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That works well on a desktop browser, but the YouTube ads are still a problem on iOS and other platforms like smart TVS, Roku or Chromecast/Google TV.

by Nas808 4y ago

timbit42 4y ago
On Android you can use Firefox with Ublock Origin. I wish SponsorBlock was available though. The NewPipe Android app is another option and there is a fork that includes SponsorBlock: https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/releases https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/releases
Snuupy 4y ago
smarttubenext for Google TV
db48x 4y ago
I don’t have much sympathy. When you bought those you gave up your ability to run your own software on them. That’s really why they sell them.
impulser_ 4y ago
You could just buy YouTube premium. Cancel Spotify, buy YouTube premium. Get both ad free videos and music on the same platform.
- UpstandingUser 4y ago
  Or I could rip my legally purchased* CDs and give the finger to the leeches and rent seekers that fuck us almost as hard as they do the artists. Yes I support corporate genocide. * lol
- colinmhayes 4y ago
  youtube premium is not a spotify replacement. Youtube is in no way built to be a music playback app.
  - themelodyfarm 4y ago
    “music playback app”? YouTube is at least as good as the vinyl record player. It is also the sole location for countless live audio/video recordings of musical performance. It works fine as a “music playback app” and is, to emphasize, an _awesome_ and convenient resource of live music performance.
  - Crash0v3rid3 4y ago
    That's why every YouTube premium subscription includes YouTube music which is a decent Spotify replacement.
vgeek 4y ago
Pihole with ad blocking or an OpenWRT (or really any router) router with ad blocking DNS is an alternative.
- Nas808 4y ago
  The YouTube ads defeat DNS sinkholes because the ads are served from the same domain(s) as the content.
  - vgeek 4y ago
    Can they evade uBo, too? I had a stretch where I was getting them in FF with uBo & Privacy badger, even after updating all rules, but then they started being blocked again on their own.
- colinmhayes 4y ago
  iOS can do DNS adblocking natively. https://adguard.com/en/blog/encrypted-dns-ios-14.html https://adguard.com/en/blog/encrypted-dns-ios-14.html Doesn't work for youtube because they're serving the ads first party.
christophilus 4y ago
> YouTube ads are still a problem on iOS Not for me. (Typed from iOS + Brave.)
AdamJacobMuller 4y ago
https://smarttubenext.com/ https://smarttubenext.com/ on Android TV (I use an nvidia shield) works great. In-video youtube sponsors were some of the last advertising I was exposed to. Glad to be rid of them.

That works well on a desktop browser, but the YouTube ads are still a problem on iOS and other platforms like smart TVS, Roku or Chromecast/Google TV.

by Nas808 4y ago

That works well on a desktop browser, but the YouTube ads are still a problem on iOS and other platforms like smart TVS, Roku or Chromecast/Google TV.

timbit42 4y ago

On Android you can use Firefox with Ublock Origin. I wish SponsorBlock was available though. The NewPipe Android app is another option and there is a fork that includes SponsorBlock: https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/releases https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/releases

Snuupy 4y ago

smarttubenext for Google TV

db48x 4y ago

I don’t have much sympathy. When you bought those you gave up your ability to run your own software on them. That’s really why they sell them.

impulser_ 4y ago

You could just buy YouTube premium. Cancel Spotify, buy YouTube premium. Get both ad free videos and music on the same platform.

UpstandingUser 4y ago
Or I could rip my legally purchased* CDs and give the finger to the leeches and rent seekers that fuck us almost as hard as they do the artists. Yes I support corporate genocide. * lol
colinmhayes 4y ago
youtube premium is not a spotify replacement. Youtube is in no way built to be a music playback app.
- themelodyfarm 4y ago
  “music playback app”? YouTube is at least as good as the vinyl record player. It is also the sole location for countless live audio/video recordings of musical performance. It works fine as a “music playback app” and is, to emphasize, an _awesome_ and convenient resource of live music performance.
- Crash0v3rid3 4y ago
  That's why every YouTube premium subscription includes YouTube music which is a decent Spotify replacement.

vgeek 4y ago

Pihole with ad blocking or an OpenWRT (or really any router) router with ad blocking DNS is an alternative.

Nas808 4y ago
The YouTube ads defeat DNS sinkholes because the ads are served from the same domain(s) as the content.
- vgeek 4y ago
  Can they evade uBo, too? I had a stretch where I was getting them in FF with uBo & Privacy badger, even after updating all rules, but then they started being blocked again on their own.
colinmhayes 4y ago
iOS can do DNS adblocking natively. https://adguard.com/en/blog/encrypted-dns-ios-14.html https://adguard.com/en/blog/encrypted-dns-ios-14.html Doesn't work for youtube because they're serving the ads first party.

christophilus 4y ago

> YouTube ads are still a problem on iOS Not for me. (Typed from iOS + Brave.)

AdamJacobMuller 4y ago

https://smarttubenext.com/ https://smarttubenext.com/ on Android TV (I use an nvidia shield) works great. In-video youtube sponsors were some of the last advertising I was exposed to. Glad to be rid of them.