Being allergic to ads, I can’t watch YT on the default app. Google isn’t one of my favorite companies, so getting premium isn’t on my wishlist either.
When at home, I use a computer with Firefox and uBlock origin, but now I’m traveling light , so I left my laptop at home. Previously, it was possible to use my iPad to block YT ads, but that stopped working about two months ago. There are ways to watch those videos anyway, but I thought it would be fun to see if I can avoid YT instead.
Currently, I’m traveling with a tablet and several video apps, such as Nebula, Odysee and even Loops. My local TV channels have made some video apps, and nextDNS can block those ads without any issues, so now is the time to explore those as well.
Got any thoughts, questions, comments, or random stuff?
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Looks like you’re getting mostly advice, so I have some questions
How much did you watch YT before? I don’t mean that to sound snarky, just curious.
What are you looking forward to watching on the other video apps?
Have a nice journey! Me using Lemmy started as “1 month popular sites alternatives challenge” which I arranged for myself after growing increasingly more annoyed by moderation at sites like Reddit and 4chan. Some other systems I started using more as a result of that are Mastodon and Bluesky.
Install Firefox on Android and uninstall the YouTube app.
I block ads on safari on my iPhone when watching YouTube using adguard
1blocker + sponsor block + safari is what I’ve used when I had to use iOS or iPadOS. Never installed the YouTube app.
Added benefit of being able to airplay video to the TV and have it skip ads and utilize sponsor lock without needing to set up smarttubenext on the TV.
Great! I’ll try that out when I get back home.
You can set your vpn to a country like Romania and then you won’t get ads.
Amazing. Never even thought of trying that. Well, in about two weeks I’ll find out.
Revanced
Edit: sorry, didn’t see ios. Revanced is for android only.
Presumably you have a phone, too? Install LibreTube and enable local stream extraction in Settings
I’m also allergic to ads, so I think I would do the same in your situation.
On Android I have Tubular which removes ads and uses sponsor block.
