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I posted this question because I once saw a tweet that said something like:

"If you use adblock, you don't care about creator's point blank"

What is your opinion on this? Do you agree with them?

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

Can't help you with iPhones, sorry. Never had an Apple device. You could blacklist known ad-servers through your router though, if that's an option (for home use, at least). On Android it's simple enough with this app: https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/releases

If your TV is Android based, https://smarttubenext.com/.

It's a native TV app that captures the original youtube stream and displays it completely without ads, and comes with a sponsorblock implementation as well. Works amazingly well and is updated about weekly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Domain blocking won't work for youtube, they serve ads from the same domain.

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

At some point its gonna be easier to have a script auto download videos from subscribed channels and put them on my jellyfin server. The only reason I haven’t done that is that it will take lots of drive space and would need a system to remove videos periodically.