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Or, and hear me out: just install a browser plugin and forget ads exist.
I hesitate to name extensions names, but I’ve literally never seen an ad on YouTube.
These companies don’t respect us, so I don’t feel the need to respect them by allowing them to force their meaningless bullshit down my throat.
I don’t use it that much, but you better believe if I go to YouTube to watch a video, that video is the only thing I’m watching.
They're trying to block adblockers again, it seems. I got the "adblockers are not allowed" popup again recently.
Oh no... Anyways,
* Adds a filter for the pop-up*