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YouTube is finally cracking down on third-party apps that enable ad-blocking (alternativeto.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by 0nekoneko7 to c/technology

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The company's team clarified that their terms prohibit third-party apps from disabling ads, as it denies creators their due reward for viewership. Although the announcement did not specify any app by name, it's plausible to presume that third-party YouTube apps such as NewPipe, YouTube ReVanced, Piped, and others might be implicated.

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[–] kokesh 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Sort of true, except YouTube. I watch almost exclusively YouTube few hours every day. If it opens by mistake in a browser, it is totally unwatchable with ads inserted even in short videos. I hope reVanced will manage to avoid detection somehow, otherwise it is quite hopeless. Yes, I can pay for premium, but the app will be full of stupid crap and no gesture controls.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Youtube in the Browser? uBlock Origin. Never have any ads.

Edit: I am on Firefox.

[–] kokesh 8 points 2 months ago

Installed. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Same here. I have yet to experience any issues on firefox+ublock, newpipe, or revanced.

[–] Ginger666 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is also newpipe

[–] kokesh 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does it show my subscriptions, etc?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, it does not access your account at all and stores subscribed channels locally within the app. But there might be a way to transfer your subscriptions over if you can find a way to export them from your youtube account.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

You can def export your subs. I did it when I set up freetube originally. So it should just be a question of if the other program will import them.