Serious question: what is the best add blocker right now? I've been using ublock origin, but it doesn't seem to be working that well these days.
this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2023
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Vinegar + SponsorBlock on iOS/iPadOS/MacOS.
thank you for recommending vinegar, it is incredible
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I always wondered why YouTube doesn't stream the ad intermixed into the video? Like, it's DASH, right? How does that work, can't the server send a video then switch to another stream source (the ad) and back?
Switching stream sources is the most easy detectable form of ads. Also the most easily blocked, simple dns blocking will suffice.
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I'm on Linux and use Firefox with ghostery and AdBlock extensions. I've got hit with the "must watch ads to play video" thing on YouTube, but just end up activating a user agent extension and set it to report that I'm "running chrome on windows 10". Voila. I can magically watch YouTube videos without ads again.