Originally Posted by bulgie

I haven't seen any YT ads since I started using Brave as my browser. It's based on Chromium, which is open-source I believe? So it's similar to Chrome, but not made by Google. Its main claim to fame is that it's more security- and privacy-oriented, they don't sell your eyeballs like Google does.

I don't know how it blocks YT ads, they don't seem to advertize that as a feature, but it's a nice bonus. YT has not retaliated against me in any way. Maybe they'll find a way around the ad blocking, but so far so nice.