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I pay for an ad blocking VPN, and run ublock origin. I'm sure ads take up much less of my data than that.
Not trying to make this promotional. Which one do you use?
I have a pi-hole at home so I never thought about it, but and I'm considering one for mobile.
I'm not the guy you're replying to, but I use Proton VPN, which seems to do a pretty good job blocking ads. I also added "dns.adguard.com" to my private DNS setting on my phone and tablet. Most ads are just gone now.
I also use uBlock Origin on my Firefox app. Then I disabled the YouTube app (I have a Google phone, so I can't get rid of it) and redirected all YouTube links to my Firefox browser. No more ads on mobile YouTube now!
How did you manage the redirecting by domain?
I thought I responded to this, but my comment isn't here. Must've forgotten to hit send.
In the past, my Android phone would allow me to add or remove URLs that the YouTube app opened, but it seems I can't edit that anymore. However, here's an alternative:
1.) Go to Apps > Default Apps > Opening Links
2.) Scroll down to the YouTube app and click on it (remember, I can't remove it because I have a Pixel (Google) phone).
3.) Switch the Open by Default option from "in the app" to "in your browser." Done!
4.) If you haven't already, go back to the Default Apps category and set your browser app to Firefox. Now all YouTube links will open in Firefox.
Set up wireguard on the same host as your pi-hole?