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Written by Alexia :neocat_flag_trans: :therian: on 2024-12-31 at 15:39

anyone know a way to watch youtube ad-free on a shitty "smart" TV?

whether that means (somehow) adblocking in the YouTube TV Client or using something that's a little more TV-Friendly in a browser is fine by me

note this is NOT an Android TV device, it's running some presumably proprietary OS by Hisense, it does however feature a (seemingly chromium-based) browser on-board

This is also not my television so I'd rather skip installing custom firmware altogether.

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Written by Alexia :neocat_flag_trans: :therian: on 2024-12-31 at 15:39

So far I have tried piped and invidious, but with how often they get blocked it's becoming tedious, and their UI is not exactly made to be remote-controlled

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Written by Flaki on 2024-12-31 at 23:27

@cyrus I think most people got around this by blocking at the network level with something like a https://pi-hole.net/

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Written by luna nova :verified_anarchy: on 2024-12-31 at 18:13

@cyrus maybe unhelpful but i just bought a cheap long hdmi cable and plug my computer into my shitty smart tv. was also the way i watched youtube when i had a normal tv

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Written by Alexia :neocat_flag_trans: :therian: on 2024-12-31 at 18:19

@luna I could just wirelessly stream most of my devices but quality sucks lol

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Written by luna nova :verified_anarchy: on 2024-12-31 at 18:24

@cyrus doesn't suck with a cable👍

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Written by Alexia :neocat_flag_trans: :therian: on 2024-12-31 at 19:12

@luna if you buy me one lol, I'm surviving on the mercy of friends and mutual aid

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Written by Marc W. :sun: on 2024-12-31 at 23:21

@cyrus @luna

Scrounge an old Chromebook. You might find one free somewhere.

(I have one if you're in San Diego.)

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Written by Canageek on 2025-01-01 at 00:56

@cyrus I've had SOME luck using VLC + the Chromecast function on the TV to play things.

A bit more using Vivaldi + uBlock Origin + Sponsorblock

Some using yt-dlp to download them send that file to the TV with VLC

But honestly, I've mostly given up and moved to an HDMI cable. Do you happen to know how much one of those would cost you? It's three holidays so if it is cheap enough I could probably donate you that much as I get the frustration

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