By work computer, I mean one that you have very limited control over - can’t install anything, or add extensions, etc.
For example, there used to be a trick where you could run a Bing search of a YouTube URL and the results would include an embed of the video but with Bing’s own video player, and something about that made the ads not work. Which was great - ad free YouTube on a computer I can’t install ad blockers on!
That doesn’t seem to work anymore, but makes me wonder if there are things like that - just little roundabout tricks to make the experience less trash, on a rig where my options are limited to what’s already there.
Asking about any tricks, not just YouTube or ad related ones (but those too if you know any!).
Thanks all!
If you are using it on your home network, you could still use network level adblocking with something like adguard or pihole. That won’t work if you are hybrid or fully in the office, but I share your pain. Windows is hell from the first login all the way through to the “these apps are preventing the computer from shitting down” screen.
As for watching YouTube, an alternative frontend like invideous may help. Alternatively, you might try duck duck go. I think they relay the video through their own server.