Comment on Premium Ads

• Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If you use something Android based for watching YouTube on the TV (some TVs, fireTV stick, etc.), you can: github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube?tab=readme-ov-file

  I haven’t watched a single Ad on YouTube on TV (SmartTube), mobile (ReVanced), or PC (Firefox + uBlock origin) since it became unbearable… five years ago or so?

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Even on an iPhone, you can use vinegar to block YT ads. Or Firefox Focus.

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    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      +1 for Vinegar. My only real complaint is that I use Firefox as a daily driver, and Vinegar only works with Safari. Even though Firefox is using the Safari engine under the hood on iOS, (because Apple doesn’t allow third party browser engines,) it doesn’t support Safari extensions.

      I’m fine with switching to Safari to watch YouTube… But since Firefox is my default browser, YouTube links automatically open in Firefox. There isn’t a way to specify that I want everything except YouTube to open in my default browser.

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      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I feel you! Firefox Focus is my daily driver, but occasionally its adblocking doesn’t work on YouTube so I have to manually open it in Safari :c

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• Funkwonker@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  SmartTube for TV and ReVanced/uYouPlus for Andriod/IOS devices. SmartTube can be tricky to set up depending on the TV, but the mobile apps are relatively simple to get working.

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  • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There is no ReVanced or uYouPlus for iOS. YouTube is too far up Apple’s ass for them to allow something like that.

    Ironically, they allow Vinegar. But only because it’s a Safari extension (and Apple likes when people use Safari more than they like the money from YouTube.)

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    • scarilog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You have to sideload that shit

      That’s a price you pay when you buy apple. Thankfully it is still an option, just takes a bit more time and effort than on android.

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• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  On a TV use SmartTube. On QN Android device (phone or tablet) use LibreTube (or InnerTune for music)

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  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And then you’re stuck constantly reminding every family member which app to use on which device when they come to you because they’re getting ads or something isn’t working right.

    For a single power use that’s fine, for a family with kids, it’s nearly impossible without going crazy and killing them.

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    • beerclue@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The stock YouTube app can be disabled, and they only have one choice… Works for my kids.

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      • undeffeined@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        This. Remove/block options that allow ads and keep the ones that filter then.

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    • ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I took the YouTube app from the main screen and let only the smartube app so everyone is forced to use it. Worked

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• nl4real@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  uBlock origin and Sponsorblock work for me on Firefox Android Beta.

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• swag_money@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  i watch YouTube on my phone with ff+ubo

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  • FleetingTit@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Other options: NewPipe, Libretube, Grayjay

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• richardisaguy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  get youtube revanced for both phone and tablet at least

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• DogWater@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And I don’t pay for Spotify or any other music service. Premium yt videos is just a bonus

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