Can you avoid YouTube ads on a Chromebook?

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Hi Gents,

This sort of follows on to my thread on a ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook, as I’m trying to determine if the Chromebook can become my “travel” PC.

I am a newbie with a Chromebook so I need a bit of help. My typical travel needs are really just reading emails, which I can do on line as these Apps are web based, surf the web, listen to tunes (I installed VLC), and watch YouTube Videos.

Of course I dislike Ads and want to avoid them like the plague. I know of work arounds in the Windows universe. But is that possible on ChromeOS?

Any assistance or guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!

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literally just get ublock origin

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Thanks for the quick response @WeirdTreeThing . I’ll check it out.

Would I have to remove any active extensions I have on my Chrome profile like Adblock Plus or Poper Blocker?

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AdBlock plus should already be enough to block YouTube ads

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If you ended up installing mrchromebox Coreboot, and installed Windows or Linux to replace ChromeOS, you could also setup something like pi-hole on it to block all ads regardless of what browser is in use

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I may end up there down the road, but for now, I’m trying to see if this Chromebook will make a good “traveling PC” for me. I was blown away to hear that ChromeOS was second only to Windows, as the most popular Operating System sold these days.

My PC needs are really light when I travel these days, and this little, but well featured, box may be just what I need.

We’ll see in the coming weeks.

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  1. Don’t judge the quality of an OS by its popularity
  2. Even if you do, ChromeOS and Windows have different strenghts / weaknesses. ChromeOS is really popular for schools to use, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s really good for non-school use.
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Does Pi-Hole block YouTube ads?

Also, I don’t think @Jim would want to setup Pi-Hole.

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Yes. Install Freetube https://freetubeapp.io/. You can install it with the debian installer or flatpak.