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I used to use NewPipe back in the days of yore. Then I got Youtube Premium since it bundled in Youtube Music as well which I used. But the former's app on mobile is a shit show. Even after paying, you are asked to tip random creators, purchase merchandise[ which are shown as actual ads below videos] and join channels to access exclusive videos for more money. Basically pay money once, and then pay more money for more content.

Okay, one could argue atleast the above goes to a channel's creators and helps them. How would one say then that the Youtube app still doesn't have a systemwide option to choose video quality for all videos. New Pipe had that option long ago, but Youtube thinks it's user base are immature who need to be coddled with only two options like "High" and "Data Saver".

Despite having a Premium thing, I finally crossed over to a Newpipe fork Tubular [available on F Droid] today simply because the paying experience on Youtube Mobile is so bad. I can't fathom how bad it would be for free customers using the official app.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

YouTube is unwatchable for me without sponsorblock so I've liked the newpipe forks that include. And on desktop I love freetube because it goes further and lets me block channels.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I installed Sponserblock too on Desktop. Also, had to disable Shorts via uBlock Filters.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Please tell me what you added to configure this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not the person you asked, but you can find ready made block lists for YouTube Shorts. For example: https://github.com/gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thank you! I didn’t know about this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You are welcome. You can find various lists for your content blocker on https://filterlists.com/ (click the (i) button and then subscribe).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Very helpful, thanks again :)