I posted this question because I once saw a tweet that said something like:

“If you use adblock, you don’t care about creator’s point blank”

What is your opinion on this? Do you agree with them?

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    1 year ago

    Teach me the way to use adblock on (i)phone and (smart)TV please, i have long abandond the idea to watch youtube on annything but a proper computer OS.

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      1 year ago

      Can’t help you with iPhones, sorry. Never had an Apple device. You could blacklist known ad-servers through your router though, if that’s an option (for home use, at least). On Android it’s simple enough with this app: https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/releases

      If your TV is Android based, https://smarttubenext.com/.

      It’s a native TV app that captures the original youtube stream and displays it completely without ads, and comes with a sponsorblock implementation as well. Works amazingly well and is updated about weekly.

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          1 year ago

          At some point its gonna be easier to have a script auto download videos from subscribed channels and put them on my jellyfin server. The only reason I haven’t done that is that it will take lots of drive space and would need a system to remove videos periodically.

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      1 year ago

      On iOS, adblocking comes down to installing two apps:

      • For youtube ads: Vinegar, it’s easily worth the two dollars.
      • For other sites: Ka-Block, it’s free #^-^#

      edit: On Smart TV, it’s a fair bit more difficult. For my Roku, I have an Invidious client called Playlet. It’s not nearly as full featured as the official app, but it’s the best I have right now.