Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 16 hours ago

I’m doing a “no YouTube challenge“ for about two weeks.

Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 16 hours ago

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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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.

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