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YouTube is now hiding the skip button on mobile too (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Sadly, I see this working quite well. Does Google get paid per how long the ad is shown? Guessing they get paid more for an ad that plays all the way without being skipped.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Grayjay is such a good app to watch not only adfree YouTube, but also twitch, rumble, Odysee, etc. I don't understand how this app isn't the standard.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The second it becomes the standard is the second google looks for ways of nerfing it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Grayjay is ran locally, so they cant block the datacenter traffic like they did with invidious, but even if they managed to do something I'd probably still use grayjay, since I can follow the same creators on all platforms with it.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 weeks ago

Fine, I’m hiding the ads on mobile.

…and desktop.

…and downloading the videos I watch more than once.

[–] [email protected] 99 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

try sponsorblock or uBlock. Or some other third party apps. I've decided the inconvenience of watching youtube in a browser (with addons) outweighs the inconvenience of watching several long ads. At least for me.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

ReVanced I like better for Mobile, it's the app but with sponsor block and ublock built in.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

How does it compare to Newpipe?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ReVanced, in conjunction with MicroG, allows youto be logged in to Google while still having an ad block and sponsor block on mobile. Also setting up might be a little more difficult since it needs you to patch a YouTube apk yourself.

I understands this might be the exact opposite of what some people want but it works for me.

[+] [email protected] -36 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

~~Ironic that Revanced, an app that claims to block YouTube ads, injects its own ads.~~

Edit: I downloaded the wrong version.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe you have downloaded the wrong APK, there are some bad actors providing "pre built YouTube Revanced APKs". Be sure to only download the Revanced Manager from https://revanced.app/ and the unpatched YT APK (version should match the recommended one in the manager) from a trusted source like apkpure etc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Does it actually? Genuinely want to know. I've been using Revanced since vanced stopped working and haven't seen a single ad but maybe that's because of other things I'm doing with my phone

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have no idea what that person meant. The only thing that Revanced "injects" are info and updates of the app. The only thing I can think of is if they've installed it from a sketchy unofficial source.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

It's the original YouTube app but with addons. Revanced actually uses Newpipe to offer downloads. Biggest difference is that you can log in with your YouTube account on Revanced.