Guess I found my new favorite VPN home
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2026
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You guys see ads? I think you're doing the Internet wrong.
I love how this is smug and offers no advice. Peak substack vibes
uBlock Origin on Firefox or Librewolf works, ~~or you could make a PiHole~~
Edit: Looks like PiHole won't work, still worth setting up for general use though!
Unless I'm mistaken, PiHole won't block Youtube ads because they're served from the same domain as the videos.
Well, shit. Comment updated.
Adguard won't work but uBlock Origin on Librewolf or Firefox works with at least the EasyList subscription (possibly Peter Lowe's too). You can also use either the built in tracker in Vivaldi (just go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Manage Sources) and enable EasyList/disable the Allow ads from our partners).
Vivaldi also supports MV2 uBlock Origin for now; it will say it's not supported but Vivaldi is fighting the removal of MV2).
I've had a good mix of filters and haven't gotten the adblock warning for Youtube (knock on wood). It's been a while since configuring but I think enabling Disable pre-fetching (to prevent any connection for blocked network requests and I'm an advanced user will help out.
I have all the uBlock Filters, EasyList, AdGuard, AdGuard/uBO – URL Tracking Protection, Block Outsider Intrusion into LAN, Online Malicious URL Blocklist, Phishing URL Blocklist
Pihole doesn’t work for YouTube, because they host the ads on the same servers as the videos. Blocking ads would also block videos. And uBlock Origin is a constant game of whack-a-mole, with YouTube constantly trying new ways to evade the ad blocker.
Hell, they’ve even started embedding the ad directly into the same video stream if they think you’re using an ad blocker, so it’s all one contiguous video that runs straight from the ad into the video you wanted to watch. Then they just block you from skipping ahead in the video stream until the ad is done.
So you’re still smug, and offering misleading advice. Peak substack vibes.
uBlock Origin is a constant game of whack-a-mole
No it isn't. Once in a while it stops working for a few hours, but I can't remember the last time that happened.
They started embedding the ad directly into the same video stream
That's false. Twitch does it, YouTube doesn't. You can use any alternative frontend like Invidious or Grayjay and verify this quite easily.
they havnt evaded unblock origin so far, its only they have slowed the start of a video for a few seconds. i would imagine theyw ould try to increase the starting time for a video overtime.
i think that is with twitch only, its very expensive to do, thats why youtube hasnt done it yet.
I've never had Ublock origin fail. Plus, there's Sponsorblock for blocking in-video ads.
Alternately, you could use an app that does it for you.
Finally, I don't know what substack is, but you seem like you're being kind of a knob for wanking so hard over a half-assed joke, even after getting the help you were complaining about.
You're probably using a chromium browser.
Nope, Firefox. YouTube does A/B testing for their ad methods, so what works for you won’t work for everyone.
I've maybe had a fail twice. Nothing a quick F5 didn't fix.
@mic_check_one_two
that's odd, I've been using yt with ublock origin for years with no ads, only the occasional video taking a long time to load but it eventually starts.
I also have pihole but don't get ads even when not at home, so ublock is definitely doing the heavy lifting
I understand the A/B testing thing but wouldn't that get to everyone eventually?
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/s for everything except have a great day, which you should have absolutely still have!
Install another browser like Librewolf (ublock included) or Brave. That's it, say good-bye to the ads, and not only in Youtube. In Android use Youtube Revanced. In Android TV (Nvidia shield, google TV, etc) use SmartTube.
And don't use the "ads-company" browser in the future if you don't like ads.
or Brave
Uuhhh, yeah, no. Don't do this. Librewolf – or really any Firefox browser, even with how Mozilla is right now – is going to be a lot better choice than the homophobia-and-crypto Chromium browser.
Unfortunately Firefox is also an ads company now, but still gecko-based browsers are the only good choice rn
I don't like the direction they're heading, but Firefox still works just fine with UBlock Origin, Sponsorblock, etc.
Yup! Just not immune to enshittifying
firefox got drunk on the google revenue stream and decided not to innovate away from google.
Android using waterfox with ublock, no ads on youtube or anywhere else
What unskippable ads? Havens had ads (or sponsor segments within videos) for a looooong time. Grayjay.app which has sponsor block included.
The biggest issue with Youtube is that it has no real competition, at least for traditional long-form content. They have no incentive to improve the user experience.
they found out the biggest revenue generator, is peddling propaganda mostly from right wing sources and RECENTLY ISRAEL pro-zionist agendas. drama, like from the big youtubers who are just producing slop for children.
At best they will code the restrictions in for users in vietnam.
At worst they’ll block it in the region.
It just comes down to what costs more for them. This won’t improve things in other regions.
Someone has to be first