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ChopArts ,

Use " dns.adguard.com " for your dns.

I haven’t had an ad since making the switch.

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I’d recommend NextDNS, although I haven’t tried the AdGuard DNS. You can choose from many blocklists, add stuff to Denylist or Allowlist (which I had to do for AliExpresss app to work properly), check logs to see what was blocked or allowed, add Rewrites which was useful for lemmy.fmhy.ml and fmhy.ml, and there’s a bunch of other protection options.

You can also test it out for free WITHOUT SIGNUP for 7 days. If you clear your cookies you can get another 7 days over and over without signup.

amateur ,

iirc changing your DNS doesn’t really block ads in the app since they serve ads using the same server side domains or something.

Vitaly ,
@Vitaly@feddit.uk avatar

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

BiomedOtaku OP ,

My device isn’t rooted but I will look into that.

Vitaly ,
@Vitaly@feddit.uk avatar

You can try it

Cabeza2000 ,

I use AdAway in a non-rooted device and it works fine. You need to use it with a local vpn mode to function.

CmdrShepard ,

Same. Doesn’t work for youtube ads though as they’re served from the same place as the video content. AFAIK browser based blocking is the only way to do it.

notasandwich1948 ,

adaway is awesome but it won’t block youtube ads

Vitaly ,
@Vitaly@feddit.uk avatar

Maybe, i simply use firefox+ublock origin and that’s fine for me

TigrisMorte ,

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

BiomedOtaku OP ,

Words of wisdom

kratoz29 ,

If only mobile web versions didn’t suck.

TigrisMorte ,

Sadly not relevant. Security matters, UI is decorative.

kratoz29 ,

I have nothing about PWAs, heck, Voyager is awesome, but it mixes both aspects and that’s why I used it.

BiomedOtaku OP ,

Thank you all for your comments ! I appreciate the help.

mp3 ,
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

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

WeAreAllOne ,

This!

Caligvla ,
@Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

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.

weedwhacking ,

Sign up for YT premium using a vpn to a cheap country. I pay $2 a month. Once you sign up you can cancel the vpn and it keeps the same price

Nuklia ,
@Nuklia@lemdro.id avatar

but browser adblockers or alterate front ends are free

Player2 ,

Premium does support the creators at least

Pulp ,

The $2 - Google cut shared with who knows many creators…

Player2 ,

Several creators I follow have independently said that a premium user in an order of magnitude or two more valuable for them than a regular ad supported user

Pulp ,

Regular premium users don’t pay $2

Nuklia ,
@Nuklia@lemdro.id avatar

and a patreon sub gives them a larger portion of your money

weedwhacking ,

I don’t feel like dealing with the hassle of side loading, and the browser is limited to 720p. It’s well worth my $2 a month

firebreathingbunny ,

Sideloading is trivial on Android. If you're on iOS, it's a different matter.

WarmSoda ,

Why would you pay at all though?

ohmesocorny ,

Because the family premium tier gets you and designated family ad free YouTube when using Chromecast, and YouTube Music. Worth it for me. We’re all cheapskates here, just some of us are less cheap!

WarmSoda ,

I always forget about using it as a family account.
You may pass.

kratoz29 ,

I would never pay YT premium until they implement Sponsorblock, which they won’t do.

Sallp ,
@Sallp@lemmy.world avatar

I like revanced

revanced.app/download

Micromot ,

The manager doesn’t really eork for me for some reason

Spacellary ,
@Spacellary@lemmy.world avatar

github.com/inotia00/revanced-documentation

Try the other Methods in the ReVanced Extended documentation.

Using Revancify is a good option, or you can use the RVX-Builder in a computer.

newIdentity ,

rvx-builder works on Android with Termux

Spacellary ,
@Spacellary@lemmy.world avatar

From my experience the RVX Builder (fork and upstream) are very buggy on Android, at least in Android I don’t see why use it over Revancify.

I generally recommend the CLI for those that can use it as well.

redcalcium ,

In my case, the patching work but installation failed. My solution is to save the generated apk and install it using a file manager instead of directly from revanced manager.

TheMadnessKing ,

You can find pre-compiled apks on Mobilism.

moitoi ,

But mobilism and it’s not great for the revanced devs regarding the dmca. It’s presumably what took down vanced providing apks.

TheMadnessKing ,

I don’t think that’s the case. The Vanced Team got DMCA for other reasons afaik.

Flatworm7591 ,
@Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

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.

atlasraven31 ,

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

gaslec ,

Firefox too can do that! At least Fennec F-Droid, working like a charm under LineageOS!

LocustOfControl ,

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

OverfedRaccoon , (edited )

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.

github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe

EDIT: Corrected link to current NewPipe.

BiomedOtaku OP ,

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

OverfedRaccoon ,

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.

newIdentity ,

but it doesn’t on unrooted Android

It actually has VPN mode which also works without root

OverfedRaccoon , (edited )

That’s the only method for it to work on unrooted phones.

newIdentity ,

Yes, but it works

You could also use a custom DNS like NextDNS on Android 10+, but it’s not as private as adaway

OverfedRaccoon ,

You need to add an Xposed module for it to block ads on YouTube though, requiring root. AdAway VPN mode on unrooted phones won’t block YouTube ads. I just triple checked and tried it again to make sure I wasn’t talking out of my ass.

newIdentity ,

Ohh. That’s what you mean

Yeah just use ReVanced

CmdrShepard ,

They’re saying it doesn’t work to block ads on YouTube and I can confirm that they’re correct.

mr_pink ,

Isn’t that repo outdated? I use this

OverfedRaccoon ,

You’re correct. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Fixed the link.

JackGreenEarth ,

NewPipe. f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/

BiomedOtaku OP ,

Thank you !!

atlasraven31 ,

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

lennster ,

Second new pipe. Works great

StarChip ,
@StarChip@kbin.cafe avatar

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

Gargari ,

There is sponsorBlock version as well

Diminish4036 ,

It was really buggy for me for around a week recently but they did patch it

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