I recommend turning off the device completely when an ad starts. This not only works, but has improved my entire life.

YouTube has ads?

Sincerely,

Ublock Origin User

"unskippable" laughs in ublock/revanced

Why still watching youtube?

Download your videos

I used to pay for premium a couple years ago because I still wanted to support the creators I watched, but ever since they started implementing AI everywhere and stealing peoples videos for training data I figured Google doesn't deserve my money no matter how small. I'd much rather watch with uBlock and spend that $20 I used to spend on YouTube Premium on the various YouTubers Patreons.

I buckled and just got YouTube Premium Family. Via India. For 4 bucks a month. For 6 people.

I needed a cheap music streaming service anyway.

Yeah, no.

Not even an acceptable ad. Burn this site.

Good thing I use the LibRedirect plugin in Firefox to redirect YouTube link to Invidious.

In addition to uBlock, of course.

Yeah thats enough to push me off the main app, I was already annoyed by the ads, the fact they are going unskippable is a end gamer for me

I just wished there was a app i could load onto my tv and play the videos on there ( i have a samsung so suggestions welcome)