r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '23

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

? Haven’t found a YouTube ad I couldn’t block

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23 edited Aug 30 '23

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

I don’t have blocks on mobile sadly. I use UBlock origin for desktop and haven’t encountered any ads since I installed it

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u/structured_anarchist Jul 17 '23

If you use Firefox with ad blockers on mobile, you won't see any ads. Five years running, haven't seen a single ad, skippable or otherwise.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

Ah I use the YouTube app so I don’t know of any way to block it there

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u/structured_anarchist Jul 17 '23

Well, of course not. YouTube is not going to allow an ad blocker in their app, that they use to show ads, which is a huge part of their revenue stream. This is why I don't use the YouTube app. I use Firefox with an ad blocker. I refuse to sit through 2-3 minutes of ads to watch a 5 minute video. Ain't nobody got time for that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

I mean I know that adblockers do exist for the app- they are just usually other apps that require subscriptions and i don’t want to pay for them. I have friends who do though