Ad Blocking for YouTube TV (Not YouTube)

by Auxilae

For confirmation, this is talking about the live-TV service YouTube TV, not the built in YouTube app. Apps such as SmartTubeNext and such are only for YouTube, and not YouTube TV.

I recently subscribed to YouTube TV. On my desktop, I'm able to use uBlock Origin in Chrome to watch shows without any ads at all. Great!

For my Nvidia Shield Pro 2019 though, there's ads while using the YouTube TV app. Is there any app/DNS/other method for avoiding ads whatso ever? I tried Windscribe VPN and its "built in ad blocker via R.O.B.E.R.T" on the desktop, but it didn't manage to block the ads. Furthermore, using the Windscribe app on the Shield Pro 2019 generates a "this content isn't available in your country" playback error (as YouTube TV seems to detect a VPN and blocks playback of video, even without R.O.B.E.R.T, but strangely enough it seems to work fine on the desktop).

Any tips or suggestions?

raderator

I never noticed that uBlock Origin blocks ads on YTTV.

Tim51955

I guess your only option would be to use ublck on your pc and then to just cast the WEBPAGE (not the app) to your Nvidia shield. Or your desktop, see which one has the audio sharing option (btw make sure the box "share audio" is on when casting)