Anybody know of a good apk that blocks ads while watching YouTube on my phone app ?
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There is sponsorBlock version as well
It was really buggy for me for around a week recently but they did patch it
Highly recommended. Fdroid is one way to install, you can also download an .apk from the new pipe website.
Second new pipe. Works great
One more vote for NewPipe! Been using it for years.
Thank you !!
I like revanced
You can find pre-compiled apks on Mobilism.
The manager doesn’t really eork for me for some reason
In my case, the patching work but installation failed. My solution is to save the generated apk and install it using a file manager instead of directly from revanced manager.
Firefox + ublock origin = zero youtube ads. Fuck the app.
LibreTube, comes with SponsorBlock builtin and uses the Piped backend.
This!
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.
Isn’t that repo outdated? I use this
You’re correct. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Fixed the link.
Thank you for your response. I’ll check it out
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.
but it doesn’t on unrooted Android
It actually has VPN mode which also works without root
They’re saying it doesn’t work to block ads on YouTube and I can confirm that they’re correct.
That’s the only method for it to work on unrooted phones.
Yes, but it works
You could also use a custom DNS like NextDNS on Android 10+, but it’s not as private as adaway
You need to add an Xposed module for it to block ads on YouTube though, requiring root. AdAway VPN mode on unrooted phones won’t block YouTube ads. I just triple checked and tried it again to make sure I wasn’t talking out of my ass.
Ohh. That’s what you mean
Yeah just use ReVanced
Never use a proprietary app for what should be done in a browser.
If only mobile web versions didn’t suck.
Sadly not relevant. Security matters, UI is decorative.
I have nothing about PWAs, heck, Voyager is awesome, but it mixes both aspects and that’s why I used it.
Words of wisdom
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.
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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.
Newpipe can also continue to play videoes with the screen turned off. The interface is really nice.
Firefox + uBlock is my suggestion too, it makes mobile browsing bearable.
NewPipe or LibreTube.
Yes, you can use NewPipe x Sponsorblock or LibreTube
Use LibreTube.
For YouTube I think the only options are revanced/ revanced extended or Firefox Nightly with a whole bunch of extensions.
Isn’t ublock Origin sufficient? It is at least on desktop browsers.
Yes, ublock is enough on mobile
Revanced extended is great Sadly the devs discontinued it due to unacceptable community (i’m one of the admins of revanced extended)
Wtf. Now revanced stopped too? Didn’t they just release the patches for all the 3th party reddit apps.
Revanced extended …
Not Revanced
I setup Firefox Nightly with SponsorBlock as a substitute before Vanced went down. But I noticed yesterday that it doesn’t seem to support 60fps videos.
Get ReVanced.
Thanks, I’ll check it out!
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
YouTube revanced is awesome but theres a bit more to it than installing a single apk
