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YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button
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This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I don't watch YT a lot on my phone, but Freetube for desktop and Newpipe for android (F-Droid) support offline subscriptions, playlists, history and downloads of video or audio, background playback and you can sync both apps.