FDroid Repo) or the tool it’s based on (GitHub).
I need to finally figure out which client’s most stable for Kodi, cause even though I’m freeloading on a friend’s YouTube platinum account, the official TV app’s still an incredibly unpleasant experience even without ads
SmartTV is still a missing link for me too. A Kodi RaspberryPi hooked up via HDMI seems viable.
I wish I could just flash the firmware with a Linux and reinstall the Apps I need, but the whole ecosystem seems way too intransparent, and I’m not a passionate hardware hacker.
