L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoYouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about itmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square303fedilinkarrow-up1702arrow-down117file-text
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minus-squareSalix@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-211 months agoYou can use: Revanced https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-manager https://revanced.app/ This patches the official YouTube app with a lot of different options including removing those ads. NewPipe https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe https://newpipe.net/ https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ This scrapes the website, and is my preferred YouTube app. You cannot log into an account though, which isn’t an issue for me. You can also import/export your subscriptions. They are still working on getting comment replies into the app though. LibreTube https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.libretube/ This uses Piped API, and you can choose with instances you want to use. This has comment replies in the app.
You can use:
Revanced
This patches the official YouTube app with a lot of different options including removing those ads.
NewPipe
This scrapes the website, and is my preferred YouTube app. You cannot log into an account though, which isn’t an issue for me. You can also import/export your subscriptions. They are still working on getting comment replies into the app though.
LibreTube
This uses Piped API, and you can choose with instances you want to use. This has comment replies in the app.