YouTube on TVs is cramming ads down your throat even when pausing videos

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YouTube on TVs is cramming ads down your throat even when pausing videos
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does anyone here use librewolf? for the past month or so YouTube has been completely fucked there. constantly freezing, sometimes pic only, sometimes fully as if my internet is slow, which it isn't.

I'm suspecting they're purposely fucking it for non chromium browsers but haven't seen much complaining about it. i go back to Vivaldi for YouTube for now which works perfectly but soon enough the ublock will stop working.

does it happen to anyone? is it non chromiums? is it librewolf? is it just mine?

Yep, when ive resorted to yt directly on librewolf it usually freezes/buffers and tab needs refreshing every 5-10mins or so of vid. Sometimes it’s ok. Pretty inconsistent. I use ublock and sponsor block with librewolf . Usually i use invidious or yattee, Which have their own issues also playing whackamole with the giant

based on another comment I'll check out privacy badger and noscript; see if that helps

I'm using LibreWolf with uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger and NoScript where I selectively allow scripts and I never got an ad served on YT

Privacy Badger seems a bit redundant there

People keep saying this but test, it catches few things uBlock doesn't and it allows you to control access level for these items as needed.

i don't get ad served either, that wasn't my question... but maybe it's the script thing, i don't have script blockers.

Yes. Noticed yesterday. I was even logged in to a friend's YouTube Premium account. Loaded like I have slow internet.