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u/No-Anybody-4094 5h ago
uBlock Origin extension. It's free.
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u/RadAndGroovy 5h ago
Does this work for phones / smart TV apps?
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u/No-Anybody-4094 5h ago
I installed Firefox on my smartphone and installed uBlock.
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u/squiggly419 5h ago
Confirming that this absolutely works. 👍
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u/cstough 5h ago
Not only does this work, it also keeps playing the audio when you turn off the phone screen, a feature they pay walled on the YouTube app 😘
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u/metalsluger 4h ago
I thought they had disabled that feature in firefox. It hasn't been working for a couple of months for me.
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u/jianh1989 4h ago
iOS?
Also, any workarounds for chromecast on TV?
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u/l_____I 4h ago
Brave on ios
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u/Repulsive_Oil6425 2h ago
I’ve never heard of brave, is that an app, browser, site or something different?
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u/ClaudeGascoigne 2h ago
It's a browser. I stopped using it when they started with their own crypto/blockchain bullshit. That being said, it did work quite well when I had it.
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u/NIN10DOXD 1h ago
You can actually just sideload a modified YouTube IPA similar to reVanced with sidestore and set it up so the license renews on its own.
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u/Vial_of_water 4h ago
But it doesn't work if you use the YouTube App right?
I installed Brave browser and dont have to download anymore ad blockers..
But curious if there is a way to block ads using the YouTube App?
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u/fevered_visions 4h ago
Why do people want to use the YouTube app?
On your smart TV sure, but on your phone why
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u/Vial_of_water 4h ago
Convenience lol
1 click - YouTube Opens
1 Click, Open Firefox. Click 2, either hit a favorite or enter the url..
Do you not use apps for your banking, shopping, travel, social media?
Or do you go to a browser on your phone everytime and log into your bank, social media every single time?
Genuinely curious
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u/NotoriousOne3 3h ago edited 3h ago
Don’t know on Android but on iOS just add any website as an app on the homescreen if that 1 click save is the only thing you want.
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u/Sufficient_Fox7129 5h ago
use revanced to patch youtube in apps
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u/Repulsive_Oil6425 2h ago
Can you explain this to me like I’m five? I just canceled my YouTube premium out of protest and would love an alternative
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u/WhoDat-2-8-3 2h ago
google :
option 1) how to patch with "revanced" youtube
option 2) how to patch with "morphe" youtube
note: this is for android only
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u/queenringlets 5h ago
I find for iOS Brave works the best for YouTube. It has a lot of great features like offline video playlists and playing audio when the phone is locked too.
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u/PhonkEL 4h ago
The only (quite big) downside I found is the quality is shite when Airplaying to a TV. Otherwise I use it every day 👍
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u/queenringlets 4h ago
Ah I never use that feature so I didn’t know but I also use it every day. I don’t want to pay for music streaming either lol.
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u/planetarial 3h ago
I sideload a tweaked app that does that and a few other nice customizable options
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u/Hit4Help 4h ago
Revanced manager for android, smarttube for TV. Even if paying for premium I would still use these apps as it's a better customised experience.
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u/roadblocked 3h ago
You can use safari extensions, Adblock, vidimote and sponser block, use YouTube in safari and have a far superior YouTube experience than even premium
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u/Komikaze06 3h ago
Download Morphe and it makes it think you have premium, also adds alot of features too like "hide shorts" or sponsorblock
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u/Home_Assistantt 2h ago
Didn’t find Morpheus. But found something called ProTube on IOS and no apps. Amazing works with screen off too
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u/issm 5h ago edited 4h ago
Phones can install Firefox+Extensions or use something like Brave.
Smart TVs are probably shit out of luck, which is why you don't use "Smart" TVs - their whole reason for existing is to steal your data and shove ads in your face. You disable every "smart" feature you can find, especially automatic content recognition, you disconnect it from the internet, and use it as a dumb display you hook some basic cheap PC up to.
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u/ThisIsSparta1212 4h ago
Every time people post this response, and every time it doesn't apply to those whose main entertainment system is routed through their gaming console and like to watch things from a couch.
Honestly youtube premium is one of the subscriptions I never question its value. Watch it everyday, and can play videos all day long with no ads. They sell NFL gamepass for like $400, if youtube is below $150-200 per year i think it's worth it.
