▲ 790 ▼ YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com) submitted 1 year ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world 223 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] michaelnik@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (5 children) FreeTube on desktop, NewPipe on droid! permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] bigb@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago Smarttube on Android TV OS permalink fedilink source parent [–] possumparty@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 child) Firefox and ublock on desktop works just as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* I would disagree, you’re still directly communicating with YouTube servers without a proxy in-between. Invidious or Piped are the proxies you need, they let you blend in with the other users of their services making data-collection on YouTube’s part difficult. We need to make feeding the algorithm as difficult as possible. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] hanke@feddit.nu 6 points 1 year ago* Grayjay on desktop Grayjay on Android permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bigb@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago Smarttube on Android TV OS permalink fedilink source parent
[–] possumparty@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 child) Firefox and ublock on desktop works just as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* I would disagree, you’re still directly communicating with YouTube servers without a proxy in-between. Invidious or Piped are the proxies you need, they let you blend in with the other users of their services making data-collection on YouTube’s part difficult. We need to make feeding the algorithm as difficult as possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* I would disagree, you’re still directly communicating with YouTube servers without a proxy in-between. Invidious or Piped are the proxies you need, they let you blend in with the other users of their services making data-collection on YouTube’s part difficult. We need to make feeding the algorithm as difficult as possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hanke@feddit.nu 6 points 1 year ago* Grayjay on desktop Grayjay on Android permalink fedilink source parent