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I refuse to pay for YouTube and I refuse to watch their ads.

On the desktop, the Brave browser blocks all that garbage very effectively and until recently, it blocked ads on mobile as well. But lately mobile Brave (with Shields up) won’t show YouTube content at all. It just shows a blank screen. Safari will play YT content but it doesn’t strip out the ads which basically makes it unwatchable.

Any suggestions? I’ve had some luck with SkipCut.com when on mobile but lately that’s been failing as well.

Any mobile solutions for YouTube ad blocking, or will YT have to be a desktop-only experience for me from now on?

#asknostr #youtube #adblock #brave
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MAHDOOD 8mo ago 💬 2

I can still skip ads but I noticed lately that brave on mobile and desktop ask me to prove I’m not a bot. Pretty annoying.

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Anon 8mo ago 💬 1

I’m guessing that, like me, you always have an anonymizing VPN running? Yeah, I don’t do CAPTCHA puzzles to prove I’m human. I move on when I see one. Seems like my YouTube browsing days may be drawing to a close.

Ad free TV shows and movies are so easy to obtain, and in 4K no less, via BitTorrent. I wonder if in-demand YT content will gradually become torrent accessible too as YT puts up more walls.

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MAHDOOD 8mo ago

Yes I’m always running a VPN. Im sure that people will find a way to work around these captchas. Online browsing is a cat and mouse game. We find a privacy tool, they find a way to go around, then we find another solution. It just keeps going endlessly.

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🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 8mo ago

invidio.us will help ye