Masochism
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I hate ads, and don't currently employ any blockers. Oh no, I'm retarded 🪞😱
Holy shit get on it. Adblock makes everything better.
Researching now for iPhone YouTube. That's really the only source of my issues. Seems there may be apps, but historically, though I haven't tried very hard, they are more trouble than they're worth and flaky
If I didn't have ads removed on YouTube I wouldn't use it 😂
Regular web too. Sometimes removing ads gets rid of half the page content. It's kind blowing.
And...uninstalling what I was told would work by initial search results... look at this bs
That's going to be the case with any of them probably. They are viewing the entire web page source and modifying it before you view to remove ads. This is why it's a good idea to get a trusted & open source one. It looks like that one is fwiw.
On my phone the VPN I use does all the ad blocking.
Oh, I see. Guess this goes back to the assumption of being smart... thanks! I trust your judgement and will give it a try
If you use a VPN it probably has it built in. On mine it's labeled as tracking protection, but it blocks ads too, at the DNS level.
Nord. Doesn't do crap for YouTube (the app anyway, and there are advantages to using the app, signed in no less...god I hate YouTube) as far as I can tell.
This new one has upgrades available for payment, and mentions better ad blocking for YouTube, but species in browser... something tells me doing it to the app isn't easy. It does seem I have less middle ads, but still get one banner to start.
Anyway, will research further
When Nord runs out try mullvad or iVPN. They will have the DNS ad blocking for no extra fees. I always avoided Nord, anything advertised by YouTube people is a red flag for me 🚩😂
Yeah, I was gonna feign opsec concerns and not reveal that specific detail. Cuz I know it's sad, and have reasoned same. Just that I set it up so long ago and always auto-renew before I get a chance to change it.
I shall succeed next go around.
Both mullvad and iVPN let you pay with lightning too, no KYC or identification of any kind needed.
Obscura too I gather. Though unclear how it's not strictly better than mullvad if it's supposedly mullvad plus another layer of security, but didn't wanna drag this into the weeds and wear out my tech support welcome
I'm not sure about Obscura, I've never considered it due to limited OS support. If I'm recommending something and it isn't available for 90% of the people it's kind of useless.