I am for sure one of the smaller number of people doing this, but I watch YouTube on my TV using the TV app. As a result I always had to watch ads. I wish I could avoid them. I suppose a could watch from an alternative and then AirPlay it to my TV, but that’s about it.

Only if they can detect that you're using one.

I feel its slowing down Smarttube too, because I have to wait a few seconds for the video to start now. I don't know if it's a bug

Man, it's wild to see Youtube kill themselves in real time.

I remember when they first put ads in and people rebelled. Frogs in a pot because it's not like any of you will actually use peertube

Can someone create (or does it already exist?) an app that plays the videos in the background, remove the ads and then let you playback the whole video ad-free? Sort of like you did back in the VHS-days....

Try opening a link from Gmail in Firefox or searching Google for a specific piece of information. SSDD. Fuck Google. At this point they're in par with the evil Amazon.