Do you use adblock? Why? Why not?
Do you use adblock? Why? Why not?
I posted this question because I once saw a tweet that said something like:
"If you use adblock, you don't care about creator's point blank"
What is your opinion on this? Do you agree with them?
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I'm using adblocker and sponsorblock on all devices (phone, Laptop, TV). There is no creator I like so much that I would endure those nuisances.
I do have paid subscriptions as well as ongoing patreons for some to ensure they get at least some revenue, but third party ads/ads spliced in from the main platform itself will not be tolerated.
Teach me the way to use adblock on (i)phone and (smart)TV please, i have long abandond the idea to watch youtube on annything but a proper computer OS.
On iOS, adblocking comes down to installing two apps:
- For youtube ads: Vinegar, it's easily worth the two dollars.
- For other sites: Ka-Block, it's free #^-^#
edit: On Smart TV, it's a fair bit more difficult. For my Roku, I have an Invidious client called Playlet. It's not nearly as full featured as the official app, but it's the best I have right now.
Thanks! I just tried vinegar and it works quite well. Can even cast it to the tv ad free without getting the tv app involved!
I do have an old roku so i may try playlet aswell. Roku isn’t actually supported in my country though which i didnt know when I shipped one. Functionality and available apps are rather hit and miss.
Can't help you with iPhones, sorry. Never had an Apple device. You could blacklist known ad-servers through your router though, if that's an option (for home use, at least). On Android it's simple enough with this app: https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/releases
If your TV is Android based, https://smarttubenext.com/.
It's a native TV app that captures the original youtube stream and displays it completely without ads, and comes with a sponsorblock implementation as well. Works amazingly well and is updated about weekly.
Domain blocking won't work for youtube, they serve ads from the same domain.
At some point its gonna be easier to have a script auto download videos from subscribed channels and put them on my jellyfin server. The only reason I haven’t done that is that it will take lots of drive space and would need a system to remove videos periodically.