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Anybody know of a good apk that blocks ads while watching YouTube on my phone app ?

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is sponsorBlock version as well

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Highly recommended. Fdroid is one way to install, you can also download an .apk from the new pipe website.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Second new pipe. Works great

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

One more vote for NewPipe! Been using it for years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Thank you !!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago (8 children)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

LibreTube, comes with SponsorBlock builtin and uses the Piped backend.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Firefox + ublock origin = zero youtube ads. Fuck the app.

[–] notasandwich1948 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

YouTube revanced is awesome but theres a bit more to it than installing a single apk

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

I don't have a good ad blocker for you other than AdAway. It won't block YouTube ads on an unrooted phone, but it can on a rooted one. You can try in-browser mobile YouTube with Firefox + uBlock, but I would suggest switching away from the native YouTube app and getting NewPipe with SponsorBlock from F-Droid.

https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe

EDIT: Corrected link to current NewPipe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you for your response. I'll check it out

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Highly recommended. You can even export your subscriptions from YouTube and import them into NewPipe. But that's for another thread. I use NewPipe almost exclusively now, having YouTube links pull up in NewPipe. No ads. And with SponsorBlock, you can skip the in-video ads (with community-driven data). Not to mention, you can also stream music from Bandcamp, and it supports PeerTube, etc, as well.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Aside from Revanced, you can't really block ads on the Youtube app. You can use your browser or Newpipe/Libretube as an alternative, but that's it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Never use a proprietary app for what should be done in a browser.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If only mobile web versions didn't suck.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Words of wisdom

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Firefox for Android with uBlock. I get the YouTube front end (live subscriptions, recommended home feed, livestreams etc.) but no ads.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Alternatively, you can use the official YouTube site with Mull browser or Firefox with the ublock origin extension installed. But NewPipe offers a better experience since you can download videos etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Newpipe can also continue to play videoes with the screen turned off. The interface is really nice.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Firefox + uBlock is my suggestion too, it makes mobile browsing bearable.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Yes, you can use NewPipe x Sponsorblock or LibreTube

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

NewPipe or LibreTube.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

If you have a rooted device you can always rely on AdAway

[–] notasandwich1948 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

adaway is awesome but it won't block youtube ads

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Use LibreTube.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Browser with extensions is great and all but Youtube Revanced still way better option it support gesture google account (that google can't track you) picture in picture and it's easier on your device's ram/cpu, for in app ads you can try Lucky Patcher to remove ads as long as the app is not using account to buy premium features LP should work on most app

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

For YouTube I think the only options are revanced/ revanced extended or Firefox Nightly with a whole bunch of extensions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't ublock Origin sufficient? It is at least on desktop browsers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yes, ublock is enough on mobile

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Revanced extended is great Sadly the devs discontinued it due to unacceptable community (i'm one of the admins of revanced extended)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

i suggest to use a open source front end (such as newpipe). and use adayaw (a hosts based ad blocker) for the generic ads

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Kiwi browser with ublock origin extension or revanced or newpipe

Would recommend using nextdns for all other ads

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I would usually suggest Newpipe but that's a little buggy rn so Libretube is probably your best bet, that even has sponsorblock aka it skips in video promotions from influencers too!

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