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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have a YouTube premium subscription for one reason: I travel a lot and you can't put an adblocker on an old hotel TV that only has the YouTube app

Once I get to travel less, I'll go back to only using ublock origin and sponsorship block.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can try buying an android tv box or hooking up your laptop+wireless keyboard to a hotel TV and install adblock that way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

True, but flying with that much equipment sucks. Going through the TSA line, getting hit for inspection, just adds more pain.

I barely like traveling with my laptop if I can help it. All I travel with is my backpack, so space is at a premium

Plus, after flying 6 hours, all I want to do is either screen share or log in and not have to worry about setting stuff up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought ublock or ad blockers in general didnt work on youtube videos. Do you have any info on how to get that to work?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ublock has worked on youtube videos forever, on mobile i use NewPipe or you can use firefox mobile with the ublock addon

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Or YouTube ReVanced on Android. I also homebrewed my smart tv to get a YouTube version with AdBlock (LG tv with WebOS)