On Android, you can use uBO on Firefox. On iOS, you can use AdGuard.

Google isn't getting a cent from me.

Smart tube on Android TV for YouTube videos. Had ad block and sponsor block.

So then you add one step: Plug in PC then install Firefox and Ublock. Still easy.

TV ads.

That's what the mute button on the remote is there for - you improve the ad by 50% right off the bat. Also works well for those times "journalists" think sticking a microphone in a politician's mouth qualifies as news.

Never watch flow tv or use the smart function on a tv. Hook up a computer to keep your tv dumb and you can control what it wants to show you.

An HDMI cable will solve that

You have a TV? Perhaps right next to your landline phone?

https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions

Set your vpn to Albania.

Twitch is really clever about it.

Because you're watching a live stream, they know you're less likely to pause or look away, and then because they're using HLS, they just literally have the next chunk of video load from their ad servers instead of their video servers.

The most clever part? This is done at a point before your computer, so you can't distinguish which is which as to you, it all looks like its coming from the same source.

Now, perhaps they still give you some information about the stream that they're in a game of wackamole with block detectors over, maybe for tracking purposes or whatever, but its pretty clever, like dastardly clever but clever none the less.

In my experience, using Streamlink will still give you an ad break, but it will just be a screen saying it's an ad break without any actual ads

I have zero desire to comment on youtube, so unfortunatley I do not have any ideas as I never have done it. But I would start by disabling all extensions and then re-enabling them one by one until it breaks. Another way to trouble shoot would be to reset firefox. When ever websites act wierd for me I will take those steps first and one or the other usually solves it for me.

Not a Firefox/uBO problem.

Check your configs. It may also be a setting on the network you're using. My workplace's internet has some sort of filtering system in place that happens to also disable YT comments. Pretty lame, but it's their network. I just use my phone on 5G if I want to read YT comments or watch "18+" videos (not porn - some videos on YT are actually blocked).

No issue here. Do you have any other YouTube extensions that might be conflicting? I am also running Enhancer for Youtube.

Dont use it? /S

I really dont know but depending on your model and OS Im sure there is someone who could help. A Pi-hole might do the trick if you configure it properly.

Pi-hole will block Roku's homescreen ads. The various streaming apps you may have on your Roku all implement ads their own ways, though. Pi-hole only blocks ads that come from a different domain name, which is why it does not block Youtube ads. Because Youtube serves ads from the same domain as normal content.

I use UbO so I don't see any ads, so I don't boycott as much as I should 😂

The escalation is almost to a head. Very soon, they're going to start encrypting and changing it up often. We've seen tests of this knocking people out here and there.

I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually do something that changes often enough to make the blockers unreasonable. We'll end up going back to commercial detection and comskip.

Is that a The Big Hit reference?

Oh, don't worry. They've made sure to plaster ads everywhere outdoors too. Bus stops and the buses themselves, billboards, walls, everywhere you look there's likely an ad somewhere. It'll only get worse.

Advertisers hate this one easy trick!

Couple seconds of artificially induced "lag" or 30 seconds of advertisement, I made my choice

Yeah, that's gone great so far.

YouTube isn't the only website on the internet and pihole does more than block ads

or should I put that in caps

Just... use an adblocker...

Fixed it thanks!

May the rest of your days free from the mistake dog's shadow.

No, the internet is so easy these days though

Ultimately you can still control your own perception, so that's good to mute and ignore if that's all you can do. Of course eventually they'll develop technology to not continue playing your show until they see your eyes are looking at the ad and it's unmuted, like in Black Mirror.

My dad is the only one who uses it for watching football, I’ll cancel in December and see if he notices.