The other day youtube was showing me ads, without exaggerating, every ~20 seconds. This would happen for 3-4 minute stretches before they got less infrequent.
This may not sound like much but when you're watching a 15 minute video they add up.
I looked and looked for ways of blocking youtube ads on my iphone.
Morality aside, what struck me when I looked into this wasn't that I specifically could not find software to block ads (which was disappointing), but rather the larger point that came across as I browsed forums looking for a solution - how hard it is to hack your devices - even android devices.
Most articles ended up with having to root your device, which is fine, but even then the solutions were unreliable.
Curious to see what ends up happening in the long term.