YouTube Ad Blocker
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@lamrongol, for YT I use the inbuild trackerblocker in Vivaldi and the Violentmonkey extension with this script, With this I cut the YT video ads since half a year without problems.
You can find hundreds of scripts you can install in this extension, also for YT in GreasyFork and Openusejs.
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@jtanna This only seems to appear when you are logged in. Log out, clear site data, and try again.
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@luetage, I'm logged in, but have the YT account separate from the Google account, it's an option for EU users.
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@Catweazle Thank you, at least for now, it works.
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@Catweazle Sorry for additional question, is there a way on Android?
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For mobile phone the best is to use NewPipe:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
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@barbudo2005 Hmmm... I didn't know f-droid and have some anxiety but I will try after researching.
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NewPipe is in F-droid because it is reliable and not in Google Play.
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@lamrongol
Adguard? It works very good in vivaldi android.
At least for me:)
I use their pc app in windows too and I haven't had any issue with YouTube in windows too. -
@barbudo2005 Hmmm... NewPipe is not a extension of Vivaldi(Chrome). Isn't it? For Example, when I view Twitter and open external link and it is YouTube, I can't avoid ads?
@electryon I found a page says security issues occurred a few times on AdGuard, is it really safety?
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Said:
NewPipe is not a extension of Vivaldi(Chrome). Isn't it?
It is an app not an extension.
when I view Twitter and open external link and it is YouTube, I can't avoid ads?
Yes.
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@barbudo2005 Sorry but I've searched and checked app but can't find a way to use NewPipe as an extension.
At least, Vivaldi on Android doesn't have a function of extensions? https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/89551/extensions-on-android/4 -
@lamrongol said in YouTube Ad Blocker:
can't find a way to use NewPipe as an extension.
Because it's not an extension. It's an app.
And, no, Vivaldi Android cannot accept extensions.
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@tonysea Unfortunately, Brave is the only browser ATM that blocks YouTube ads in the default configuration. However, I don't think one need to change the prefered browser of every living thing on the Solar System, that is, Vivaldi, for a crypto-based bussiness. Also, there's no too much to gain from seeing YouTube wihout ads but a sense of privacy based on an appareance of no-tracking by Google. Nevertheless, Google tracks every movement, with or without showing ads โeven if you buy YouTube Premium.
Using default ad and tracker blocker in Vivaldi should be sufficient in most cases, because what is being used is DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar. However, the best part is that you don't need uBlock if you will not going for the details but want and easy and efficient set up, by just going to Settings > Privacy > Tracker and Ad Blocking > Manage Sources. There you can add some Sources, like AdGuard, that sometimes can block more.
Installing an extension increases your attack surface, be it AdGuard, uBlock, or whatever.The best you can do is installing FreeTube (app) or using a public instance on Invidious (web) or Piped (web). You can then sync suscriptions of Piped (web) in LibreTube (app) in Android devices, and I think that you can install the website as a PWA on iOS devices (though I am not sure). However, you can use too Newpipe (app) on Android (though it is going in a recreation and for this reason isnt receiving important updates in the meanwhile) and Yattee (app) on Apple devices (including TV, macOS, and iOS). All of this options allow you to watch YouTube without ads while gaining some level of real privacy and not just a false sense of not being tracked. In my case, all of this apps are a lot faster than YouTube, and I enjoy more using those apps that using YouTube or, for example, AdGuard (in Android and iOS you must sharr the video with AdGuard, and the last time I checked some years ago, you can't view any subtitles at all).
Brave isn't needed to watch just YouTube: you gain near to nothing with this. Better to use Vivaldi and pinning to the panel one โor allโ of the above mentioned sites.
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@uyx, as said above, I don't see ads in YT, activated the Vivaldi Tracker blocker + Violentmonkey with these scripts, which YT obviously donยกt see.
YouTubeVideo&music&kidsAdBlocking
Ultimate YouTube Ad Remover and Detection Bypasser
Without ads and nags since more than half a year.
I use also FreeTube + SMplayer as extern player, because some videos , like also in Invidios are blocked by YT and SMplayer is capable to ignore it.
Other Front-ends which still work well are
PokeTube
LightTube
ViewTubeAlternative to YT, I use also Odysee (OpenSource, hosted by LBRY). There you can even sync your YT channels. It's like YT, but without Google.
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I started to use AdGuard on Android and it works for Vivaldi correctly at least this time.
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New: Youtube again tightens the blocking of adblockers:
https://9to5google.com/2024/05/27/youtube-skipping-to-end-adblockers/
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Youtube adds ads to video stream in server itself, can not be blocked anymore. Videos have no timestamps to detect start and end of ads. Will be the end of working adblocker for YT videos.
And a YT paid premium account is not guaranteed to be free from ads now and in future.
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@DoctorG uBlock Origin is still working for me, but some videos start in the middle or near the end, so I need to press the Home key. Not unusable yet for me.
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@DoctorG, the script blocks also in-video ads and all other, I had never seen an ad or any other crap since almost half a year with it, only not posible to skip, when the author himself promote some products in the video in his discourse, that's naturally not detectable.