I refuse to pay for YouTube and I refuse to watch their ads.
On the desktop, the Brave browser blocks all that garbage very effectively and until recently, it blocked ads on mobile as well. But lately mobile Brave (with Shields up) won’t show YouTube content at all. It just shows a blank screen. Safari will play YT content but it doesn’t strip out the ads which basically makes it unwatchable.
Any suggestions? I’ve had some luck with SkipCut.com when on mobile but lately that’s been failing as well.
Any mobile solutions for YouTube ad blocking, or will YT have to be a desktop-only experience for me from now on?
#asknostr #youtube #adblock #brave
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