To get rid of the annoying YouTube message (ad blocker are not allowed on Youtube) use this custom filter in uBlock extension
- Open uBlock extension dashboard
- Open my filters tab
- Copy & Paste this code into my filter
- Apply changes and close all tabs
via: enderman
"I'm sure YouTube could even merge the ads into the content stream so they are unavoidable."
Who is going to tell him?
aren't they already? It's been some time since I worked in video. but I remember HLS manifest had ad insertion built-in.