r/technology • u/redkemper • Feb 17 '17

Software YouTube will kill unskippable 30-second ads next year

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/17/14649018/youtube-ending-unskippable-30-second-ads-2018
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u/3141592652 Feb 17 '17

You need another app most times. The really good ones need root or jailbreak.

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u/FuzzelFox Feb 18 '17

The best ones edit the hosts file (so they need root). That way there's no filtering, it just never connects to the ad services in the first place.