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Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement) (www.androidauthority.com)

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[–] shifty@leminal.space 43 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

Some Alternatives:

Firefox + Ublock Origin
Grayjay App
Grayjay Desktop
FreeTube
NewPipe

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[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Youtube ReVanced is flawless. It's easy to patch

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[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago

I have tried using ReVanced a few times when NewPipe was down, but it never worked for me. Maybe I'll try it again.

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Firefox + Ublock Origin

This right here. No longer using chromium-based browsers is a really good start.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Works on Android as well.

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[–] TechAnon@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

LibreTube on Android

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[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Good suggestions but most of the time I can't get any of these apps to work, some commenters here say differently but for me, due to YouTube's policy of "sign in to prove you're not a bot", I end up using a tor browser with cookies denied and sadly all the bullshit yt advertising of course.

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

NewPipe stopped working for me two weeks ago, and it seems like Google won't allow NewPipe to download Youtube's content for free anymore. I don't think Youtube/NewPipe will ever be usable again. I think we have to say goodbye to Youtube.

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[–] mruczek@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Did you update to 0.27.5?

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