Smarttube still works for me, but you'll need android/google TV for it.
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Smart Tube is so awesome!
That shouldn't be a problem for adblockers, should it?
Speaking of which, Youtube also planned embedding ads directly into the video stream, rendering adblockers useless.
I haven't seen that so far... Have any of you?
I'm not too familiar with different TV OS, ~~but even just DNS blocking would still work for that.~~ DNS blacklists are not enough to block ads on native clients, as they are being served from the same domain.
If they start embedding ads into the stream, then it will have to move to SponsorBlock style community blocking, but technically still viable.
As I understand it, DNS blocking does not work for any YouTube ads as the ads are hosted on the same servers as the videos.
Certainly, my pihole - which has successfully blocked many ads - does not do anything for YouTube.
Seems you are right. I don't use YouTube native clients, so never actually ran into the issue. Updated my original comment.
Respect to you!
The only reason I know is because I primarily watch YouTube on my TV. People have pointed out to me that you can side load clients onto your TV, and they're right, but I'm inclined to at least wait until my warranty expires before doing so.
Who pauses during the Matt Damon Hot Ones episode?
Ublock origin with Firefox handles that fine.
The article mentions this is happening on the TV Youtube app. You're running Firefox on your Android TV?
No. I run firefox on my pc. Which is plugged into my TV.
Love my 76" monitor.