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[YouTube] Ad-free consumption and other helpful add-ons

When I was at a friend’s house the other day and a YouTube playlist was playing on the TV, I was really shocked. After every video, there were one or two ads (and some of them even in between). I was not aware how extremely many ads you get when using YouTube without an ad blocker. Therefore, a small collection of apps, add-ons and links that help to make YouTube a bit more enjoyable:

Browser

AndroidTV / FireTV

Android

HTPC

DNS Blocking (i.e. with PiHole)


Update 15.01.2024: When using YouTube in a Browser in combination with uBlock, you likely receive the following message right now: “Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube”. The only working solutions to prevent this message and to continue watching ad-free is disabling uBlock on YouTube and use this Script with Tampermonkey (at least for me).

Update 25.01.2025: I found Chrome Mask very helpful, as I continue to experience problems when using uBlock in combination with Firefox on YouTube.


Update 23.07.2025: To stop the super annoying AI translations, you can use the browser Add-on YouTube No Translation (GitHub).
When using ReVanced, you can force the App to use the original Audio. Got to the ReVanced Settings:
– Miscellaneous → Spoof Video Streams → Standard-Client → iOS TV
– Video → Force original audio → turn on

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