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		998244353 on Oct 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube: Adblockers violate YouTube's terms of ser... How does uBlock help? Do you just block the thumbnail elements?

plastic_bag on Oct 10, 2023 [–]

I use uBlock to filter out Shorts.

https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/143mdqv/

And I use a paid Firefox extension (one time payment of $1) called DeArrow to replace clickbait thumbnails and titles.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dearrow/

There's also a free alternative:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clickbait-rem...

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