If you’re not using Firefox or a fork of FF with uBlock Origin and still complaining about ads: What’s wrong with you?
PSA (I honestly don’t know anyone else who does this) the Android version of Firefox supports the uBlock origin extension (among other things) and plays YouTube videos perfectly fine.
I haven’t had to watch a single ad on YouTube on my phone for years and well over a decade on any PC or Mac.
There’s also LibreTube and Grayjay, which don’t show ads at all anyway, and also come with a skip button that turns on for in-video sponsor ads / asking you to like and subscribe.
+1 for Grayjay, not the most user friendly out there, but once you get it setup it’s really good!
Also revanced on android
Orion browser on iOS also supports uBlock origin, for those in that ecosystem
How do you stop the YouTube app from trying to force open?
Assuming Android, for me the following worked:
- Go to app info.
- Open ‘Set as default’.
- Turn “Open supported links” off.
Though I’d wager that the above may be variant dependent.
Ahh thanks, that was driving me mad opening links and somehow defaulting to the unremovable app instead of FF.
This seemed to work, thanks!
Do you have the ability to Force Stop and Disable it in your app settings?
You should be to copy paste any youtube link into your Firefox browser.
I haven’t checked if there’s a way to automate the links opening in FF instead of YouTube app but I’ve been copy pasting into FF personally
quick guide, using LibreTube :
Tap for guide
Get an OS that doesn’t fill your phone with unremovable bloat ware. You can also turn off opening links in apps in the Firefox settings, or install NewPipe and make that the default app for YouTube links.
or install NewPipe and make that the default app for YouTube links.
tat seems to have been stopped ? all of a sudden it opening links in the YT app, and bypassing Newpipe, started about 2 weeks ago. I was shocked by the ads. How to change it back ?
Uninstall it
don’t install the youtube app?
I’m using Firefox with ublock on android and also Firefox klar (as default for links) but for YouTube I use newpipe. No ads but occasional blocking but I really don’t care.
I mean it’s not only ads but the other lists against popups and other annoying stuff too.
Android has a full app replacement. It’s called ReVanced. Use version 20.31.42 rather than the latest, though. The latest has been partially broken by YouTube and freezes often.
I just use YouTube for watching videos on my phone every now and then. Works perfectly in Firefox with ublock for that, no need to install anything additional
Revanced is dead, use Morphe.
“but Google is where the internet is? Don’t delete my internet!”
I do use Firefox (laptop) and NewPipe (phone), but my PS5 is the main device I use for streaming when I want to watch stuff with my girlfriend. No way to block ads on PS5, so I’m telling myself that I do it for the streamers (they gotta eat, too).
No they don’t.
Entertainer is not a legitimate profession?
vtubers aren’t real people they’re computer programs
Even if that were true, and it’s not, there’s a ton of streamers that aren’t vtubers.
if they’re on the computer they’re a vtuber
No. Vtubers use a digital puppet rather than their own face/image, often for physical appeal but also privacy or just as a gimmick to stand out. It’s a specific thing.
bold of you to assume youtube is paying the streamers
Propably you are either an iphone user, a shallow consumer, an instagram doomscroller or just too old.
Or you use youtube in TV.
So 90% of the people.
You guys see ads?
You guys still watching youtube?
I tried peertube but there’s no content
Tried piracy?
I tried peertube but the instance I want to sign up for still hasn’t reviewed my application.
Because you insist on using Chrome and can’t install Ublock Origin and Sponsorblock.
The self-flagellation continues.
Actually I use Waterfox with both, and ProTube on mobile, but sadly that doesn’t work on my shitty Roku TV
Install Downloader (or similar), then use that to find and install SmartTube. It’s basically Revanced optimized for TVs.
I use uBlock on PCs, Revanced on the phones, and SmartTube on the Firesticks.
Wasn’t really directed at you, more at the generic user bitching about ads portrayed in the meme.
Don’t need sponsorblock I think, or maybe I’m just not watching videos where it’s needed. Just ublock origin.
Sponsorblock definitely helps on the in-video ad reads if they’re excessive or irrelevant. Ublock won’t get those.
I recently found sponsorblock through another youtube bitching post months ago and found it was just as amazing as ad blocking. Sometimes it doesnt get them all, but it hits most and saves minutes sometimes off of watching. I absolutely think its a must have now.
uBlock Origin Lite blocks YouTube ads just fine, actually
Until Manifest v4 then v5 then v6 which I will bet you a billion dollars I don’t have will keep choking out ad blockers
At that point I bet they will block any browser or device that is capable of blocking ad banners, let alone Youtube ads
Escalating cat and mouse game
It’s 3 ads now
Lols in adblocker.
This. Firefox w/ Ublock Origin + SponsorBlock + DeArrow + Enhancer for YouTube on desktop, YouTube Morphe on Android, SmartTubeNext for the TV. I never have to watch a YT ad ever.
Or better yet, use Grayjay. That’ll block the ads, and prevent Google from spying on you.
Never heard of it; I’ll check it out, thanks.
(Is it like PiHole? Not a fan of that because it does a bad job at blocking anti-adblocking measures, while everything else I mentioned defeats them every time, especially UBO.)
No, it’s just an app that serves as an alternative youtube frontend.
Oh I already have Morphe for that
You kinda have to be a psychopath to take a Laptop to the kitchen, unless you place it super far away from everything and always wash your hands before typing that keyboard will get super nasty. The kitchen is Tablet territory because you can just wipe it clean after.
I think they mean like laptop on the table and you’ve cooked and you’re sitting down to eat.
My kitchen and living room and bedroom are all the same room
I don’t own a tablet and don’t see a reason to buy one for this non-issue.
Obviously you place it where it doesn’t get dirty, and you start a video that is long enough before starting to cook, so you don’t have to touch it until you’re done.
And you kinda have to be autistic to care this much about where someone uses their laptop.
Where the hell do you think we are, lol
Laughs in uBlock Origin
Oh, you bastard
“Experiencing Interruptions?”
Nope… Just giving it an extra couple of seconds… And there’s the video without ads. Thanks!
Laughs in uBlock Origins
[NoScript has entered the room. Erect.]
Hard to watch YouTube at all without JS
The weird thing about this is for me it started working just fine with both micro block and noscript. Sometimes there’s a delay but otherwise no ads
I had quite a lot of issues where the video wouldn’t load properly, which was annoying as hell.
I’m kind of thinking there a bit going on right now.
I’m on my brother’s YT premium.
Realistically its going to be some a small handful of good videos followed by me navigating what seems like an endless ocean of slop, giving up to then stare at my phone and read Lemmy.
I don’t pay for YouTube, and every device in our home from PCs to TVs to our phones don’t have any YouTube ads on them.
If you pay for YouTube, you’re a sucker.
Pay for YT if you use it that much 🤷
Fuck no. Fuck daddy googs
It’s easier to block ads. uBO on desktop/mobile, smart tube on the tv.
Is not. YouTube + YT music is zero config. If I cared I’d block it from my router. Fuck device level blocks.
Sure give a corpos more personal data
Stay on topic, keep up if you’re going to try and shit talk. Jesus Christ 🤣
…running for up to five minutes each.
Don’t forget you need Sponsor Block too for in video ads
ABP
UBO
All-Boints Pulletin
Since no one else mentioned, there’s also FreeTube.
