YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
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Alternate headline: Users test using only YouTube ReVanced to bypass this new system

YouTube Revanced is a savior

Hey, where do I find this? UBlock blocks the top links on DDG as "Badware risk"

Unfortunetly google is stupid and shows fake websites as the top result, with the official one beeing way down the search results.

The official website is revanced.app or the github.

Also note that the revanced team dosen't distribite pre-patched APKs for copyright reasons. Instead you have to patch a stock APK yourself.

Newpipe for me!

Newpipe x Sponsorblock fork is my go to.

Wait newpipe has a sponsorblock fork? literally the only reason I use revanced

Is there anything like newpipe but for yt music? Ideally on fdroid, revanced is... confusing... to maintain.

newpipe does support youtube music

Ohh, it's a small toggle only visible when searching by text. Completely missed it so far, thanks.

Never heard of this, does it work on desktop? NewPipe is my go to on my phone, but some content I need a large screen to watch

For Desktop, you can use FreeTube

  • Private viewing by default
  • Supports all platforms (Yey Linux)
  • No ads
  • Can create seperate profiles (Helps me with productivity)
  • Download the video is required

Only downside

  • Can't comment on the videos

You can't use ReVanced on desktop. I was mostly being sarcastic and saying everyone would just start watching on their phones. But I do most of my YouTube viewing on mobile anyway, so if I started getting hit with this, this is literally what I would do.

I had the same issue, so I've been developing a Newpipe front-end for the web tubo