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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Just ditch Youtube

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I switched to using invidious, haven't looked back

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Same, but I'm on NewPipe on mobile and uBlock Origin on Firefox on desktop. Haven't seen an ad on YouTube in years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Here is a list of YouTube privacy front-ends that helps to avoid all such problems altogether.

https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#youtube

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Never worked for me. Just adblock

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I keep seeing ads of AI generated Roger Federer being arrested. It's in German (VPN) so I have no idea what it's all about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Get uBlock Origin and then YouTube will stop serving all ads. Or quit using YouTube entirely since Google is doing everything in their power to run the platform down the drain.