also don't use brave or vanilla Firefox

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/40391590

Blåhaj Lemmy - Choose Your Interface

Don’t use brave.
Counterpoint, some websites behave better on chromium so using brave as last resort is not as bad.
Use literally any other chrome based browser.

I haven’t found one that blocks YouTube ads as well as brave does on iPhone.

Yes, I do have uBlock

Vivaldi seems to block adds well to iOS too.

Really the best I’ve found is 1blocker for Safari, but I got that when the lifetime version was a only few dollars. (Imagine subscribing to an ad-blocker! - but than again, how many people donate to ublock?).

Ublock Origin Lite is available for safari and blocks YouTube ads perfectly fine.
Orion browser lets you use the real deal Ublock Origin
Vivaldi’s ad blocker is really subpar compared to Brave or uBO. I tried using it for a while, and you have to tamper with filter lists (including disabling pre-approved advertisers) and it still fails in areas Brave doesn’t.