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> it's not like the Pi-Hole can block embedded ads in adware apps like YouTube on the iOS

Thanks for the info. I thought this was possible and it was the sole reason why I considered setting one up. Now I procrastinated on that project long enough to learn I can cancel it.

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Use YT on the web. If you have an iPhone, get Stop the Madness, which can make the ads very short and easily skippable. It also removes a lot of annoying web behaviors and is highly customizable.

Or, you know, pay for the content you consume.

Do ads on YouTube go away if you sponsor a channel? Patreon, etc? (Serious question)

Patreon – no. You pay a subscription to YouTube and you don't get served ads. Some of the money from these subscriptions is then divided between the creators, similar to how Spotify works.

YouTuber makes more money on average when a YouTube Premium user watches their video than what they would get from the ad-view if the person wasn't on Premium.

All in all it's reasonable IMHO. I might purchase it some time. The only issue is that this of course doesn't remove sponsorships baked into the videos, which annoy me just the same as the YT ads. So, I would still need Sponsorblock.

Some people (like me) primarily consume YT content on their TV. I also set up a pihole with the intent of blocking YT ads on my TV, but pihole is useless for that. Instead, it broke after a few weeks and had to be rebooted. So, sure, if you look into the logs, you see it blocked a lot of tracking chatter, but other than that, it had a perceived negative value if you ask me.

Instead I sideloaded SmartTubeNext on my Fire TV and just live with the banner ads.

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