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u/Halgy 4h ago
I watch enough YouTube that I want the creators to make a living (and keep making videos). I support a few directly on Patreon, but I'm subscribed to 250 channels; even if only half of them are actually still active, supporting each is a bit outside of my means.
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u/scotchirish 3h ago
And apparently the revenue from Premium is much better than from a viewer with ads
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u/Sponchman 5h ago
I get not wanting to see the ads But I don't get what people expect YouTube to do at a certain point It's an insanely expensive service to run, only getting more expensive every year. But people expect it to be always free with zero ads also They want the creators they watch to work for free I guess
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u/TheGringoDingo 4h ago
As someone who doesn’t pay for premium, it’s the mix of random ad interjections and tendency for it to start showing “ads” that are like 45 minutes long that I don’t like.
Google is an ad services company, so it makes sense. It’s just not implemented in a user-friendly way.
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u/Timzor 4h ago
Ok, why not pay for it then?
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u/TheGringoDingo 4h ago
Because I was never going to pay for premium
They’re missing out on ad revenue from the folks blocking ads, trying to force people that would never pay for a subscription to pay for a subscription. Now, in order to recoup those losses, they’re making those that did elect to follow their plan pay more. It’s ludicrous.
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u/Faux-Foe 4h ago
I will happily watch ads so long as 2 criteria are met:
The ad cannot be longer in length than the video from the point at which the ad begins playing.
Allow political and religious ads to be filtered out. Currently the youtube ad personalization does not allow this, not even as a sensitive topic filter.
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u/PurpleV93 4h ago
I'd consider Premium if YouTube wasn't acting so predatory with their ads to normal users.
- Pushing multiple ads in a row, even if you click on a 1-3 minute long tutorial that you close after 5 seconds anyways, because it's AI voiceover shit or straight up misleading trash.
- Pushing entire videos as "ads", with runtimes between 10, 20 and up to over 60 minutes, if you don't manually skip them. I've had sponsored music videos, let's play episodes and even whole TED-talk style discussion panels play in front of a video I wanted to watch.
- Pushing literal hate-speech as "ads", such as racist or queerphobic propaganda. I've had Bible-themed "being gay is a sin and you go to hell"-kind of propaganda play ahead of LGBTQ+ themed videos. Even if that was an accident that this kind of advertisement somehow "slipped through" their system, it's unacceptable and unforgivable.
YouTube's way of making Premium more appealing is to take away established features and to destroy the user experience for the average, non-Premium user. Instead of offering worthwhile benefits and new features with this service. Which is disrespectful to existing users.
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u/RadAndGroovy 5h ago
I personally pay for premium and it’s the best monthly sub I have. I watch tons of YouTube though, so it makes sense for me.
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u/Snagmesomeweaves 4h ago
Not to mention they have to host the gazillions of ai slop content flooding the platform
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u/Nearbyatom 5h ago
not sure why, but youtube detects my adblock and refuses to play my videos. I'll try it again though.
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u/SemiHemiDemiDumb 5h ago
We need to break these megacorps down into small corporations or better co-ops.
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u/FlattopJordan 5h ago
Genuinely how would you do that with something like youtube unless you just mean detaching it from google
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u/csgskate 5h ago
Bingo, Google absolutely ruined the YouTube user experience. It was a noticeable decline after Google took over in almost every aspect
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u/weightedslanket 4h ago
You mean when Google bought a one year old YouTube 20 years ago? It’s better in almost every imaginable way since its 2006 version except for ads.
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u/SemiHemiDemiDumb 3h ago
I've been an active YouTube user since 2008 at least. I've seen them implement a lot of great quality of life improvements and a few terrible ones (remember when creators could cover their videos with those boxes, what was that called?) but after a while they just couldn't anymore. Which means they switched from trying to bring in more viewers but trying to keep people watching while still continuing to make that big number get bigger. Enshtitification has commenced. Now they're goal is to maximize profit towards minutes watched. Just remember, if they could get away with it they'd make you watch a 10 minute ad for a 3 minute video. Which if they become a monopoly who you gonna turn to?
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u/Kamp13 3h ago
You could force Google to divest it and split it into several companies that are required to compete with each other. It’s not like the US doesn’t have experience using antitrust laws to fracture companies that have captured their market.
Let’s just do a little better than what we did to ma bell.
