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Do you guys even know of Adblock Plus?
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Adblock Plus is not recommended as by default it allows certain promoted ads to show if it deems them unobtrusive. I think they actually receive profits from ads, which is asinine for an adblocking entity.
On the other hand, uBlock does much more than just block ads. First of all, it blocks all ads, and it blocks other trackers and annoyances from Facebook, Google, as well as having the ability to add custom rules for bypassing certain types of popovers, and to clean up tracking data that often gets appended when you click a URL.
Ublock doesn't freeze my YT videos when it rolls over a midroll ad. I'll never use anything else (maybe a Pi-Hole)
A pi hole is great, but I don't believe it's effective against YouTube ads because of the way they're delivered
You are correct.
Yeah. I believe YouTube ads are basically just YouTube videos so it's difficult to filter out.
SmartTubeNext or Newpipe and other apps can effectively filter YT ads.
NewPipe is amazing. I've made NewPipe+Sponsorblock my default YouTube app on my phone, and I use the Libredirect addon on PC to redirect all links to Piped instances.
ublock origin + sponsorblock