edit: I swear google has some code that listens to background noise and does this on purpose
Firefox + uBlock.
Also Morphe/ReVanced.
duckduckgo also and vivaldi
Can you do this from an iPhone?
Yes. The Orion browser on iOS supports both Firefox and chrome plugins.
You can use an android phone and block all the ads. This is what deterred me from iPhone last time. Greyjay, pipepipe, etc. No ads. Plus uBlock for Firefox. Among other huge advantages.
Adguard on iPhone does that, as with android it sets up as a VPN and blocks adds in all apps.
Last I used iPhone it was simply not possible to block ads. Super annoying.
I’ve been using Firefox Focus to block ads, including YouTube video ads, for almost a decade on iOS lawl
Weird. I think the last time I tried was circa 2020 iPhone xr and yes, I always use Firefox focus if available. Don’t recall it blocking YouTube ads ornahving addon capabilities.
Androids always been more flexible.
Android is MUCH more flexible, hella agree hahaha. I started with the first Android device, the Dream, and installed uhhhh… Cyanogen? Or that’s the PSP… I forgor @w@
But I did CFW with my Android devices and looooved it. I switched to iPhone after my partner got an iPhone when they couldn’t get an Android phone with a keyboard. Loved it. Big complaint: no adblocker on the 4s. Keyboard was good though!
Focus came out I thiiiink during the iPhone 8? Maybe before, but I’ve been using it for very long. I’ve never had a YouTube account and would never use it if I had to see ads—I vehemently hate ads. But I’ve been seeing vids for the better part of a decade now! If ad blocking stops working, I’ll 100% never visit again. It’s completely untenable.
Also heard of https://github.com/fer0n/Unwatched but already switched back to Android before I got a chance to try it out.
Really surprised that this is readily available on the app store, tried it out for a bit and it seems to be working. Didn’t sign in yet but it looks pretty safe.
Thanks for the heads up.
Yeah, I was surprised as well. I believe most of these kind of apps get around it by advertising as a RSS Reader or generic Mediathek. But from the Screenshots its hard to mistake it for something other than a YT Client. Guess Apple does dont care about it as much as Google would.
If it works maybe we should keep it on the down low. Also only heard of it by chance.
You can also use Firefox focus browser, or Unwatched app.
What amateurs still watch YouTube with ads? Every platform has plenty of easy solutions to bypass it.
Xbox/consoles?
In the shower?
Doesn’t work for all but at least for a time firewall blocking of ads worked
Roku?
Simply don’t.
Playlet. Not the best solution, though. Roku is a very closed down platform.
Thanks for posting this. I had assumed the closed down nature of roku meant there wasn’t anything very useful on its appstore.
That’s great! I appreciate you posting an alternative, not just shaming those that dare to use an imperfect platform they may already have access to…
You’re*
Why are got guys watching ads?
Seriously, I don’t get it.
You don’t have to watch ads on YouTube. Not on your TV, not on your phone.
most people have no technical capacity. also on ios you cant really do shit. android at least has firefox
AdGuard for iOS
I get listening to music in the shower, although I don’t. Watching videos while taking a shower? Maybe while taking a bath.
But, really, you can’t step away from media for a few minutes a day for some peace and quiet?
Suffering through being alone with your thoughts is the first step toward better mental health. Your issues don’t go away if you ignore them, they just get worse. You know this, so make an effort for yourself.
I don’t want to be going through therapy while I’m lathering up my asshole. I wait for the weekend to do mushrooms about it
Is it really impossible for people to just watch their dicks (or equivalent) for a few minutes a day?
I mean it can be dysphoric for some but I assume that is not the reason this person needed a distraction.
or you can use adblock on a browser, and not use the app.
Laughs in Firefox.
Laughs in pipepipe
Laughs in practicing mindfulness and exploring the vast worlds of my imagination
(jk I don’t do this, I mostly feel anxiety instead)
(it’s a nice thought)
use invidious ffs
and use ublock too
There are levels of brainrot I hopefully never achieve. Though I noticed it’s become difficult to just brush my teeth in the evenings…
😭 <- me when someone uses ad-infested youtube.
- Firefox + uBlock
- Fennec + uBlock
- Grayjay
- Smart tube
Invidious
There are so many ways to watch youtube without ads. So. Many. Ways.
Getchu one of these.
For those who play YouTube or other videos in the shower, it is really nice. Make sure it fits your case though. My wife doesn’t use ours because her otter box monstrosity wont let the cover shut.
Or if you’re a poor high school student like I was, chuck it in a ziploc and set it on the caddy.
Or just get a water resistant phone. Though I would suggest caution when it’s soapy water because that affects the surface tension of the water, which could mean some can slip past the seals that normally keep water out.
Though I have a water resistant phone but have never brought it into the shower with me. It was more of a case of not wanting to be worried about my phone in any kind of a situation involving water. Like going in to one of those 3D movie attractions with moving seats that sprayed water, I was concerned about whether I should be concerned about my phone getting wet. Turned out to be just tiny amounts of water and nothing to be concerned about even if I had my phone out, but after that I wanted to remove that worry from the list entirely.
Heat and steam can also be a factor in a water breach. A phone that can be fully submerged into a pool of water may or may not stand up well to steam at its seams, particularly where those seams have different materials with different expansion rates due to heat, like glass and aluminum. Small gaps may open, even if invisible to the eye, and steam can seap in. It may not even be a problem immediately but get worse later when the steam cools and condensates.
Yeah, though at least pressure doesn’t really factor in, which I think is where most cases of steam breaching a water seal comes in to play. But if gases can be exchanged, steam is way higher humidity than air normally and can condense inside.
My guess would be the odds of a soap or steam breach on a water resistant phone is very low, but if you bring your phone in for every shower, you might be tempting those odds.
I’m using NouTube on Android via fdroid. It has YouTube and YouTube Music together in one app and automatically skips both ads and sponsorship segments. Basically free premium, at least on Android.
Have you been getting any error recently? Im on PipePipe and got this error 3 times today.
“Youtube forces us to wait 2 seconds before continuing playback.”
“watching”