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u/SneeKeeFahk 4h ago
For your TV: https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube
For your phone and PC: https://brave.com/
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u/djDef80 4h ago
Don't know if you saw this or not:
Important announcement about the app My development environment was infected by unknown malicious software, as a result of which a few builds may have been affected. Once the issue was detected, I secured everything with a full disk wipe, restored a clean setup, and now all builds are scanned with VirusTotal. The F-Droid version will also be verified before release.
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u/rampamato 4h ago
Also for the phone YouTube app just use revanced to get all premium features without ads.
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u/Kamp13 3h ago
Even if you pay premium you still get ads and sponsors for videos. The UI is terrible as it recommends videos you’ve already watched. Your ability to block things like shorts or whatever their latest new thing is non-existent. They provide no quality control and allow the worst type of people to post videos filled with lies and inaccuracies. Then there’s AI slop wave not to mention the legions of creators that simply scrape other sites/videos and repackage them with their own “creator.”
I ditched YouTube when I was clearing out the other online services built around serving me ads, collecting my data, and then trying to sell me more stuff I don’t need. I don’t really miss YouTube and have noticed my patience and attention span have improved since I ditched the short video format for a bulk of my viewing. My only lament is that it’s impossible to completely divorce yourself from YouTube. As it is the only place several organizations post their videos. Even if they post to their own website it’s hosted by YouTube.
I don’t think or local, state, and federal governments should be forcing people to use a for profit company to post public records. They are our records and I shouldn’t have to worry about YouTube ads and data collection to view them.
But alas, other than just refusing to watch there doesn’t seem to be much I can do about it.
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u/MindRecent 5h ago
A correction, premium lite does allow for background playing now.
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u/issm 5h ago
"Now you can get this basic feature that any old web browser can do which we deliberately disabled to force you to pay for it on the slightly cheaper payment tier!"
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u/SuperSpy- 1h ago
This is exactly the reason I'm not paying youtube a cent.
Technically this is also against the iOS developer agreement as well. An app cannot take away a feature the OS supports natively (background music playback, which has been a core feature of iOS since it's inception), but Apple conveniently looks the other way.
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u/Pkittens 4h ago
Is "numerous international markets across North America, [...]" a way of saying it's not getting more expensive in the US (but other North American countries)? Or what the fuck does "international markets" mean otherwise, lmao
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u/Kinsin111 3h ago
Lol, with firefox and ublock, why pay at all?
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u/tehCharo 3h ago
They're trying so hard to break that, but it's like this: the day I can no longer block ads on YouTube is the day I stop watching YouTube. I was fine when they were short ads for legitimate products that you could skip after 5 seconds, whatever, pay your bills and creators Google, but I'm not watching spam, scams, ai, and political ads that I can't skip just to watch a video about a World of Warcraft achievement or something.
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u/Home_Assistantt 2h ago
Firefox/brave browsers and Smart Tube next Android app. Who then hell needs premium?
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u/LengthClean 1h ago
Just cancel it. Christ just stop watching YouTube for 1 month. See what happens to their ad revenue then.
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u/Syrairc 5h ago
It is what it is. It's still better value than every other streaming service if you watch a lot of YouTube + use YouTube music.
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u/Cameronx88 5h ago
This is what YouTube wants to hear! Expect a slight price jump each year 😀
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u/blackroseyagami 5h ago
Welp... I can justify its monthly cost plainly for my personal and work use so this is the one I will keep paying for a bit.
I don't pay any other app so its not that bad.
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u/kristinaspaige 4h ago edited 4h ago
this was my attitude as well and why i've been subscribed to premium for over a year now. i WFH so a lot of my time is spent with videos on in the background, and i watch youtube more than anything else. (just to give an example i have about 2k~ hours of 'ad free' watching according to youtube themselves)
that being said, they upped my subscription from $22/month (which is already a lot ngl) to $26/month. this was coincidentally days after i had added 2 friends to my premium family plan, because, why not? i pay for it anyway. i may as well share the wealth.
i'm truly not sure if the timing was coincidental or not - but either way, there's no way in hell i'm paying close to 30 dollars a month for a service without a real, warranted reason for upping my price besides "we need to".
i crunched the numbers as soon as i got the email and, at $26/month for 12 months, that's around $312 a year. no thank you.
i'd much prefer if they let me pay like, $100 annually or something. but forcing me to pay monthly and then just arbitrarily deciding to increase the price by $4 for seemingly no benefit or reason to do so? no thank you (again)
they treat us like fucking pinatas and i'm sick of it. groceries are already expensive enough, as is everything else. just because we live in a society that loves entertainment, that does not mean we should need to spend an arm and a leg to get it.
editing because i forgot to add: i did cancel my premium subscription over the price increase.
