Brave browser plus Proton VPN. I have no problems, no ads. The occasional “prove you’re human” (to a bot LOL) while the VPN is running if I click an outside link to get to a Youtube video, but never an issue if I am on the Youtube site watching videos.
My exact configuration. I am a light UTube user so haven't been blocked but some with same configuration have.
So many comments that say.. Use Brave, or Use DuckDuckGo, or Use some other blocker...
The thread is NOT about blocking ads, it is about you being blocked by UTube.