thatsthespirit

@thatsthespirit@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Vinegar + SponsorBlock on iOS/iPadOS/MacOS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t say that’s it’s been working perfectly both on my iPhone and on my iPad, but it’s certainly helped a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨youtube getting more agressive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Vinegar app for Safari on iOS/iPadOS/MacOS has a very clever feature that’s called “switch to ad skipping”. It basically deceive YouTube by telling it you watched the ads and the videos load perfectly.

  Also, UBlock Origin on Firefox’s been doing an excellent job at removing ads from YouTube.