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Google's Youtube now has ads for tobacco products even though it is against the terms of google's service (support.google.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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[–] 24 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Oh, right. YouTube has ads.

Why do people watch YT with ads when there are options not to?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    On a browser on my PC the choice is easy.

    On every other device I own there is substantial friction to blocking the ads(by design)

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Android: Revanced, Morphe, Newpipe

    iOS: AdGuard

    Android TV: SmartTube

    WebOS: Youtube-webOS (unfortunately requires registering a developer account)

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    let me add Grayjay to the android list. It's from FUTO which I trust

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Use newpipe it's great. You can even listen instead of watch. Live streams work too and you can subscribe to your chosen channels and create local playlist. Basically you can't comment but you can read comments.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago*

    On desktop, Firefox and ublock origin.

    On android, Newpipe.

    I dont see any ads ever.

    I do see them in the official YouTube app so when I Chromecast, I have ads. Im ok with seeing a few ads when I chromecast to tv. Its not so often i do it.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Can you give some examples?
    I own no such devices.

    Is it that you use official YT apps?
    And is it worth it vs just not watching YT?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Other sibling comments are mentioning revanced which I have tried in the past however it constantly stopped working out would only play the first 10 seconds of a video.

    I have not tried new pipe or morph so maybe I'll take a look or see if Vanced has improved since I last tried it.

    I see mentions of iOS ad blockers but no apps for my iPads.

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