Anybody know of a good apk that blocks ads while watching YouTube on my phone app ?
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Sign up for YT premium using a vpn to a cheap country. I pay $2 a month. Once you sign up you can cancel the vpn and it keeps the same price
but browser adblockers or alterate front ends are free
I don’t feel like dealing with the hassle of side loading, and the browser is limited to 720p. It’s well worth my $2 a month
Sideloading is trivial on Android. If you’re on iOS, it’s a different matter.
Premium does support the creators at least
The $2 - Google cut shared with who knows many creators…
Several creators I follow have independently said that a premium user in an order of magnitude or two more valuable for them than a regular ad supported user
and a patreon sub gives them a larger portion of your money
Regular premium users don’t pay $2
Why would you pay at all though?
Because the family premium tier gets you and designated family ad free YouTube when using Chromecast, and YouTube Music. Worth it for me. We’re all cheapskates here, just some of us are less cheap!
I always forget about using it as a family account.
You may pass.
I would never pay YT premium until they implement Sponsorblock, which they won’t do.
Firefox for Android with uBlock. I get the YouTube front end (live subscriptions, recommended home feed, livestreams etc.) but no ads.
revanced.app. there’s also an app on f-droid called adaway.
Kiwi browser with ublock origin extension or revanced or newpipe
Would recommend using nextdns for all other ads
I like revanced
You can find pre-compiled apks on Mobilism.
But mobilism and it’s not great for the revanced devs regarding the dmca. It’s presumably what took down vanced providing apks.
I don’t think that’s the case. The Vanced Team got DMCA for other reasons afaik.
The manager doesn’t really eork for me for some reason
In my case, the patching work but installation failed. My solution is to save the generated apk and install it using a file manager instead of directly from revanced manager.
https://github.com/inotia00/revanced-documentation
Try the other Methods in the ReVanced Extended documentation.
Using Revancify is a good option, or you can use the RVX-Builder in a computer.
rvx-builder works on Android with Termux
From my experience the RVX Builder (fork and upstream) are very buggy on Android, at least in Android I don’t see why use it over Revancify.
I generally recommend the CLI for those that can use it as well.
My device isn’t rooted but I will look into that.
You can try it
I use AdAway in a non-rooted device and it works fine. You need to use it with a local vpn mode to function.
Same. Doesn’t work for youtube ads though as they’re served from the same place as the video content. AFAIK browser based blocking is the only way to do it.
adaway is awesome but it won’t block youtube ads
Maybe, i simply use firefox+ublock origin and that’s fine for me
I would usually suggest Newpipe but that’s a little buggy rn so Libretube is probably your best bet, that even has sponsorblock aka it skips in video promotions from influencers too!
Youtube revanced
Use LibreTube.
Yes, you can use NewPipe x Sponsorblock or LibreTube
Alternatively, you can use the official YouTube site with Mull browser or Firefox with the ublock origin extension installed. But NewPipe offers a better experience since you can download videos etc.
Firefox + uBlock is my suggestion too, it makes mobile browsing bearable.
Newpipe can also continue to play videoes with the screen turned off. The interface is really nice.
Firefox too can do that! At least Fennec F-Droid, working like a charm under LineageOS!
NewPipe or LibreTube.
Never use a proprietary app for what should be done in a browser.
If only mobile web versions didn’t suck.
Sadly not relevant. Security matters, UI is decorative.
I have nothing about PWAs, heck, Voyager is awesome, but it mixes both aspects and that’s why I used it.
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Thank you all for your comments ! I appreciate the help.
Browser with extensions is great and all but Youtube Revanced still way better option it support gesture google account (that google can’t track you) picture in picture and it’s easier on your device’s ram/cpu, for in app ads you can try Lucky Patcher to remove ads as long as the app is not using account to buy premium features LP should work on most app
