Well I’m sure everybody here on Lemmy already uses ublock. The rest of society doesn’t really know all these methods
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TheFrirish@jlai.lu 8 months ago
should have been an ad blocker it’s 2023.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Adblocking on mobile is much harder than adblocking on desktop, and if you’re in an emergency situation like the one described, you’re more likely on your phone.
Personally I use ReVanced, which incorporates adblocking as well as giving you Premium features like background playing & PIP (while also keeping the benefits of being signed in to YT, like using your playlists, comments, etc.). But if I were an iPhone user I don’t know how I would watch YouTube.
Rud_1UP@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Revanced is complicated because you first need to find a compatible YouTube version (old version) and download it’s APK. Then, you need to uninstall YouTube, apply Revanced to the downloaded APK and then install it Only to discover the Cast button was removed by Revanced. When you start over, deselect “remove cast button from video player”, you still end up without it.
I can’t even cast to SmartTubeNext on AndroidTV…
Way too complex and too limiting for 99.99% of YouTube watchers.
sandy_ravage@feddit.de 8 months ago
Maybe NewPipe is something for you, as it has most of the features mentioned above and is easy to install via F-Droid. I’m using it for years now and really love it!
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Not only do you need to do all that but sometimes it still doesn’t work. I get an error every time I try to patch the apk and it fails. I just gave up and went back to NewPipe. It’s not as feature rich but it works great for the one-off videos I watch.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 months ago
For sure, ReVanced is complicated. But that only serves to reinforce my point, which was that adblocking YouTube on mobile is hard. I only brought it up myself to stop people "um actually"ing me and pointing out that ReVanced exists.
Then, you need to uninstall YouTube
Fwiw, no you don’t. I have both ReVanced and the standard YouTube installed right now, precisely because of the casting issue you mentioned.
My experience has been a little different though. Mine had the cast icon until I went in and specifically turned it off. Which I did because casting doesn’t work. It didn’t work for most of the life of the old YouTube Vanced either. Unfortunately it just seems like Chromecast compatibility is harder for them to replicate through the hacked YouTube client.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Your phone can cast its screen without youtube being part of it. Its not as smooth as you have to orientate your phone to landscape to match with your tv but it works without the need for a built in cast button.
EqMinMax@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Revanced has an app and works like ok.
TheFrirish@jlai.lu 8 months ago
agreed but it’s still shocking to me how people put up with so many ads it’s absolutely indegestable.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 8 months ago
How does one become an ad blocker?
TheFrirish@jlai.lu 8 months ago
you only blink when there are ads
marx2k@lemmy.world 8 months ago
YouTube just started noticing my ad blocker and throwing pop-ups before video telling me to cut it out
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Time to use Invidious. inv.tux.pizza works for me.
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’ll save this thread so I know where to look next time grandma chokes on a bone.
marx2k@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Been using freetube with invidious backend. Works great!
wanderingmagus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ublock Origin?