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

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 53 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] Gargari@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is sponsorBlock version as well

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[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] lennster@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Second new pipe. Works great

[–] StarChip@kbin.cafe 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] BiomedOtaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Thank you !!

[–] Sallp@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (6 children)
[–] TheMadnessKing@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can find pre-compiled apks on Mobilism.

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] WeAreAllOne@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] notasandwich1948@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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[–] OverfedRaccoon@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] BiomedOtaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] OverfedRaccoon@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year 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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[–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If only mobile web versions didn't suck.

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[–] BiomedOtaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Words of wisdom

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year 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.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year 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.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] agelord@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

NewPipe or LibreTube.

[–] jcrabapple@dmv.pub 6 points 1 year ago

Use LibreTube.

Yes, you can use NewPipe x Sponsorblock or LibreTube

[–] Vitaly@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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

[–] notasandwich1948@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

adaway is awesome but it won't block youtube ads

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[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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

[–] hempster@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] jack@monero.town 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, ublock is enough on mobile

[–] anisphia@ani.social 3 points 1 year 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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[–] ebd6a8c9051028dc1607@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] SamuraisEpic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

revanced.app. there's also an app on f-droid called adaway.

[–] BiomedOtaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

TrackerControl may work for this if you must use the stock app, newpipe is probably the best solution and finally, you can also use ad blocking dns and there may be VPN solutions as well.

Good luck

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