This amazing hack removes all ads from YouTube videos

[Chris Smith]

• You can remove YouTube ads with a simple hack, both on desktop and on mobile phones.
• A Redditor revealed that adding a single character to the address of the video will crash all the ads that would otherwise play through it.
• The hack works for now, but Google will likely issue fixes so that ads can be served to viewers.

YouTube ads are a necessary evil, no matter how annoying they might be. The service is free, after all, and advertisements are what make it possible. Both Google and creators get paid that way. Google gets to keep the lights up and continue to offer its services for free, and YouTubers can keep creating content you want to watch. That said, there is a smart way to remove all ads from videos, and it’s incredibly easy to pull it off. All you have to do is insert a character in the URL of a video, and you’ll block all the commercials that interrupt your experience.

Continue reading...

Today's Top Deals

1. Hurry: Amazon has 3M N95 masks for anyone to buy – but not for long
2. Today’s top deals: Clorox wipes in stock, Virex cleaner, all-time low price for AirPods, 4K TVs, $39 Roku Stick+, more
3. Lysol spray and Clorox wipes are back at Amazon

Trending Right Now:

1. A big change is coming to Costco this month that shoppers will love
2. Sony confirmed the cheaper PS5 everyone’s been begging for
3. Coronavirus lockdowns led to the outbreak of a completely separate disease

This amazing hack removes all ads from YouTube videos originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 07:31:21 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Via BRG - Boy Genius Report