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Oh, good catch. I just want this to avoid logging in and letting YouTube profile me, but it looks like OP doesn't care about that, but is upset about the ads.
OP, you can install uBlock Origin and it'll block the YouTube-provided ads. That being said, if YouTube wants to, they can crack down and make this route unworkable one day, and I imagine that one day, they will.
On Firefox on the PC, you can use the Sponsorblock plugin to block various sorts of intros/outros/embedded ads. I doubt that YouTube will care about this, because content creators are trying to bypass YouTube in terms of ad dollars here, so this one probably isn't going to be blocked. I don't know if this is available on mobile browsers.
EDIT: Yes, looks like it's available on mobile browsers as well.
Thanks for the answers, I'll keep in mind. I'm both mildly annoyed about getting profiled and the YT ads, but then there's the inconvenience of having to watch this on my laptop and not my phone which is my preferred way to watch videos.
I used FreeTube for my PC but it stopped working a couple months ago and I've no idea why, though that's material for a different post.
On mobile, the performance difference between NewPipe and YT browser/app is staggering too, NewPipe being the better of the two. So there's a mix of reasons.