[swapfile]

>YouTube premium was probably the best decision I did. Amount of time saved on ads alone makes it worth it.

Why do you get ads? I don't understand how there are people on Hacker News that don't use content blockers. Is is because of principle?

[cryptoegorophy]

I barely visit sites with ads. And on my phone I have 1Blocker that blocks all the sites. I used to be very tech savvy and solved a lot of problems with coding/software etc, no I grew up and switched to Mac and iPhone and if there is a problem (aka YouTube ads) that can be solved with money then I buy it. I used to torrent movies but now I value my time more than money and happily pay or overpay to save any time that is wasted.

[recursive]

I don't use a blocker because the arms race leads to bad outcomes. I'm doing my part to postpone that as much as possible.

[YoshiRulz]

I've lived my whole life, just about, with an ad blocker in my browser, and I have yet to see the prophesised arms race. Maybe a dozen sites have refused to load the actual content, and of those only a couple asked me to subscribe (pay) for an ad-free experience (they were newspapers IIRC).

[nimih]

Blocking ads on the youtube mobile app (or even a mobile browser) is much more difficult than on desktop.

[swapfile]

Ads can be blocked on mobile devices with NewPipe[1], or Invidious[2], alternatively Firefox which supports uBlock[3] on Android.

[1]: https://newpipe.net/ [2]: https://invidious.io/ [3]: https://ublockorigin.com/

[tcfhgj]

It's not, FireFox or ReVanced does the trick

[steeler_train]

Use Brave Browser. It blocks ads for YouTube. You can even lock the screen and it’ll still play in the background (iOS).

[jamilton]

Uses the app on iPhone maybe? There's probably an app that bypasses ads though.

[swapfile]

Ah. I was forgetting people use locked down devices where content blocking isn't possible, or a hassle.

[nixass]

I think that's biggest issue in this thread. People locked down into their devices not even realizing there's relatively free-er world outside their locked-device bubble.

[cryptoegorophy]

Yeah. I use iPhone. There is 1block but I am not sure if it blocks YouTube ads since I haven’t tested.

[bobbylarrybobby]

It blocks them in safari (since it's a safari extension) but not in any other app

[Brusco_RF]

I just watch from the Brave browser, built in ad-blocker