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YouTube is now hiding the skip button on mobile too (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 99 points 2 years ago (19 children)

try sponsorblock or uBlock. Or some other third party apps. I've decided the inconvenience of watching youtube in a browser (with addons) outweighs the inconvenience of watching several long ads. At least for me.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

    ReVanced I like better for Mobile, it's the app but with sponsor block and ublock built in.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    How does it compare to Newpipe?

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    ReVanced, in conjunction with MicroG, allows youto be logged in to Google while still having an ad block and sponsor block on mobile. Also setting up might be a little more difficult since it needs you to patch a YouTube apk yourself.

    I understands this might be the exact opposite of what some people want but it works for me.

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  • [+] -36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    Ironic that Revanced, an app that claims to block YouTube ads, injects its own ads.

    Edit: I downloaded the wrong version.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago

    Maybe you have downloaded the wrong APK, there are some bad actors providing "pre built YouTube Revanced APKs". Be sure to only download the Revanced Manager from https://revanced.app/ and the unpatched YT APK (version should match the recommended one in the manager) from a trusted source like apkpure etc.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Does it actually? Genuinely want to know. I've been using Revanced since vanced stopped working and haven't seen a single ad but maybe that's because of other things I'm doing with my phone

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have no idea what that person meant. The only thing that Revanced "injects" are info and updates of the app. The only thing I can think of is if they've installed it from a sketchy unofficial source.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And SmartTube on the TV.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    You're right. it's uBlock or some other addition that removes the pre-roll ads. But googling for Sponsorblock is a good start to find such apps. I even got some patched youtube app for my TV... So it's no ads for me and not even sponsored segments. Not on the computer, not on my phone and neither on the TV.

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