On desktop Freetube

On Android Pipepipe

These work without an account. They skip the ads with Sponsorblock. Commenting, thumbs up will not be an option.

I use these with MullvadVPN.

Ublock on the web revanced on the phone

on the web, invidious

redirect.invidious.io will give you some active instances

uBlock Origin along with SponsorBlock on all browsers, or a NewPipe fork with SponsorBlock buipt-in. That is what I do.

Alternatively, use Invidious, but YT is currently trying to actively block them. Mileage may vary.

I watch it with no real blocking and I don't get all that much ads. Whats annoying is they have infomercial type ads that if you don't hit skip will go on forever. I often put stuff on as background so im walking around and doing things and its like. ugh. gotta hit skip.

Nexttube on my hacked Nvidia Shield Pro and Peertube on my phone

i forget about it until people on here complain about it :)

@txt_file@chaos.social some would say there are ads in your video. I would say there is a video in your ads.

And not just Youtube, not using ad blockers often immediately turn the browsing experience overall miserable.

Those that don't use ad blockers, I wonder if they are an example of Plato's Cave allegory.

Because they don't know they have the option to block ads without having to pay, which a lot of people in most parts of the world can't afford. More awareness of available solutions will help.