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This is referring back to previous posts about the ads on YouTube (now that YouTube doesn't permit ad blockers anymore)...
I've discovered a little trick: if a video opens with an ad, and you had a previous video open in the same window; hit the "back" button then hit the "forward" button again. This has been working for me to bypass the ads. Sometimes I have to do it twice for multiple ads (such as when a video starts with an ad you can't "skip" followed by one you can).
Another trick is (if you can't use the back or forward buttons because you have a video open in a new window) hit the "refresh / reload page" icon once or twice - so far this seems to bypass the ads (but I haven't done it enough times to proclaim it "sure fire").
For anyone else experiencing this, let me know if these tricks work for you or not, (or if you've discovered better ones).
Thanks!
Last edited by Captain Steel; 03-23-24 at 10:24 PM.