NewPipe app is a good one, or Tubular if you want sponsor block too (though you can’t comment or like videos etc. on either). But if you want to use the actual YT app, the solutions in the other comments are good. I assume that setting up a Pihole or some other ad-blocking DNS could also work.
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Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Is there a blocker I can use on the android YouTube app? I put videos when I’m doing dishes, and in the last year the ads have gotten so long that if you don’t skip em or can’t (cause you’re hands are wet) they go on for 10 minutes or more. The worst are the ads that end, but don’t leave your screen until you physically press skip.
veloxization@yiffit.net 2 months ago
Bahnd@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pi-hole does not block content that is hosted on the same source as the ads. Youtube, hulu and friends host their own ad services so it wont spare you from those. However people using ad services like google adsense on their website will have content blocked as DNS will resolve to the place your trying to go and the webpage asyn-loading its ads will not.
veloxization@yiffit.net 2 months ago
Thanks for confirming! I haven’t used the actual YT app in such a long time, so I haven’t been able to confirm whether my DNS solution works.
tacofox@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Check out “ReVanced” YouTube.
It takes set up and maintenance but it is well worth the effort as you get all YouTube premium features, latest YouTube app updates, and other enhancements.
Opisek@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is not their official website. Never download revanced from anywhere other than their GitHub repository or revanced.app
rasakaf679@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Yea dude so many people go to that .net site i don’t know whether it’s legit. But i search GitHub and open the link provided in the side bar
tacofox@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Thank you! I quickly (and carelessly) searched and pasted the link. Thank you for the correction.
Spider89@lemmy.world 2 months ago
NewPipe
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Brave or Vanced
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The only reason Brave needs crypto at all is so the CEO can keep donating money against gay marriage without getting caught.
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I don’t think the Brave CEO cares about getting caught
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
He cared when he was ousted from Mozilla for it.
dovahking@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Vanced is dead. Use revanced or revancify(requires terminal).
TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you have a rooted phone and Magisk there is a module that essentially turns the stock YouTube app into the Premium version without adds and background play enabled.
Blyfh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wow really? What’s it called?
TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Small correction it’s technically an LSposed/Exposed module, but everything I said previously still applies.
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 months ago
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
YouTube revanced gives me ad blocking with sponsor block included