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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by tiita@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

youtube getting more aggressive.. i've got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up

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[-] thatsthespirit@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Vinegar app for Safari on iOS/iPadOS/MacOS has a very clever feature that’s called “switch to ad skipping”. It basically deceives YouTube by telling it you watched the ads and the videos load perfectly.

Also, UBlock Origin on Firefox’s been doing an excellent job at removing ads from YouTube.

this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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