Add some more lists, I’m slowly ramping up my blocking and sit a little higher than you in terms of %.
I see a big spike in blocking when other users are around - obviously it depends heavily on where you go.
Are you using an ad blocker on your device too?
It won't change much on a desktop device if you're already running things like uBlock Origin. But on mobile, where your options are a bit more limited, it can make a huge difference.
I haven’t heard about this, can you provide a link with more info? I ask because I run a simple local DNS recursor with a blacklist and I haven’t run into any issues with YouTube.
The problem is that YouTube sends the ads on the same IPs that the video is streaming on.
The hostnames are randomly generated based on user and also location so you can't use lists from other users who successfully blocked out adverts.
If you block out all IPs the video won't load, also, if you successfully block out an IP that sends advertisements, the YouTube app will hang, because it tries to load the advert. In the past it just skipped if the IP wasn't reachable, now it's requesting in an infinite loop.
I reached to a point when I tried to buy a YouTube Premium, just not to see the ads, but it's not available in my country. So f Google. Currently YouTube is unwatchable to me, it's worse than traditional TVs.
This or discover the magic of youtube-dl. Of course I think OP aid having these issues on mobile. But I will add I don’t get ads using safari to watch YouTube on my iPhone with ad blockers installed.
Yeah, I wrestled with including this step, but I wanted to keep it mostly straightforward for relatively non-technical users. I have a different network level ad blocker and love it.
