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I just tried to look up a specific video of a Nick Swardson stand up bit. All I searched was "Nick Swardson loitering". There were 5 fucking ads before an actual user posted video, then one real human posted video that barely had anything to do with Nick, then 5 more fucking ads.

I knew they were forcing ads into videos but clogging the entire search feed with ads is unfuckingbelievable.

Is this really what it's come to? Ads are more important than what I'm actually looking for? Are people really okay with this?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (7 children)

From my experience, if you're on iOS then Brave is the only browser I know of that includes a built-in adblocker (although I have my own issues with Brave).

If you're on Android, should be able to just install Firefox (or a fork like Fennec), tap the three dots in the app > Extensions > uBlock Origin

If you're otherwise using the YouTube app, I don't have much to add in that respect as I usually use Invidious or NewPipe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Orion Browser also has a built-in ad-blocker that also gets rid of Youtube ads. It even has some support for Firefox extensions, including uBlock Origin.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Brave has agreements with some ad services.

Just use a good paid ad blocker. I have Adblock pro for years as a Safari extension and I never ever see an ad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Plenty of adblocker extensions on iOS Safari.

For YouTube, I’d recommend Vinegar, although the more general adblockers will also work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yes! I happen to already have a good blocker but I use Vinegar Extract for some enhancement.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can block YouTube ads with AdGuard in Safari as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

This is what I use. Good to hear it’s not depreciated on more modern versions of the OS that my ol’ 6S Plus isn’t able to run.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Does iOS Edge not have the adblocker? No Firefox extensions for iOS either?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

FYI Brave is about to start having issues with ad blocking due to the Manifest V3 shit since it's Chromium based

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

MV3 only applies to extensions. Brave's adblocker is implemented in their content filtering engine, which is part of the browser itself. This completely bypasses the extension system.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Does Vivaldi not have an iOS version? It's made by the original Opera founder that didn't go all crypto bro and paycheck advance scammer.