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YouTube on Firefox mobile is awesome (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Out of the box it can play audio in the background, and now that extensions are available you can block ads as well. You don't really need constantly updating 3rd party clients or questionable firewalls anymore if you just want usable youtube on a phone.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

A question from my friend @[email protected]

The only issue I have is Youtube automatically downgrading my Quality setting by one each time I watch a new video.

The following thing happens, if I do NOT manually select 1080p each time I watch a new video:

It starts at 1080p for a couple seconds, then buffers a couple seconds. Afterwards it resumes playing at 720p. If I don’t manually reset it to 1080p, the next video starts at 720p, buffers again, and resumes with 480p. This continues all the way down to 144p.

I have not found anything that is able to help me with this issue. By now, I’ve become accustomed to that, but it’s still annoying.

Using the Youtube High Definition addon for FF didn’t help.

Anyone got another idea?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Newpipe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Adblock extension was always available. Now more extensions work on mobile but adblock was available from day 1.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

yes, it's true, especially useful for IOS users, but for Android I recommend YouTube Revanced. you can block ads, there is sponsorblock and many others, such as disabling the "shorts" function

https://github.com/revanced

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Might as well use a FOSS app like NewPipe x Sponsorblock.

Fdroid repo: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.polymorphicshade.newpipe

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Last time I tried Newpipe it wasn't all that great. Would be fine if you just hit up YouTube for random stuff, but didn't have any consideration for channels you subscribed to. I'm guessing it's gotten better?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

I find it reliable. I just use subscriptions feed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I haven't tried newpipe, is it missing any features compared to revanced? I love that I can disable the shorts player, play with my screen off, and the wide array of customization options

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Yes for all those things. Doesnt have youtube recommended or sign in, but you can export youtube subscriptions from your account. LibreTube is also great and i like it better (when my phone doesnt cause problems)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Have a look at NewPipe app, might be of interest.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I love Firefox, but if you have a non-rooted phone, DuckDuckGo is better.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Its a webview browser which is just a chrome system widget.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mull

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

I agree, and here is a good resource explaining:

https://divestos.org/pages/browsers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

and now that extensions are available you can block ads as well

AdBlock was on mobile for years. One of the few add-ons that worked.