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minus-squareArghblarglinkfedilinkEnglish7•9 hours agoOn desktop: uBlock origin (Vivaldi or Firefox). On mobile: Newpipe and AdAway (VPN mode, or rooted phone).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 hours agoTv: smarttube Android: revanced iOS/ipad: youtube++
minus-squareBilliamlinkEnglish1•edit-25 hours agoYeah, I kinda assumed the people who cared about these sorts of things wouldn’t be using an iPhone.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-27 hours agoOn your phone (and other devices) you can also use a DNS adblocker. Less effective, but good for most people. Mullvad. Control D. AdGuard. ETA: This usually doesn’t work on YouTube. Sorry for any confusion. Works decently enough for other ads at least.
minus-square@CairhienBookwormlinkEnglish2•8 hours agoDNS filering alone doesn’t work for YouTube in my experience.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 hours agoYou’re absolutely right and I forgot that for a moment there.
On desktop: uBlock origin (Vivaldi or Firefox). On mobile: Newpipe and AdAway (VPN mode, or rooted phone).
Tv: smarttube Android: revanced iOS/ipad: youtube++
Firefox + Ublock also work on mobile.
On Android.
Yeah, I kinda assumed the people who cared about these sorts of things wouldn’t be using an iPhone.
On the TV, smarttube
On your phone (and other devices) you can also use a DNS adblocker. Less effective, but good for most people.
Mullvad.
Control D.
AdGuard.
ETA: This usually doesn’t work on YouTube. Sorry for any confusion. Works decently enough for other ads at least.
DNS filering alone doesn’t work for YouTube in my experience.
You’re absolutely right and I forgot that for a moment there.