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baronvonj@lemmy.world 3 months ago
How is that a function of the streaming stick rather than YouTube itself? Have you looked into if your home router can rune some ad blocking software? Something like PiHole/AdGuard/Unbound.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 3 months ago
I don’t think any of those services will block youtube ads since they’re coming from the same domain as the videos. Only UBlock can block them in a browser. There may be some other YouTube front-end available out there on streaming sticks but they’d likely require root access.
VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Smarttube next doesn’t require rooting the device, it can be sideloaded. Sideloading is not very complicated. Google is not trying to block any sideloading (at the moment, at least).
dan@upvote.au 3 months ago
Google isn’t, but Amazon are working on a new Linux-based OS for their devices called Vega that won’t be able to sideload apps. Even if apps could be sideloaded, it wouldn’t be able to run Android apps since it’s not Android based.