I made it he mistake of using the yt app and I wanted to throw the phone away. Never again.

I'm replacing my Roku TV with a Google TV next month so I can take advantage of these as well, it's been a pain having them only on my phones/computers.

Adblock has not been completely effective on YouTube for a while. I would check you are not unknowingly subscribed to premium.

Idk what the experience is like on chromium, but on Firefox, ad blockers have continued to be basically 100% effective for me.

Brave works great as well.

The youtube logo changes to 'PREMIUM' if you're using it. It's kind of hard to miss.

How does this work on the TV?

I imagine the SmartTube app. I use it on my nvidia shield but I also pay for premium. I find it to be the best valued streaming service out there.

SmartTube Next is GOAT.

You are also protected from malvertising.

You're a millionaire or multimillionaire so... curious if any reason for not paying for Youtube Premium?

YouTube Premium still shows ads and they still track users.

Most recently, the ?si= tracker on URLs shared are a new low that lets YouTube map out how we interact with other people.

YouTube Premium does not serve ads.