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Android Ad Blocker (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

Anybody know of a good apk that blocks ads while watching YouTube on my phone app ?

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[-] OverfedRaccoon@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't have a good ad blocker for you other than AdAway. It won't block YouTube ads on an unrooted phone, but it can on a rooted one. You can try in-browser mobile YouTube with Firefox + uBlock, but I would suggest switching away from the native YouTube app and getting NewPipe with SponsorBlock from F-Droid.

https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe

EDIT: Corrected link to current NewPipe.

[-] BiomedOtaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for your response. I'll check it out

[-] OverfedRaccoon@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Highly recommended. You can even export your subscriptions from YouTube and import them into NewPipe. But that's for another thread. I use NewPipe almost exclusively now, having YouTube links pull up in NewPipe. No ads. And with SponsorBlock, you can skip the in-video ads (with community-driven data). Not to mention, you can also stream music from Bandcamp, and it supports PeerTube, etc, as well.

[-] mr_pink@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Isn't that repo outdated? I use this

[-] OverfedRaccoon@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

You're correct. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Fixed the link.

[-] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

but it doesn't on unrooted Android

It actually has VPN mode which also works without root

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

They're saying it doesn't work to block ads on YouTube and I can confirm that they're correct.

[-] OverfedRaccoon@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's the only method for it to work on unrooted phones.

[-] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, but it works

You could also use a custom DNS like NextDNS on Android 10+, but it's not as private as adaway

[-] OverfedRaccoon@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

You need to add an Xposed module for it to block ads on YouTube though, requiring root. AdAway VPN mode on unrooted phones won't block YouTube ads. I just triple checked and tried it again to make sure I wasn't talking out of my ass.

[-] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ohh. That's what you mean

Yeah just use ReVanced

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