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Why don't you install an adblocker, which will block the ads for you?

Some people are labouring under the misapprehension that adblockers are immoral.

I think a 25' ad for a 5' video is a lot more immoral...

I have one, not everything gets blocked.

Make sure you have these rules enabled https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png

This blocks all twitter/facebook/google/botnet widgets, other tracking elements, all ads, even those on youtube. Highly increases your privacy and browsing experience. I use these rules for so long I even forgot youtube has ads.

I use the latest uBlock Origin with the latest stable Google Chrome on Linux. I have the block lists above (https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png) enabled, and I'm still getting lots of ads on YouTube. Ads started appearing in 2018, it was fine before.

Any advice how I can get rid of ads on YouTube?

Sometimes I just pull up the youtube app on my iPad no ad blockers work on there. And if I'm making food, I honestly don't worry as much about the ad.

But a 10 minute ad for a 2 minute video? Even then i'll download the video just to spite the entire ad platform, thats insane.

Ah, ok. Try AdGuard, it works great for YT ads.

uBlock has youtube specific rules, check my setup https://i.imgur.com/S9pCwIc.png

Well, one or the other. I don't think it makes a difference.

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