Well I guess jewtube decided to roll out anti adblock messages before watching videos. I just got my first message saying "youtube does not allow ad blocking software".
God forbid I want to watch something and not have my eyes and ears assaulted by Pfizer/McDonalds/Disney/etc. at max volume.
If they actually ban adblock I'll just stop using it entirely. It's not usable without it, and it's not worth the hassle to get around it.
I have not seen it on brave browser, I don't know if it's because they're way ahead of the game or all the contents I watch were demonetized/ad off in the first place
I want to echo this with Brave. I've had zero ads on YouTube.
I noticed that YT managed to slip in sponsored ad videos on to the homescreen which I don't remember there before.
I haven't noticed any pre-roll ads though.
YT's preroll ads do seem to give a prolonged black buffering screen sometimes though that makes it seem like your video won't load.