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I can recommend uBlock Origin, but it will not work in future Chrome versions, due to upcoming restrictions.
Alternatively you could switch to another Browser like Edge or Firefox.
There is also a new lite version of uBlock with limited functionality, which is supposed to work in future Chrome versions.
uBlock Origin definitely blocks youtube ads and never failed me.
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Thanks!
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I just switched this about 2 weeks ago from AdBlock Plus.
It seems Ok it so far.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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uBO is the one I use (in Firefox). Works perfectly.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Someone in that recent discussion suggested using a host file.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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I don't think that will work for blocking youtube content, and frankly I don't want to have to maintain all the blacklisted hosts myself.
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Pi-Hole.
The community maintains the blacklist, and - bonus - if you configure it as your primary DNS, all devices on your network will benefit from it.
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Have you considered a Pi-Hole? Pi-hole – Network-wide Ad Blocking
It doesn't block youTube ad content, but it does a pretty good job of blocking most ads. And you can blacklist/whitelist as well, so you can customize what ads or sites you see.
My biggest issue is that it blocks google ad services, so when you google something, you need to skip over the sponsored offerings, which go through googleadservices.com. Sometimes that's annoying. as you might really want to follow the sponsored link. You can, of course, whitelist google ad services, but that leaves you open to a lot of other advertising.
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"
Chuckles the clown
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Maybe visit CodeProject? I just saw a discussion about exactly that topic 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I just started using AdBlocker also and yes it does pop up ads now and then but it's better than the youtube 4 and 5 min ads on most every link.
As the aircraft designer said, "Simplicate and add lightness".
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As a programmer, I'd be too embarassed asking how to bypass another (programmer's) pay wall. And not for any technical reason.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Ad blockers are not for bypassing paywalls, but blocking advertisements.
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Word play.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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It's not wordplay. They are literally two different things.
Paywall: Content is blocked without a pay per view or paid subscription. You don't get to see any of it, or maybe just a small preview.
Ads: Marketing content trying to get you to buy stuff.
Ad-blocker: Does not do anything to subvert a paywall (see definition above), but blocks ads (see other definition above)
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A colleague blocks ads (by DNS filter I think) in his home router. Might wanna read up on that.
That guy also has VPN on the router and he uses Wireguard to route all device traffic, including his phone on cellular networks, through the same VPN, and DNS filter.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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I know you like getting paid for your work.
I suspect google and youtube content producers also like that.
So you could either just watch the ads or pay for the service. So, you know, they get paid.
Or don't use the service.
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Or I can ignore your scolding and use ad-blockers like at least half the Internet does.
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The herd mentality does not justify all.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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I don't have cable because I can't block advertisements on it.
I don't have streaming services that have advertisements. I pay more where available to not have them.
I literally would not use 90% of the internet without an ad blocker. I do not do any avoidable advertisements in my life as a matter of principle.
So they aren't getting my impressions anyway.
Think what you will about that. You do what you can live with. I'll do what I can live with.
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I firmly believe that programmers should be held accountable for their mistakes (witness the Boeing 737 Max disasters). I am convinced that the only solution to this problem is the certification of programmers by a vendor-independent organization. Although Code Project has indicated that it is opposed to such a certification organization, I believe that the arguments offered were specious. My question is simply "Doesn't the programmer who wrote the software that caused some type of catastrophe share the responsibility for the disaster?" It is for this reason that certification is required. Once such an organization is in place, companies that do not wish to share the blame for a software-based disaster can hire a certified professional. The certified professional should then use certified journeymen and certified apprentices to design and implement the software.
I believe that it is time to organize a programmers' association that can provide certification and other benefits not available to programmers today. For example: a stable retirement fund, not affected by the continuous movement of programmers from one job to another; job protection from any number of ills that plague our profession; career guidance and referrals; legal assistance in the case it is needed; and any number of other services. Of course, there would be a cost but, hopefully, a well-spent cost.
It is time for programmers to organize, if not to obtain services not available today, but to raise their profession to a recognized standing.
Gus Gustafson
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While I agree that companies should hire qualified programmers, I don't believe they should be held accountable. It is the companies responsibility to provide the resources and time necessary to complete the task and when done to test it.
Complex programs are almost impossible to be 100% bug free so the question is what is acceptable?
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Do we hold bankers or politicians accountable?
Why would I take responsibility, if I have no influence on budget or time-management? 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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"Hey, you'll finish the pacemaker BIOS next week or else, buddy."
Can we start an organization like this who prevents any other organization from forming?
Their only function to ensure that no accreditation or licensing is ever a thing.
It's for the good of humanity, really. I think it might cause a mass exodus/brain drain that wouldn't really be recoverable. Too much demand and too few who know what's going on. We'll essentially have made sure we make things worse by enshrining a sort of 'standards' body right at the time we alienate and ouster a bunch of people who had the knowledge and experience to know that can't be done correctly for this. Little that comes out of it will not actually be detrimental, much less beneficial.
Force companies to fully staff accredited QA depts. It doesn't matter if we take responsibility. Everyone is going to always always make mistakes. Ideally a QA dept can function as both "tester" and as "enforcer" when it comes to things we say software shouldn't do, like killing people. The standards body we need right now is not in code quality enforcement, code, or process standards.
The one we need is probably more like a medical ethics board. But that's just impossible.
Still, I think our worse problem is not bugs and craftsmanship but more "just because you can, doesn't mean you should (or even be allowed to)".
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jochance wrote: Their only function to ensure that no accreditation or licensing is ever a thing.
Which is already a thing for IT.
jochance wrote: The one we need is probably more like a medical ethics board
Go to the one that gives me orders; the person hiring me for a specific task and paying me for exactly that. And if they ask for a nuclear bomb, I do not ask whom we kill, as I have bills to pay.
jochance wrote: I think our worse problem is not bugs and craftsmanship but more "just because you can, doesn't mean you should (or even be allowed to)"
Who decides then what we should do? Do you want to kill democracy while you're at it? 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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