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I have to hard agree with a commenter from that article: I had no fucking idea NordVPN even had this feature, and as a fully self-admitted addict of video essays, I have seen a LOT of fucking NordVPN ads.

It wouldn't make me buy it, I'm just not in the market, but that's an insane feature to just not advertise. And its not surprising it never got much attention.

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To block NordVpn ads on youtube, use SponsorBlock extension - a crowdsourced database of malicious video segments.

I'm aware of it, but two things:

- My primary avenue for YouTube vids is Apple TV, which is the ONLY reason I pay for premium

- Honestly most of the creators I follow there make their ad reads entertaining enough that I'm not really bothered. I'm just emphasizing here I have heard a shit ton and a half of Nord ads, by a bunch of different creators, and I have NEVER heard of this feature. It's wild to me.

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