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Blocking YouTube Ads
#49958 09/14/18 09:39 PM
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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.



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Re: Blocking YouTube Ads
plantsower #49959 09/14/18 10:47 PM
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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.


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artie505 #49960 09/15/18 12:39 AM
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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.


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Re: Blocking YouTube Ads
plantsower #49961 09/15/18 12:46 AM
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I'm glad you found something that works, Rita; I'll keep adsfreeyoutube.com in mind against my own possible future need.


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artie505 #49963 09/15/18 03:26 AM
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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!


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Re: Blocking YouTube Ads
plantsower #51074 02/06/19 01:31 AM
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Just wanted to update you guys that adsfreeyoutube.com is back up and now has a download option grin

Re: Blocking YouTube Ads
plantsower #51078 02/06/19 03:30 AM
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I use "Enhancer for YouTube" extension in Firefox. It has all kinds of tweaks. My other ad blockers are ublock Origin and Privacy Badger.

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