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Workarround by MS, switch the UA of your browser to Windows Mobile https://alternativeto.net/news/2023/10/windows-phone-user-agent-allows-you-to-block-youtube-ads-as-a-temporary-workaround/
Another (better) one is to use an userscript
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/477725-youtube-iframe-adblocker
You also can watch YT on desktop with the SMplayer, sandboxed in the search results in Andisearch or in the Vivaldi Feedreader without ads, if you don't like to switch continuosly between front-end instances.
A lot of channels from YT are also in Odysee
More FuckYT scripts https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts?q=youtube