ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoThose YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three monthswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThose YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three monthswww.pcgamer.comByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square140fedilink
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoI keep brave around pretty much just for this, because it’s the easiest and most effective way on MacOS and iOS. And yet they still seem to be getting through sometimes lately.
minus-squareotto@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoThe easiest and most effective way on macOS and iOS is to use the AdGuard extension for Safari. Or the U block origin extension in Firefox. Neither come with the shame of using a browser developed by a homophobic anti-vaxxer.
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 days agoAre you speaking from experience? Because I am. And those don’t work. This is right now, on iOS 18.3 on my iPhone 16 Pro.
minus-squareotto@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 days agoThey worked fine for me, but I don’t have all of those other extensions. AdGuard blocks all the ads on my device, including ads in YouTube videos. Perhaps you should tweak your settings?
I keep brave around pretty much just for this, because it’s the easiest and most effective way on MacOS and iOS. And yet they still seem to be getting through sometimes lately.
The easiest and most effective way on macOS and iOS is to use the AdGuard extension for Safari. Or the U block origin extension in Firefox.
Neither come with the shame of using a browser developed by a homophobic anti-vaxxer.
Are you speaking from experience? Because I am. And those don’t work. This is right now, on iOS 18.3 on my iPhone 16 Pro.
They worked fine for me, but I don’t have all of those other extensions. AdGuard blocks all the ads on my device, including ads in YouTube videos.
Perhaps you should tweak your settings?