So, until just a few days ago I was only using Google Chrome with the uBlock Origin Lite on my PC to be able to see youtube videos without any ads, and it was working perfectly... but then a few days ago it stopped working as we all know (hence this topic...).

Thanks to the suggestions here, I have given a try to the browser called Brave, and without any extensions I can now see Youtube without any ads again, so thanks a lot for that 🙂

For those of you that want to give it a try, just a quick advice: if you see some black parts flickering on the video, you simply need to go to the settings in Brave and disable the hardware acceleration option. It worked perfectly for me after this !

Now, until now I didn't know any way to get rid of the youtube ads on the smartphone (android). I will take a look at that duck duck go application, I'm curious to see if it works.

On 6/4/2025 at 4:01 PM, CO2Neutral said:

The greed has really got out of hand and NO ONE is doing anything about it … the disgusting side of unregulated capitalism.

 

I agree. Amazon Prime video, when it started was all free material, that was the 'selling' point of it. Then some, cynical accountant probably suggested, "hey we can screw more cash out of our customers but let's wait until we have more of them signed up." Then they gradually added pay-to-view content, usually the latest movies, some which were still on at the cinema. Fine, that's fair enough... but now, there are hundreds of films that you have to pay for, and no longer new releases, more often than not, you have to pay for films which can be twenty or thirty years old! Then the one's you don't pay for are stuffing ads down your throat! It gets tiring. As has been said, it's just more greed... it's everywhere. Oh, do doubt someone will say, "Oh., if you don't like it, then don't pay." or "no one is forcing you." Hmm, that argument wears a bit thin after a while.

3 hours ago, Rocky_53 said:

I agree. Amazon Prime video, when it started was all free material, that was the 'selling' point of it. Then some, cynical accountant probably suggested, "hey we can screw more cash out of our customers but let's wait until we have more of them signed up." Then they gradually added pay-to-view content, usually the latest movies, some which were still on at the cinema. Fine, that's fair enough... but now, there are hundreds of films that you have to pay for, and no longer new releases, more often than not, you have to pay for films which can be twenty or thirty years old! Then the one's you don't pay for are stuffing ads down your throat! It gets tiring. As has been said, it's just more greed... it's everywhere. Oh, do doubt someone will say, "Oh., if you don't like it, then don't pay." or "no one is forcing you." Hmm, that argument wears a bit thin after a while.

 

  It may we wearing thin, but it is still true...If enough people discontinue the service THEN whine about why you discontinued, you would get better traction and would bring about change...There is no better use of Capitalism than YOUR wallet....