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PSA To people watching YouTube with AdBlockers

You might have noticed that even on Firefox (depending on your lists) YouTube may detect uBlock Origin on Firefox now

There’s already a workaround (found, again, here), but I figured I would use this opportunity to tell people that projects like Piped and Invidious exist, which both allow you to watch YouTube without loading their ads, with improved Privacy and (in the case of Piped) even Geoblocking-Circumvention and SponsorBlock out of the box.

They’re both great tools, and using something like LibRedirect you can even automatically go to Piped or Invidious when clicking/opening a YouTube link (and more).

Both don’t load ads, but unless changed in the settings Individous may still make connections to Google/YouTube to load the video(s) themselves.

Bit of a shameless plug for these projects, but I figured this is a really good time to show these projects as I often see people asking what they are in threads on here

BenLeMan ,

Thank you all for the great suggestions. I’ve been using NewPipe on my phone for a while now. Do any of these YT alternatives come with support for 1440p resolution? I noticed Invidious is capped at 1080p and sometimes struggles to maintain a stable nitrate at high resolution.

stardust ,

On newpipe if you go to settings > Video and audio there is an option for show higher resolutions.

BenLeMan ,

Thank you for your response, but I was thinking more about the desktop implementations. Resolution is fine on my phone but I would like to max out my 37" WQHD screen.

stardust ,

I haven’t found a good alternative to going directly to YouTube when it comes to resolution offerings on desktop.

rush OP ,

Both take resolutions and streams directly from YouTube, my guess is that it may vary a bit depending on the settings the instance host set.

cricbuzz ,

FYI, that ‘Piped’ link in your post ain’t workin homie

Looks like you put in “hexbear.net/post/**https://github.com/…/piped”

rush OP ,

why would I put a hexbear link when I’m on lemm.ee? 🤔

I’d double-check this isn’t an issue on your end, I can’t reproduce it here.

frogbellyratbone_ ,
@frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net avatar

just as a heads up i did the workaround linked in OP’s post and it worked for me

piped fucking rules tho

dangblingus ,

Using FF with UBO, absolutely no problems. “May detect”? I’m pretty sure they either can or can’t. They’re not going to detect some FF with UBO and not others. The only thing that may affect whether or not you’re detected is if you’re using a VPN or other encryption.

filefly ,

Congrats, you’ve managed to make a post in which nothing makes sense

turbowafflz ,

Well it detects it for me and I am neither using a VPN nor any additional encryption. I’m guessing it’s just their normal thing of slowly rolling out changes instead of to every user at once.

rush OP ,

uBlock Origin’s default lists with both Firefox and uBO being on their latest is currently undetected. By that I mean they’ve already released fixes.

rush OP ,

They will actually, as they’re looking for specific things to be blocked/altered using JavaScript that is easily affected by enabling certain custom lists. In case you don’t believe me, you can look on uBO’s official statement regarding this.

AngrilyEatingMuffins ,

Thanks!

filister ,

It is also possible to install libredirect if you are using Firefox Nightly on Android mike.sg/…/how-to-use-libredirect-on-android/. You can disable the YouTube app and this would force your device to open the YouTube links in your default browser.

clanginator ,

If you’re on Android why not just use YT Vanced or Newpipe? Both are excellent and I haven’t had issues with YT Vanced since this change.

filister ,

I am using Newpipe, but libredirect can redirect more websites, not only YouTube.

clanginator ,

Ah I see, ty

xnileap ,

Could also use Fennec or Mull on f-droid instead of Firefox Nightly with less telemetry from Google and other vendors

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