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		heraldgeezer 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and str... Shows how this is the typical HN article of nonsense that is not applicable to real life. Why hack your Apple TV like this, so you can afford an Apple TV but not YT premium? Or just use adblocker. For movies yea Bittorrent is alive and well not that I would know :)

skyyler 7 months ago [–]

>so you can afford an Apple TV but not YT premium?

How many months of YT Premium does it take to exceed the cost of the Apple TV? They're like $150...

heraldgeezer 7 months ago | [–]

Yes sure, but if you want to hack things, just get something Android based that lets you side load or instal whatever you want.

skyyler 7 months ago | | [–]

But I like hacking Apple things :3

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