When people post YouTube links… is there a cool open source way to watch it on mobile without going through youtube? Because when I click on a YouTube link and I’m on my phone and it immediately gives me an ad it’s pissing me off like in a huge way… is there a way to bypass ads without an ad blocker on my phone

  • gimpchrist @lemmy.worldOP
    2·
    8 months ago

    Ooh cute idea I’m going to try that… Wait tho, you said an app… is new pipe good for YouTube? Do you have a better recommendation?

    • ownsauce@lemmy.world
      81·
      8 months ago

      https://grayjay.app/ if you’re on android

      edit: Firefox on Android also allows add-ons, so you can install ublock origin in the firefox android app and probably watch ad free that way as well.

      • gimpchrist @lemmy.worldOP
        2·
        8 months ago

        You know what’s super creepy? A robot just responded to a post I made on a YouTube link and recommended piped as an open source alternative haha that shit was freaky as fuck lemmy is cool

      • Ephera@lemmy.ml
        11·
        8 months ago

        Grayjay is not open-source, though, by the way. It’s source-available, i.e. you’re allowed to look at the source code, but you’re not allowed to do anything with it.

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Oh yeah there’s lots. I feel like a lot of people use ReVanced but I’ve never tried it. I use NewPipe because it allows me to locally export my subscriptions and use the open source frontend Invidious on desktop.

      A bit of a personal preference. I imagine one of the piracy megathreads would have a list of community favorites. FMHY or the one on dbz0 would be worth looking at.