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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 !!
YouTube revanced is awesome but theres a bit more to it than installing a single apk
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.
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.
Never use a proprietary app for what should be done in a browser.
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Firefox for Android with uBlock. I get the YouTube front end (live subscriptions, recommended home feed, livestreams etc.) but no ads.
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 + uBlock is my suggestion too, it makes mobile browsing bearable.
Yes, you can use NewPipe x Sponsorblock or LibreTube
NewPipe or LibreTube.
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)
Use LibreTube.
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
i suggest to use a open source front end (such as newpipe). and use adayaw (a hosts based ad blocker) for the generic ads
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.