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ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world

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YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world

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ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Since May, YouTube has ramped up its block of ad blockers and the company has now fully launched this policy worldwide...

cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2787773 ([email protected])

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    This was annoying me in browsers so i did a bit of reading and found out that not only can I remove their ad block blocker in browser, but my TVs also support ad free YouTube. Thanks Google! Couldn’t have done it without you.

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      Can you point me to ad free tv please

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        SmartTube (formerly SmartTubeNext).

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          Any idea is there anything similar available on LG webOS?

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            Maybe YouTube WebOS ? It has adblock and sponsorblock supports as well. It can be installed from webos homebrew channel. Check https://www.webosbrew.org/ to get started.

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          This TV app is the best ! I love it !

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        Get any stick that runs android tv or fire TV and install freetubenext smarttubenext. Ads gone.

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          I guess you’re thinking of SmartTube, formerly known as SmartTubeNext?

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            Yup. Let me correct that. Freetube is a PC app that I have installed on my Linux machine. Lol Thank you for the correction :)

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        Get any stick that runs android tv or fire TV and install freetubenext. Ads gone.

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        Do you have a LG TV? If not I can’t help you

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          I do, and I’d like a push in the right direction.

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            I got you chief: https://github.com/webosbrew/dev-manager-desktop

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              Cheers, will have to check this out when I get home.

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                No worries, happy to help troubleshoot if you need anything

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          I do! Whats the process?

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            See my other comment in this chain!

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