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PSA To people watching YouTube with AdBlockers (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rush@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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You might have noticed that even on Firefox (depending on your lists) YouTube may detect uBlock Origin on Firefox now

There's already a workaround (found, again, here), but I figured I would use this opportunity to tell people that projects like Piped and Invidious exist, which both allow you to watch YouTube without loading their ads, with improved Privacy and (in the case of Piped) even Geoblocking-Circumvention and SponsorBlock out of the box.

They're both great tools, and using something like LibRedirect you can even automatically go to Piped or Invidious when clicking/opening a YouTube link (and more).

Both don't load ads, but unless changed in the settings Individous may still make connections to Google/YouTube to load the video(s) themselves.

Bit of a shameless plug for these projects, but I figured this is a really good time to show these projects as I often see people asking what they are in threads on here

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[–] ChiefSinner@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just always browse incognito/private. I haven't gotten hit yet. I strive for a leave no cookies behind type browser.

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That's a setting in Firefox.

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[–] filister@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It is also possible to install libredirect if you are using Firefox Nightly on Android https://mike.sg/2022/07/10/how-to-use-libredirect-on-android/. You can disable the YouTube app and this would force your device to open the YouTube links in your default browser.

[–] clanginator@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If you're on Android why not just use revanced or Newpipe? Both are excellent and I haven't had issues with revanced since this change.

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[–] Staiden@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

Thank you.

[–] Morgikan@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I run my own Invidious instance on my local network and its not bad, but you really aren't able to endlessly doom scroll Youtube recommendations with it. That sounds like a non-issue, but its more difficult to find new content you like without that algorithmic aspect. Technically, Invidious will load playlists, but the UI is designed to maximize the video presence without the other add-ons, so scrolling is a pain. Also, history is unnamed so its just a thumbnail with no other info.

You can change UI of Invidious with Stylus (ex. https://userstyles.world/style/6850/invidious-all-instances-player-and-tabs-v-3), but that won't run in qutebrowser and I love my native vim bindings.

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ever since I disabled every recommendation in libretube I don't watch anything on youtube anymore because I have no fucking clue that it even exists.

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[–] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the most turnkey solution with good features? I'm an experienced developer and can self-host, but I'm not looking for another thing to maintain.

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[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I use noscript don't have this problem.

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[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I really should install LibRedirect

[–] NahMarcas@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Piped.video

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Your link to "Piped" doesn't work for me on mobile. I think you accidentally put some asterisks at the start of it.

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[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Thank you all for the great suggestions. I've been using NewPipe on my phone for a while now. Do any of these YT alternatives come with support for 1440p resolution? I noticed Invidious is capped at 1080p and sometimes struggles to maintain a stable nitrate at high resolution.

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[–] Crass_Spektakel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just want to point out there are some plugins and scripts to use Youtube from VLC. The "Library" then works as a search frontend. It is supercool though I can't find the link at the moment. I remember I had to download some scripts manually and place them into my VLC-Installation. Another bone: Massively reduced CPU power. Playing a Youtube-Video in Firefox needs like four times more power. Really nice if you work on battery.

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[–] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do any of Piped/invidious/freetube work in 4k? Every time I try these out the quality options seem quite bad. I would be happy to self host if it meant working 4k videos. Are there instances that do 4k, or is this just a limitation of the tech?

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