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DJ-Daz
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There's a couple of ways to watch Youtube videos without watching adverts. AS we know adblockers no longer work, or rather most don't.
Even the amazing Pi-Hole can't block them.

But there are ways to still cleanly watch Youtube videos.
1. youtube-dl
I've installed youtube-dl on one of my linux boxes, I just type:

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youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgD8pRaLhPY
and the link starts to download immediately.
Then I copy it from the linux box and watch it on my PC, while that's playing I'll setup a batch of videos to download in the mean time. All clean!
It's a bit of a pain, but it's a workaround that DOES work.
BTW I use dietpi, it's meant for small SBC's, but there is a few x86 options available, including just about every flavour of VM there is, so you could run it on your own desktop PC for FREE.
https://dietpi.com

2. ublock origin
https://ublockorigin.com/
UBlock Origin still works, so give it a try, it's a firefox and ironically Chrome plugin.
There's also a link to test to see if it works once it's installed
https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/
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