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.
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.
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
I haven't tried newpipe, is it missing any features compared to revanced? I love that I can disable the shorts player, play with my screen off, and the wide array of customization options
My main issue with new pipe is that when I scroll down to read the comments, the video disappeares. It's not fixed in place (don't know what that's called). Other than that, it's great overall!
As far as I know, you can't log in to your account with newpipe. I use revanced and have no issues
It has little to no bull shit and it can play with screen off. Age restricted videos are a problem.
If you hate the official app it's perfect for you. Literally just your curated feed and nothing else.
Are youtube ads in Firefox on iOS blocked? They are with uBlock on Firefox Android, but iirc Firefox on iOS doesn't support extensions.
Yeah I'm almost positive you're right and the person you're responding to is not. All browsers on iOS are skins of safari essentially right now. That's about to change but only thanks to the EU
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.
Adblock extension was always available. Now more extensions work on mobile but adblock was available from day 1.
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
Thanks! I've been struggling with this for months, couldn't even find someone with the same issue.
For anyone else with this problem: Go to Android settings (not Firefox settings), then apps, Firefox, and turn off picture-in-picture
I'm glad it worked for you!
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
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.
Yeah, they're so dedicated to user privacy that they redirected crypto URLs to their own affiliate link to profit off of.
Didn't know, thanks.
I'm happy to hear more reasons to move away from Brave if anyone's got them 🙂
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.
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.
but what hardware/phone you have? My experience is that it lags on regular phones
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?
Same with Orion browser on ios. Ublock origin and sponsorblock work great
Holy shit I did not know there was a browser that ran extensions on iOS. Mind blown
edit: yep it works. this is crazy
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