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.
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
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.
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 ?
I have a Roku tv and I’m using PlayLet app for YouTube. It blocks ads and seems to be integrated with SponsorBlock. I don’t see any ads, but I haven’t tested the SponsorBlock, the videos I watch don’t have sponsored segments.
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. 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.
If you’re not using Firefox or a fork of FF with uBlock Origin and still complaining about ads: What’s wrong with you?
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.
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.
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.
Revanced is dead, use Morphe.
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
Orion browser on iOS also supports uBlock origin, for those in that ecosystem
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.
Also revanced on android
+1 for Grayjay, not the most user friendly out there, but once you get it setup it’s really good!
How do you stop the YouTube app from trying to force open?
Assuming Android, for me the following worked:
Though I’d wager that the above may be variant dependent.
This seemed to work, thanks!
Ahh thanks, that was driving me mad opening links and somehow defaulting to the unremovable app instead of FF.
don’t install the youtube app?
quick guide, using LibreTube :
Tap for guide
Uninstall it
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
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.
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 ?
We have an ancient Roku stick that we only use for YouTube. A pie hole is on my list of projects to do but other projects keep cutting in line.
I have a Roku tv and I’m using PlayLet app for YouTube. It blocks ads and seems to be integrated with SponsorBlock. I don’t see any ads, but I haven’t tested the SponsorBlock, the videos I watch don’t have sponsored segments.
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.
You don’t know that.
“but Google is where the internet is? Don’t delete my internet!”