DuckDuckGo is going after YouTube ads. The privacy-focused company announced Wednesday that its free DuckDuckGo browser now ...

DuckDuckGo will now block video ads by default in its browser.

July 8, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google DuckDuckGo now lets you watch YouTube ...

Even as Chrome is killing ad blockers, DuckDuckGo's new video player now blocks ads by default on YouTube and elsewhere. Duck ...

It will also block “most video ads” outside YouTube, according to a blog post. DuckDuckGo’s browser will switch on the ...

DuckDuckGo's browser blocks YouTube ads automatically, using open-source uBlock Origin lists. Google is unlikely to let this ...

DuckDuckGo's browser now blocks YouTube pre-roll and mid-roll ads for free on Windows and Mac with no extension required.

The browser is using filters from the uBlock Origin ad blocker to detect and block commercials on YouTube's website. But ...

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