Is there maybe a terminal command I can use to block YouTube ads? They used to have short little ads that you could skip after 5 seconds. Now they are very invasive and happen every few minutes on YouTube videos. You can't skip them and they are at least 30 seconds long. It's so annoying.

I tried Adblock and Adblock Plus and Ghostery and Disconnect. None work to block the ads.

Hi, Rita,

block youtube ads

There's a link to an AdBlock solution that you may find helpful near the top of the page and an assortment of other solutions that I didn't even look at.

Thanks, Artie. The best one was adsfreeyoutube.com. I'd never heard of it. I will probably use it from now on. Adblock, etc., doesn't work for Youtube ads. They used to, but I think YouTube (Google) found a way around it and now the ad blockers don't work on YouTube.

I don't want Chrome. But, in the end, I found adsfreeyoutube.com so thanks.

I'm glad you found something that works, Rita; I'll keep adsfreeyoutube.com in mind against my own possible future need.

Yeah. So far, I can find whatever I want that I usually look at on regular YouTube. Someone just somehow built or mirrored the YouTube website and was able to block all the ads!

Just wanted to update you guys that adsfreeyoutube.com is back up and now has a download option

I use "Enhancer for YouTube" extension in Firefox. It has all kinds of tweaks. My other ad blockers are ublock Origin and Privacy Badger.