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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (10 children)

If they fully manage to block applications from viewing YouTube, then I will just stop viewing YouTube entirely. And I will figure out channels to watch on Odyssey and peertube. That will also be my last Google service since that is the only one I use frequently since I deleted my Google account two years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Dickheads coming to shill for YT Premium in 3.. 2..

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Luckily Piped, Invidious and others are still doing its thing.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If you are looking for a specific video, use DDG search, then click videos. No ad's!

Obviously not useful if you're just randomly browsing content.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Speaking of, does anyone know how best to block YouTube ads on my Sony TV? It uses Android and I have the YT app on it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Install smarttube

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

GrayJay works great. And it's not even limited to YouTube, there are lots of other platforms you can fill your feed with. And also, you still can get your feed directly from YouTube, so recommendations are there and channel memberships also work. You can't use YouTube likes and comments, but you can create a Polycentric identity, and like the videos or comment on it in that "decentralized" identity platform.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Lmao, because they've been so successful with browsers...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I still use FreeTube for desktop and no ads here :)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Okay, then in exchange can I get a UI that doesn't suck?

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