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| NiHaoMike:
I doubt very many would have unlimited mobile data to run it on, probably the most accessible CGNAT that's not mobile or a VPN would be a public hotspot. |
| peter-h:
I must have missed this but is there any way to block YT adverts with a VPN terminating somewhere? YT is now serving absolutely banal brainless crap (like Hero Wars) every four minutes! |
| Karel:
One solution is to use a commandline video downloader like yt-dlp: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp and watch the video locally with your favorite mediaplayer (VLC). |
| peter-h:
I did think that should still work. I've used many GUI downloaders over the years. That also means it could be automated. |
| tom66:
uBlock Origin still working with latest update but looks like this cat-and-mouse game will go on for some time. I guess YT has internal metrics to decide how much programmer resource to throw at it - eventually enough will get PO'd and either stop using it or move to Premium. |
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