Lately, I've had to alternate between three browsers just to watch YouTube videos.
this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026
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I just use Revanced on mobile, or smartube on my tv
Did you try Firefox (Nightly) + uBlock Origin + Sponsor Block?
Even nightly doesn't seem to be necessary; I've used those for years without issue
There were some issues with uBO last week, likely due to A/B testning on Youtube's part. It only lasted a couple of days though.
Ten seconds is too generous
YouTube is like ICE. Gradually increasing abuses so people don't revolt.
After those ten seconds you’ll see a skip button, please click it so I can execute you.
Hey he's doing a good job. Throw out the guy who works for twitch my adblocker doesn't work there anymore
Twitch injects the ads into the stream, so any adblock will just see the stream coming from the same address and can't tell if it's the actual stream or ads.
yt is going the way of facebook with the slop everywhere. most of the suggestions are slop. good videos still play as usual for now. get a few pauses in place of the ads. no big deal
Ten exactly seconds, have you.
5 seconds .... As many for between an ad break
give me recommendations or she isn't feeling well