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BiomedOtaku @lemmy.dbzer0.com

1y ago

Android Ad Blocker

Anybody know of a good apk that blocks ads while watching YouTube on my phone app ?

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NewPipe. https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
- 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
https://revanced.app/download
- You can find pre-compiled apks on Mobilism.
  
  But mobilism and it's not great for the revanced devs regarding the dmca. It's presumably what took down vanced providing apks.
- The manager doesn't really eork for me for some reason
  
  https://github.com/inotia00/revanced-documentation
  Try the other Methods in the ReVanced Extended documentation.
  Using Revancify is a good option, or you can use the RVX-Builder in a computer.
  
  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.

LibreTube, comes with SponsorBlock builtin and uses the Piped backend.
- This!

YouTube revanced is awesome but theres a bit more to it than installing a single apk
- revanced is awesome. The patches are increasing in number. The one thing that confused me is what patches/options I can change later in the YouTube revanced settings.
  So, maybe they could categorise the patches as:
  Those that can be applied only while patching & cannot be changed in the settings.
  Those that can be changed in the YouTube revanced settings.

Firefox + ublock origin = zero youtube ads. Fuck the app.

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.
- 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.
- Isn't that repo outdated? I use this
  
  You're correct. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Fixed the link.
- 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.

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.

Firefox for Android with uBlock. I get the YouTube front end (live subscriptions, recommended home feed, livestreams etc.) but no ads.

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.
- Words of wisdom

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 too can do that! At least Fennec F-Droid, working like a charm under LineageOS!
- Firefox + uBlock is my suggestion too, it makes mobile browsing bearable.

Yes, you can use NewPipe x Sponsorblock or LibreTube

Use LibreTube.

NewPipe or LibreTube.

If you have a rooted device you can always rely on AdAway
- adaway is awesome but it won't block youtube ads
  
  Maybe, i simply use firefox+ublock origin and that's fine for me
- My device isn't rooted but I will look into that.
  
  I use AdAway in a non-rooted device and it works fine. You need to use it with a local vpn mode to function.
  
  You can try it

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.
- 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.
  
  Try this:
  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/youtube-auto-hd-fps/

i suggest to use a open source front end (such as newpipe). and use adayaw (a hosts based ad blocker) for the generic ads
- There's also newpipe x sponsorBlock
  
  Newpipe sponsorblock is so good.
- Is there one that supports casting over chromecast (or other)?

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

Kiwi browser with ublock origin extension or revanced or newpipe
Would recommend using nextdns for all other ads

Thank you all for your comments ! I appreciate the help.

I would usually suggest Newpipe but that's a little buggy rn so Libretube is probably your best bet, that even has sponsorblock aka it skips in video promotions from influencers too!

Use " dns.adguard.com " for your dns.
I haven't had an ad since making the switch.
- I'd recommend NextDNS, although I haven't tried the AdGuard DNS. You can choose from many blocklists, add stuff to Denylist or Allowlist (which I had to do for AliExpresss app to work properly), check logs to see what was blocked or allowed, add Rewrites which was useful for lemmy.fmhy.ml and fmhy.ml, and there's a bunch of other protection options.
  You can also test it out for free WITHOUT SIGNUP for 7 days. If you clear your cookies you can get another 7 days over and over without signup.
- iirc changing your DNS doesn't really block ads in the app since they serve ads using the same server side domains or something.

TrackerControl may work for this if you must use the stock app, newpipe is probably the best solution and finally, you can also use ad blocking dns and there may be VPN solutions as well.
Good luck

revanced.app. there's also an app on f-droid called adaway.

Youtube revanced

Sign up for YT premium using a vpn to a cheap country. I pay $2 a month. Once you sign up you can cancel the vpn and it keeps the same price
- but browser adblockers or alterate front ends are free
  
  Premium does support the creators at least
  
  I don’t feel like dealing with the hassle of side loading, and the browser is limited to 720p. It’s well worth my $2 a month
- Why would you pay at all though?
  
  Because the family premium tier gets you and designated family ad free YouTube when using Chromecast, and YouTube Music. Worth it for me. We're all cheapskates here, just some of us are less cheap!
- I would never pay YT premium until they implement Sponsorblock, which they won't do.

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