I recommend turning off the device completely when an ad starts. This not only works, but has improved my entire life.
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2026
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"unskippable" laughs in ublock/revanced
YouTube has ads?
Sincerely,
Ublock Origin User
I used to pay for premium a couple years ago because I still wanted to support the creators I watched, but ever since they started implementing AI everywhere and stealing peoples videos for training data I figured Google doesn't deserve my money no matter how small. I'd much rather watch with uBlock and spend that $20 I used to spend on YouTube Premium on the various YouTubers Patreons.
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Why still watching youtube?
Download your videos
Firefox and ublock origin.
Smarttube on android tvs/media devices.
A dozen ways to avoid YouTube ads.
Fuck YouTube.
Grayjay.app
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I buckled and just got YouTube Premium Family. Via India. For 4 bucks a month. For 6 people.
I needed a cheap music streaming service anyway.
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Yeah thats enough to push me off the main app, I was already annoyed by the ads, the fact they are going unskippable is a end gamer for me
I just wished there was a app i could load onto my tv and play the videos on there ( i have a samsung so suggestions welcome)
While cstom ROMs of Android TV do exist, Samsung does not want you to truly own your device and has locked it down. The only option I see is to use your TV as a dumb TV: hook up any PC to your TV's HDMI ports (I use a Raspi 5 running Ubuntu for that). The PC gives you full control over what you want to install, which may include an adblocker in the browser or free YouTube frontends such as FreeTube.
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Yeah, no.
Not even an acceptable ad. Burn this site.
Anyone got an app to sideload or method of getting adfree youtube, lg, android os or apple
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