I use FireFox + uBlock Origin, and never see ads. I did have to disable my other adblock/privacy extensions (DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, PrivacyBadger, and Ghostery) for YouTube before its anti-adblock stopped complaining, but FF+uBO seems to work just fine with default filters enabled.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

these privacy extensions all overlap anyway.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yep. 2nd part is important.

The way I solved this was to leave my regular browser setup alone, make a new Firefox profile just for YouTube, install ONLY ublock origin, and create a shortcut to that profile on my desktop.

Now I only use that profile for YouTube. I haven’t seen one ad since this thing started.

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

revanced hasn't had any issues or required any workarounds

[–] MECHAGIC@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Piped has been working great for me

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For PC: Libredirect plugin on firefox and point it to freetube (Freetube.io)

For Android: Grayjay (https://grayjay.app/) (Sideload it, don't install from the play store)

For IOS: Pick an invidious instance and ponder the bad choices that led to you using an apple product.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I had good luck with paying for YouTube Premium. Can use a VPN to get it so dirt cheap I wouldn't bother with working around it.

[–] tryplot@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

take a look at which mag you're on, and then think about if any of us want to pay to block ads.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz -1 points 10 months ago

I'm perfectly aware. Everyone keeps saying that piracy is a convenience issue but people seem to go great lengths to get YouTube for free given how expensive it is to run and how much value it provides.