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netchami@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Firefox/LibreWolf + uBlock Origin will make this go away. Just like alternative frontends for YouTube like Piped or Invidious. On Desktop you can also use FreeTube, on Android I recommend LibreTube and NewPipe and on iOS there is Yattee which you can set up with this guide.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Yattee is great if you don’t care about logging in.
If you do, there are still ways to block the ads by using an ad blocker for Safari or even using a different browser such as avast, opera or brave. You may need to tweak some settings, so it’s not guaranteed to be a plug and play experience. Even if a browser works with iOS, it might not work in iPadOS, so be prepared to try lots of different things.
netchami@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
You shouldn’t use these under any circumstances. Brave is not great, but it’s the best option on iOS I guess.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
They’re all surrounded by controversies, so obviously you shouldn’t use any of them as your main browser. However, using a shady browser for nothing other than watching YT with a specific account mitigates the privacy issues to some extent. Due to the annoyingly sandboxy nature of iOS and iPadOS, normal spyware isn’t going to be able do much there, so I wouldn’t be too worried about that. If these apps pull some real exploits to get to my data, that’s a different matter alltogether.