Comment on YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete

danielfgom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I use revanced:

  Revanced manager: https://revanced.app/download

  MicroG: https://github.com/revanced/gmscore/releases/tag/v0.3.1.3.240913

  source

  • MP3Martin@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You also get SponsorBlock and Return YouTube Dislike right in the app (+ many other ui and functionality modifications)

    source

    • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I have premium and still use it just for this.

      source
• buddascrayon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What’s hilarious about this article is that I’m actually getting YouTube premium for free as some kind of bonus to my phone service yet I’m still using ad blockers on it and everything else. I really don’t give a shit. If they want to get better at injecting ads I’m going to place my bets on ad blockers getting better at blocking them. Or just not using YouTube. Cause, quite frankly, most of my favorite creators are on Nebula anyway and I pay for that service.

  source
• JenIsBringingTheDrugs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Use newpipe on Android, no ads

  source

  • tomsh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Or even better Tubular or LibreTube

    source

    • Der_Fossyler@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      NewPipe, Libretube, Revanced are the way to go!

      source
  • Asafum@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I love newpipe except for one very annoying quirk: if you pause a video for more than a few minutes it “breaks” and skips to the end of the video when you hit play again.

    For long videos this is very annoying, but I’ll gladly pay that “price” if it means I don’t have to hear 25261516 insanely annoying advertisements a day.

    source

    • lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This is a recent thing caused by the changes YT has been making, at the moment we’ve been given multiple quick fixes while the community continues to investigate AFAIK

      source

      • Asafum@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        By the language you used it sounds like you’re involved with the project, so thank you!

        If it helps at all I’ve been experiencing this issue for probably 6 months or more. I’ve just gotten into the habit of adding videos to playlists and closing the video after i know it has been paused for a while. If I open it again from the playlist it picks back up where I was.

        Also oddly enough if it skips to the end and I let it go to the next video (not in playlist, but whatever it would have played next) then I hit “back” it will (usually? I haven’t tried too many times) pick up where it should have been from when I paused it.

        source
  • danielfgom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    For some reason New Pipe just doesn’t work on my me device

    source

    • tomjuggler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Try pipepipe on f-droid

      source

      • danielfgom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Thanks I’ll give it a shot

        source
• SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I use Firefox and just use the web browser. You can even listen to YouTube with the screen off. Plus Firefox add ons/extensions

  source
• RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If you’re on Android, use revanced

  source
• croaker@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Try LibreTube. Or Firefox Mobile with Ublock Origin. Or one of many other solutions. You don’t need to watch YouTube ads on Android.

  source
• JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You can use the brave browser on android. As of now it blocks youtube ads.

  Added bonus it saves on your data plan because wouldn’t ya know it, the copious amounts of ads they shove in our faces uses a lot of data… that we already pay for. I’m not paying my cell provider for data just so advertisers can use it to try to get me to pay for more shit I don’t need.

  source

  • winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Firefox with ublock origin also works on mobile

    Or another alternative is the all grayjay

    source

    • JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Oh I didn’t know unlock was available on mobile with Firefox! Thanks for the heads up. I’ll have to switch since I use ublock with Firefox on my pc and I prefer that for privacy protection

      source
• Emmie@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  On iOS I have to use some niche app that lets me circumvent YouTube asking me for my ID

  source