I recently accidentally opened a video in an incognito tab. I was angry after the 2 unskippable ads, but endured them. When, after a second of skipping through the video another 2 unskippable ads appeared I immediately switched back to my normal browser with uBlock Origin. What a joke. That stuff is unusable.

I don't really use Youtube on my iPhone anymore because I know that any immediate gratification I could get from clicking on a video won't happen because of the ads. It's been very healthy for me in that way.

I don't have a Pihole because they seem to be cracking down on it. When I want to watch Youtube videos on the TV, I mirror my Laptop's screen.

I'm not even generally opposed to buying Youtube Premium either, the pricing is just off. And the tactics are just so scummy.