discussion How to block YouTube advertisements ??

[Chess Gator]

Hi fellows,

I am being drowned in YouTube advertisements! How do I kill these advertisements without paying YouTube money? Thank you

 

[moocow]

On PC or on Android?

On PC, I have to do the following:

• Firefox private tab
• Ublock Origin
• Login all the time and when it shows the "Ad blocker violate agreement", close Firefox and open it again in private tab and log in again

On Android:

• Revanced Youtube method

 

[LaughingCrow]

Edit: good point moocow - these are used on both the PC Win10 and Linux Mint with Firefox.

I don't get any, unless they are actually embedded in the video. Not all of these block ads, some of them block trackers that might support ad insertion because you're being tracked. NoScript can be tricky depending on the page/website. By itself it doesn't block ads directly that I know of - just the various scripts running that I don't want - i.e. I don't need scripts running for FB and other such sites. See the attached image - (forget what site that was from), I've blocked ads-twitter.com just by blocking the script from running. Many sites need specific scripts for the site to run properly. In some instances, I enable some scripts temporarily. On that site, I've blocked all of those scripts. However, for YouTube, I have to allow Google scripts to run, which does mean that Google tracks me on those sites.

Firefox with the following Add-ons:
Adblock Plus
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials
Ghostery Tracker & Ad Blocker
No Script (varies how you set it up for each page/website)
uBlock Origin
Privacy Badger

 

[Dwayne]

Brave browser for both Android and Windows does a pretty good job of dealing with ads of all types.

 

[Izerous]

pihole kills off some of them too.

 

[moocow]

I'm running PFSense and it doesn't block ads on IPad. It also seems to ignore UBlock Origin being disable as the "ad violate user term" thingy still pops up.

 

[anabioz]

UBlock Origin -> MyFilters:

youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-covering-overlay
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element-shadow
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-covering-image
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-expanding-image
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element.ytp-ce-video.ytp-ce-element-show
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element.ytp-ce-channel.ytp-ce-channel-this

 

[SugarJ]

I use Firefox and the Adblocker for Youtube extension. Works fine.

 

[moocow]

I use Firefox and the Adblocker for Youtube extension. Works fine.

So you never get the "ad blocker violates end user agreement" screen once in awhile with that plug in? Do you also use Ublock Origin as well?

 

[Chess Gator]

Hi fellows,

I am using Google Chrome on a desktop. Is there anything for me to use? I do not use Firefox.

Thanks