Browser extensions like uBlock Origin block YouTube ads on desktop. Android users can use ReVanced or NewPipe for ad-free viewing. iPhone users can opt for uYou+ for an ad-free experience. If you ...

Using Brave Browser for YouTube delivers an ad-free, privacy-focused experience with built-in blocking, background play, and Picture-in-Picture. It removes the need for extensions or Premium, making ...

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Don’t let Google know, but I’d be quite lost without YouTube. I use the video platform daily for background noise during the workday and for enjoying my favorite creators’ content in the evenings. The ...

YouTube is great—except for the annoying, unskippable ads. And after the introduction of YouTube Premium, it seems like the number of unskippable ads for free accounts keeps going up. If you don’t ...

There are many reasons for considering switching to DuckDuckGo as your web browser – privacy being key among them. But now there is a new reason to take into consideration: ad blocking on YouTube.

If you don't have a Premium YouTube subscription, you already know that the ads on the platform seem to be getting longer and far more frequent. Even worse in my opinion, is that the ads seem less ...

YouTube's ad problem has been getting worse for years. Longer pre-rolls. Unskippable 30-second ads. Mid-roll interruptions. Google has simultaneously cracked down on third-party ad blockers, leaving ...

DuckDuckGo announced that its browser can now block most video ads on YouTube, including those shown before the video starts playing and during playback. The feature ...

A wise reader of these ramblings recently stumbled onto a discovery that still has me doing a double-take. It’s a seemingly secret website that lets you watch any YouTube video ad-free anytime—without ...