Also, how about blocking on the DNS level? Why does this article concerned with in browser ad blocking only? I bet it is much less resource utilisation if you do it in lower layers.
- It does not give you fine grained permission: Like, if you only want to allow a particular third-party on a specific site.
While DNS based blocking is fast but at the same time it is also difficult for an average user to surf the web anonymously using the same.
With the increasing adoption of DoH it will be interesting to see how DNS based blocking happens for TV Box etc.
I have not checked but was mentioned that YouTube does not show ads while watching videos via chromecast. It will be interesting to check how that happens.
However that doesn't solve the problem of the web player sucking. To solve that, your best option is mpv/youtube-dl.
Btw. DNS based filtering works for non tech-savvy users like my parents who would certainly fall for malicious ads which are frequent even on Google. And guess how ransom-wares spread.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-served-up-malware-throug...