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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago (8 children)

To quote someone from HN:

There is nothing special about the Troubled Engineer's setup. It's mostly a matter of using open platforms. With Firefox on the desktop and Fennec on Android (Graphene), you get full uBlock Origin support and therefore never see any ads anywhere, even on Youtube. On Android, there is also NewPipe that offers "free Youtube Premium" (play in the background and download).

It's really just uBlock Origin, a DNS blocker, and a few other small tweaks for YT. I use NewPipe on Android and Invidious instances. At this point I only see ads when setting up a VM and open the browser for the first time and forget I need to install uBO.

[–] RiQuY@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 days ago (6 children)

If you need SponsorBlock too, consider using PipePipe.

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Grayjay.app also has sponsorblock and de-arrow built in

[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

First time I've heard about GtayJay. Any reason you prefer it?

[–] nkk@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I like it because it syncs easily with GrayJay Desktop which works way more often than FreeTube does in my experience.

It also has built-in SponsorBlock and adblock without sacrificing functionality (a lot of NewPipe forks take a while to update after a change from YouTube).

It also has support for other things (Twitch, PeerTube, etc.) if you're into that.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Just installed, looks pretty nice and works well in my limited testing. I like that you can follow one creator and see their YouTube, Nebula, and Patreon videos in one place

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