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YouTube is now hiding the skip button on mobile too (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 7 months ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months 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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[–] parpol@programming.dev 20 points 7 months 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.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] parpol@programming.dev 4 points 7 months 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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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months ago

Fine, I’m hiding the ads on mobile.

…and desktop.

…and downloading the videos I watch more than once.

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 99 points 7 months 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.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 52 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

How does it compare to Newpipe?

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 36 points 7 months 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.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 7 months 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.

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And SmartTube on the TV.

[–] marius@feddit.org 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is there also something for roku sticks?

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