YouTube on Firefox mobile is awesome
YouTube on Firefox mobile is awesome
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.
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.
I've used almost all the addons I have on desktop for years with an extension collection and FF nightly.
Have a look at NewPipe app, might be of interest.
I did use that for a while. Google was always finding ways to break it. I don't use youtube on my phone often and when I had newpipe 9/10 times it was broken when I wanted to use it, so it didn't make it onto my next phone.
Have you tried revanced? I greatly enjoy it and haven't had it break on me once. Of course it's android only, but I think newpipe is too
Google was always finding ways to break it.
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I don't use it often (what have i the app for anyway) but it always worked when i did.
I also have a Pixel but never had a problem that wasn't promptly fixed.
Why install the app when all the same features work in browser? Not only did I save storage space, I also kept privacy as well as reduced CPU/RAM usage on my mid-tier phone using the browser that was already installed.
Why install the app when all the same features work in browser?
This is a pretty fair argument. It reminds me of the early 2010s when the sentiment everyone had was "we have an app for that". We don't need more specialized apps (which really aren't that specialized - most of these do exactly the same thing), we just need intelligent solutions using what we have. Back in the day that was responsive layouts, today it's browser extensions.
Does it Sponsor block?
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
Might as well use a FOSS app like NewPipe x Sponsorblock.
Fdroid repo: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.polymorphicshade.newpipe
Are youtube ads in Firefox on iOS blocked? They are with uBlock on Firefox Android, but iirc Firefox on iOS doesn't support extensions.
IIRC AdGuard iOS content filter works on safari a while ago to block youtube ads, but that was before youtube began its war against adblockers. Haven't tested it again yet.
If thats the case, yeah think that guy is wrong too. I guess they would have to rely on using some kind of frontend like piped through their browser
... I like the shorts....
Then don't turn them off. Revanced lets you choose.
Adblock extension was always available. Now more extensions work on mobile but adblock was available from day 1.
Not for iOS it wasn't.
The only issue I have is sometimes when I try to fullscreen a video, Firefox then tries to pop it out and then kind of crashes? It's more like returns to homescreen, the video is playing, but not visible, and if I reopen or click over to Firefox it's just the top right corner of Firefox in the bottom left corner of my screen. I've tried everything I can think of to fix it.
That's been happening to me also since the last update. It also won't allow me to actually log into Lemmy. It goes through the login process, but doesn't actually log me in. I always have to use Chrome to log in to check the mod reports since Liftoff doesn't have that ability yet.
See my other comment regarding PiP mode (picture in picture). Another user reported that this might be a solution.
Do you have PiP turned off (picture in picture)? It might not be related but it's worth a try
You could use PiP and Ublock Origins on Firefox Mobile for a long time now.
Yep, I've replaced the YouTube app with a shortcut to YouTube on Firefox mobile, and I've relegated the official YouTube app to the "app hell" folder.
you can likely just disable the app
Yeah, I'll probably uninstall it eventually. I'm keeping it around for a couple of months in case I need it, but haven't gone back to it so far.
Time to root 😉
A question from my friend @GTAVC@lemmy.world
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?
Youtube revanced lets you select a prefered quality setting for wifi and a separate one for mobile data. It will force the quality into that setting or the nearest one to it if it's not available in as high a quality.
This alongside adblock, sponsor block, and lots of customizable UI improvements.
Newpipe?
I'm expecting downvotes here but this is one of the reasons I started using Brave. One of the few things I could get to block YouTube ads on a non-jailbroken iPhone.
CrybtoBro Spam app. I'd rather go with Safari.
But since I use Firefox I am spared from Chromium and the crypto ad stuff.Well I feel that any cryptobro stuff was entirely optional and that Brave is dedicated to their users privacy.
https://brave.com/faq/#concerns
However I still feel Firefox is the right choice, it's just not a one that I've been able to fully commit to yet.
For iOS safari, I can’t recommend vinegar enough. It replaces the YouTube player with the default html 5 player. So you get all the built in iOS features and ad blocking. There’s also the sponsor block app which works in conjunction with vinegar.
ReVanced? Adguard has been able to block ads both from the yotube app and youtube in a browser for years, too. Also, any chrome based browser can do it with extensions for, also bene a thing for years. I've used opera, kiwi, and bromite for that.
Adguard is in the category of questionable firewalls. I used it for a while and it was just too kludgey for me when there's not many apps with ads that I use anymore. Android has free software for pretty much everything at this point.
Hey all! If I understand this right, for YouTube on iOS, Firefox works well since its built-in adblocker handles YouTube?
But, surely there's no difference from using regular Safari with Vinegar or another content blocker, right? I just have that on my homescreen as a bookmark and it's fine. I uninstalled the YouTube app.
What confuses me is Orion, which seems to be the only iOS browser that actually does have third-party extensions, so you can use uBlock, etc. I wonder how long that will last?! Maybe Apple decided there's no point in booting them, since the EU will soon require an end to this Webkit bullshit for all iOS browsers?
It seems it may be because Orion on iOS has web extensions support. Which I think safari also does (partially) but uses a different framework for its on extensions. Check out Kagi’s page on Orion and web extensions.
but what hardware/phone you have? My experience is that it lags on regular phones
Runs great on my old-ish Galaxy S10 !
Same with Orion browser on ios. Ublock origin and sponsorblock work great
I'd left Firefox on mobile for a while, so I'm returning to it with this new update. No brainer!
Yes.
The only problem with firefox on android is that its slow af compared to chromium based alternatives. I can't see a difference on pc but it is clearly noticeable on android.
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I also have this issue where the webview will refuse to change after a while.
I can try to leave a site typing in and address or try to switch tabs the UI will indicate the page changes and is loading but will still show the old site.
Eventually it goes black and is stuck until I force close and reload the page.
Haven't yet figured out how /where to report as a bug
Also, it sucks the battery empty while running in the background (more than chrome-based browsers).
I love Firefox, but if you have a non-rooted phone, DuckDuckGo is better.
DDG has a browser, and it's based on Chromium which is from Google, so this is a shit take. Do not use Chromium based browsers if you value privacy or ad blocking features.
Why?
Its a webview browser which is just a chrome system widget.
Mull
I agree, and here is a good resource explaining:
Firefox does not provide any more feautures if your phone is rooted as I know.
what?
what extra functionality do you get on firefox with root compared to without? lol