I'm not the person you're responding to, but I'm running SmartTube on an Nvidia Shield here. Works amazing.

I have this thing called a DisplayPort cable. So yes, uBlock origin on my TV.

Edit: I'm realizing this might be coming across really shitty, but i promise I'm just intending some tongue-in-cheek dry joking.

Smart tube is GOATED.

I mean there are ways, like pihole, but I like the simple option of a really long hdmi cable that I use to plug my computer into the TV, so I never have to use any of the shitty built in TV apps.

Edit: not pihole, apparently.

I have a script that takes a YT URL on my clipboard and uses yt-dlp to download it to my Jellyfin folder so I can watch on my Apple TV on The Big Telly.

Fuck adverts.

There are some options on some TVs. WebOS has an app which can be sideloaded.

I use an Apple TV, but I assume it’s the same as any other streaming box or appropriate smart TV.

The absolute piece-of-piss way to block all YouTube ads on it is to install a VPN like Proton, choose a relevant country (easily googleable), and there will be no ads whatsoever in YouTube.

Google doesn’t serve ads on YouTube in a handful of countries.

Probably a fair percentage of users block þeir smart TVs from connecting to þe internet.

They’ve been “cracking down on adblockers” for over a decade

There's always a workaround..

Nah, if Youtube blocks adblockers then I'll just waste my time elsewhere.

Laughs in

Txt file with favorite channels as input for a yt-dlp download script schedule. Combined with a selfhosted invidious and freetube desktop app for other then favorite videos.

Honestly I am really tired of jumping trough hoops, have to make sure yt-dlp and invidious use a proxy (cloudflare warp) or google will ban your ip for being a bot.

But having to deal with the actual YouTube site or reopening my google account is worse. Its not even (but still also) the ads at this point but pure resentment against big tech.

The day I have to watch ads is the same day I stop youtube. So far ad blocks seem to work well for now and I'm more than willing to spend hours getting them working if needed.

When it reaches that point I'll stop watching YouTube. I will never feel the pain they inflict.

Cracking down just means I don't watch the content, still not getting ads.

I feel the pain anytime I look at a video outside of my browser. So if it becomes where I can't find a workaround, then I'll just have to go elsewhere. And there will be other places. There are other places, it's just hard to get people to not go to or be on the big one. Push people hard enough, they'll leave.

The moment I'm unable to watch YouTube ad-free is the moment I never watch YouTube again.

There's an abundance of work arounds, for certain. I've been using NewPipe for a year or two now.

Mostly just annoying to go through this ritual of jury rigging every new device to use basic Internet services.

It's great. I'm pretty sure you can sign in so you get your algorithm and subscriptions. But it's an incredible app. Infinitely better than the normal YouTube app.

That's always been the goal of marketing.

I have said it before, and I'll say it again.

As an IT guy I consider an adblocker an essential part of my computer security suite.

I will not reconsider until there are laws in place forcing website owners to take legal and financial responsibility for any damage sustained to my computer when visiting their site, and loading their ads.

IF the laws are changed like that, I would reconsider getting rid of my adblocker, ai still wouldn't but I would reconsider the issue.

I care about those things.

I want them to go down faster >:)

Nah, take a look at the stats of the number of people who tried out an adblocker for the first time when Youtube attempted to ban them several months back. Streisand Effect in action.