God damn it, not again...

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It turns out that this is a question.

No idea on the Albanian law part, but ad stacks can have tiny demand in certain GEOs, and western advertisers don’t want to pay for impressions there so they geo block them.

It doesn't seem to work for me in the app. In the browser I already didn't have ads, even without VPN.

I use a VPN and depending on which country I'm using, my podcasts don't have ads either.

Cant do that on devices that arent running browsers, or browsers capable of extensions/add-ons. Like games consoles…my xbox would be the only device on my network relying on a VPN for this and other things that my pi-hole cant block.

"as seen on tv? as seen on go fuck yourself"

If they can afford advertising then it’s ripping you off. Doesn’t have to be out of spite.

I have never bought native brand products specifically because the ads were all over the place and obnoxious. It created a negative association with the brand. The ads literally convinced me to do exactly the opposite of what it wanted.

You know what the last ad I cared about was? Cowboys herding cats. No idea what it was for, just a hysterical idea executed with absurd dedication to the bit.

Look into ReVanced for Android or YouTube Plus for iOS. They're nodded clients with built in adblocker and sponsorblock, including more QoL features. I haven't seen and ad in months

This is the worst haiku I’ve ever read.

YouTube is remarkably good at circumnavigating a lot of adblocking, my adblocker blocks ads for pretty much every other app on my phone, except YouTube, so this is a pretty interesting trick, assuming it works. Will definitely be giving this a try.

I'm a grayjay man but revanced is nice. There's also newpipe or you can just use Firefox mobile with uBlock origin :D

Try revanced. It's still alive and kicking.