PSA (I honestly don't know anyone else who does this) the Android version of Firefox supports the uBlock origin extension (among other things) and plays YouTube videos perfectly fine.

I haven't had to watch a single ad on YouTube on my phone for years and well over a decade on any PC or Mac.

"but Google is where the internet is? Don't delete my internet!"

I do use Firefox (laptop) and NewPipe (phone), but my PS5 is the main device I use for streaming when I want to watch stuff with my girlfriend. No way to block ads on PS5, so I'm telling myself that I do it for the streamers (they gotta eat, too).

We have an ancient Roku stick that we only use for YouTube. A pie hole is on my list of projects to do but other projects keep cutting in line.

Propably you are either an iphone user, a shallow consumer, an instagram doomscroller or just too old.

Or you use youtube in TV.

So 90% of the people.

You guys still watching youtube?

Actually I use Waterfox with both, and ProTube on mobile, but sadly that doesn’t work on my shitty Roku TV

uBlock Origin Lite blocks YouTube ads just fine, actually

Don't need sponsorblock I think, or maybe I'm just not watching videos where it's needed. Just ublock origin.

Cable TV and some streaming services, I hear.

This. Firefox w/ Ublock Origin + SponsorBlock + DeArrow + Enhancer for YouTube on desktop, YouTube Morphe on Android, SmartTubeNext for the TV. I never have to watch a YT ad ever.

Oh, you bastard

"Experiencing Interruptions?"

Nope... Just giving it an extra couple of seconds.... And there's the video without ads. Thanks!

[NoScript has entered the room. Erect.]

I don't pay for YouTube, and every device in our home from PCs to TVs to our phones don't have any YouTube ads on them.

If you pay for YouTube, you're a sucker.

UBO

All-Boints Pulletin

I think they mean like laptop on the table and you’ve cooked and you’re sitting down to eat.

My kitchen and living room and bedroom are all the same room

I don't own a tablet and don't see a reason to buy one for this non-issue.

Obviously you place it where it doesn't get dirty, and you start a video that is long enough before starting to cook, so you don't have to touch it until you're done.

I hate tablets with a burning passion. So no. It's laptop time, all the time

Peg leg or GTFO.

Banner doesn’t make what it used to on desktop and mobile. Even the hotness that was CTV ads on streaming TVs are starting to decline in performance.

Worth noting creators still have a fair amount of control over their ad setups. They are jamming more ads to make the same amount of money they made 2 years ago with more placements.