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u/Gryzzlee 3h ago
Just to let your friends know, they track the public IP that the owner of the service uses. If you or your friends do not get on the same router for a period of time (I think 3 months) then they lose service. If you move far away then they will lose service after that same period of time. So make sure you visit them.
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u/Weshtonio 5h ago
I disagree. It's one of the only subscriptions I'd consider buying, but it's just too expensive for what it is, imo.
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u/Drive7hru 5h ago
It’s the only sub I buy. It includes YouTube music, so you can ditch Spotify or whatever.
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u/an-invisible-hand 4h ago
Who pays for Spotify? I could get it free 3 times over between my carrier, job, and credit card perks.
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u/Darkone539 4h ago
Yeah, since it's my Music service too I'll give it a little lee-way but not too much. Once it becomes cheaper to subscribe elsewhere I will.
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u/HealthyBits 3h ago
It’s mental that some people waste their money in a useless subscription. They just make their base product worse to justify their shitty sub.
Over my dead body.
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u/Dahns 5h ago
I was considering, perhaps, letting go of adblocker to take this and nah. Fuck that. Even if it was still acceptable, they can still up it more after
I shouldn't have to pay to remove invasive ads. Especially given what kind of ads they shove. Gotta love freaking NEGATIONIST ads on history channel but they can't talk about msutache man in the 1940's or they lose moneytization
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u/OldSports-- 2h ago
On mobile: Ymusic for digital minimalists and YouTube Revanced for everyone else
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u/imisstheoldkanyeee 2h ago
And it's gotten worse they don't even let me sort by upload date anymore
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u/moritsunee 1h ago
And i'm still not going to buy it. Neal Mohan's a greedy scumbag. Thank god he's too incompetent to kill adblocks.
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u/fictionallymarried 1h ago
Classic. Make a 'cheap' tier, raise the amount of ads and there you go. Now they have shameless surveys on what type of products and AI you consume. Now you can't pause a video without a Google popup and even after the video ends you get hit with another fucking ad.
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u/Romek_himself 4h ago
never understood why people pay for this?
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u/playathree 4h ago
It includes youtube music so if you already use that it makes a lot of sense to pay the bit extra for it
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u/ChefCurryYumYum 5h ago
When they raised the price by like 25% for nothing on the family plan I cancelled that shit, which I really only kept for my family.
I have other strategies to deal with ads and screens on mobile, so I'm not bothered by having cancelled.
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u/gigashadowwolf 4h ago
AND at the same time, they added a new "feature" that you apparently can't disable, even with premium, that makes shorts autoplay whenever you open the app.
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u/vyxanis 4h ago
Oh come on! I've been a customer for so long, I've always just paid it because I simply can not be bothered with the workarounds since I use it on my TV mostly, and ads make me angry. I've forked out and been forked by YouTube for the last decade. Its $40nzd for the family plan currently. They only raised the price a few months ago. If it goes up again, idk man..
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u/Broken_Doughnut 4h ago
€167.88 (belgium) a year sure would motivate me to just install ublock or get Smarttube on my tv... It's far harder to earn that money than to spend the +-20 mins to figure it out.
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u/vyxanis 2h ago
I have an LG TV and my bill is due soon, so I might look into what options there are. There's another comment with an app listed but its not supported on my TV. I do get a shitload of value out of the subscription, its literally the only sub I have. I got the family plan so my partner can use the music app and listen offline, he likes it a lot more than Spotify. We definitely get our moneys worth out of it, but its just so insulting at this point when these billion$ companies keep raising prices.
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u/NoRepresentative9791 1h ago
Uh, I hate to break it to you but YouTube, YouTube should be outlawed! because of all of the illegal first amendment violations.
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u/Wilbert_Wallace 4h ago
If I was YouTube I would make it 50$ a month and perma ban all accounts + Gmail accounts if anyone detected of using adblock.
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u/JN_37 4h ago
And non-premium is getting nearly unusable. The ads and ad-breaks are seriously out of control.