PSA To people watching YouTube with AdBlockers

You might have noticed that even on Firefox (depending on your lists) YouTube may detect uBlock Origin on Firefox now

There’s already a workaround (found, again, here), but I figured I would use this opportunity to tell people that projects like Piped and Invidious exist, which both allow you to watch YouTube without loading their ads, with improved Privacy and (in the case of Piped) even Geoblocking-Circumvention and SponsorBlock out of the box.

They’re both great tools, and using something like LibRedirect you can even automatically go to Piped or Invidious when clicking/opening a YouTube link (and more).

Both don’t load ads, but unless changed in the settings Individous may still make connections to Google/YouTube to load the video(s) themselves.

Bit of a shameless plug for these projects, but I figured this is a really good time to show these projects as I often see people asking what they are in threads on here

CubbyTustard, (edited )

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    elltee,
    1. Choose instance: github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/wiki/Instances
    2. Click instance link
    3. watch videos
    4. ?
    5. profit

    You can create account on a per instance basis.

    Cheers

    over_clox,

    I can’t comment on how Piped works, but I can tell you how it doesn’t work. Piped does not access or utilize your Google account in any way. 👍

    This comment was posted from a device that’s never been logged into any Google account in the first place.

    Tanya,

    What email account provider do you use? Would be interested to get free of Google. .

    shish_mish,
    @shish_mish@lemmy.world avatar

    Proton mail is excellent and comes with a decent VPN that is free for personal use.

    SimplePhysics,

    If you want to get away from just Google, you can try iCloud or whatever Microsoft calls their Mail product now. If you want to get away with big tech run products, I recommend Proton. Of course you can always go full tinfoil hat and host your own email server with your own domain, but that will set you back at least 7 bucks a year, even if you for the cheapest register (Cloudflare, they don’t add their own fees at all, so you can’t really go lower).

    over_clox,

    Unfortunately I still use Google, just not on this particular phone or my tablet. I’m still in the process of gradually de-Googling myself.

    I’ve heard Proton is good though, it’s on my radar in the future… proton.me

    Also, not for daily use, more as a throwaway email for sites that have no business asking your email… www.dispostable.com

    Tanya,

    Thank you, I will look into it!

    rush,

    It doesn’t use the APIs at all, which is also why Google can’t Cease & Desist them for not complying with API terms

    shish_mish,
    @shish_mish@lemmy.world avatar

    I am using Ublock and sponsor block,so far no adverts but it is always good to have more tools,just in case.Thank you for the links :)

    QuinceDaPence,

    My HTPC has accounts in chrome on there for each member of the family. All are configured the same with ublock origin but only one is getting the popups.

    tallwookie,

    started using FreeTube (the installed version) - after importing my YT account data it’s basically the same thing as YT just outside the browser - but without ads/etc

    GreasyTengu,

    switched to freetube yesterday, pretty good so far, though I cant figure how to import my playlists over.

    tallwookie,

    no playlists yet but you can export your subscriptions (from youtube) - docs.freetubeapp.io/…/importing-subscriptions/

    mihnt,
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    GreasyTengu,

    ah, makes sense why it wouldn’t take the playlists i exported from youtube then.

    iHUNTcriminals,

    I think the last update made it better. I used to get errors loading pages and feeds… It would still work but it would post an annoying error bubble. Now it doesn’t! This is one of my must haves for a Linus install.

    Sir_Kevin,
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    I did the same yesterday and was pleasantly surprised with how much more responsive it is compared to normal YouTube in a browser. The interface is very snappy. FreeTube also has Sponsor Block built in as an optional feature.

    weeahnn, (edited )
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    I would love to use it, instead of YouTube but two things hold me back.

    1. Sometimes I like to just browse the home page and watch some recommended videos, and Freetube does not have that.
    2. Blocking channels with Freetube is kinda bothersome. Having to copy-paste the name of every channel I don’t want to see is tedious, especially since I use the Blocktube extension, and at this point have hundreds of channels blocked. I would be happy if there was a similar option in Freetube, or if I could import my blocklist from BlockTube.
    MomoTimeToDie,

    Am I just insanely lucky or something? I just use chrome and it hasn’t complained about my adblock once, and I watch a lot of YouTube.

    Lumun,
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    You are probably lucky, for now. I’m pretty sure they are rolling it out in waves. Boiling the frog and all that.

    Thorny_Insight,

    They’re probably A/B testing it on only part of the users. I didn’t get it for a long time either, but when it appeared the first time it just kept showing up again and again after that.

    db2,

    I’ll stick with revanced, there really isn’t anything they can do to stop it long term.

    twistedtxb,
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    Revanced is pretty much perfect for my needs.

    And SmartTube on my Android TV.

    Bandicoot_Academic,

    Just a note for people wanting to install it:

    The only official website is www.revanced.app and www.github.com/revanced , all other websites are unoffincial and can sometimes spread malware. Unfortunetley the official site has terrible SEO and shows up very low in search results. Also the revanced team dosen’t distibute prebuilt apks for copyright reasons, you have to patch the stock apk yourself.

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