• @pdxfed
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    116 months ago

    YouTube is fucking unusable on mobile. I couldn’t even tell what website I was on and why I had TikTok ads in my face that autoplayed. Closed them and the content I wanted to view was gone and there was a video of a little dog instead. FUCK off

    • @[email protected]
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      6 months ago

      firefox with ublock origin if you are on android. or any desktop os for that matter.

      bonus: sponsorblock to skip sponsor segments and background video play fix to play videos in the background/with the screen off

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        36 months ago

        I mainly use Revanced, but when an update breaks something this is the way to go. Whenever I accidentally open the official youtube app I feel like I stepped on a dog turd

    • kurikai
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      46 months ago

      Install newpipe

      • @pdxfed
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        16 months ago

        Does that automatically play YouTube videos when opened or something, or what would it do in this situation of being linked to YouTube content?

        • kurikai
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          36 months ago

          Yes. You can make it the default YouTube player on android, so you click a YouTube link and it opens in the newpipe app.

          • @pdxfed
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            16 months ago

            Thanks. I have newpipe installed, which setting would enable newpipe to open instead of YouTube?

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                6 months ago

                Thanks. If I accidentally clicked “always” how can I get that option to pop up again?

                Edit; NM figured it out, in newpipe settings under “behavior” “video open option” I just switched to “always ask” so I can see how the different options work as I get familiar and then will choose the one I prefer.

            • kurikai
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              26 months ago

              Something like Settings > apps> default apps > opening links > newpipe Then select the urls you want to open in newpipe. Also select the YouTube app and don’t allow it to open links

              • @pdxfed
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                6 months ago

                Got it, thanks!