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YouTube on TVs is cramming ads down your throat even when pausing videos (www.androidauthority.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A bit of a PSA for LG owners running webOS:

https://www.webosbrew.org/

I rooted my tv and now have adless youtube, but apparently root is not a prerequisite - there also installation using dev mode. Admitedly, haven't tried it and it's probably less convenient to get it set up, but then it should be a one time thing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I've got an LG C1 and have been using homebrew with Dev mode for a while now.

Can confirm it is very easy to do if you have a basic tech knowledge base.

The only inconvenience is sometimes after updates it will delete the homebrew apps but its a 5 minute job to get them back and ive only had it happen probably 3 times over a year.

"Youtube no ads" - the homebrew app, works flawlessly as if it were the original app with all of your subs etc but every now and then a tiny banner comes up begging me to subscribe to premium which I actually love because I can keep telling them to fuck off. The frequency of the little banner is probably once every few times you open the app and its non-intrusive.

Overall the LG dev mode trick with the Youtube No Ads app has been the cleanest and most enjoyable out of the box experience compared to alternative frontends etc.

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

I have an LG with WebOS and have youtube premium and haven't seen any ads so far (though it may be regional). Cheers for the link, tough. I wonder if it works on Japanese versions