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Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement)
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this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2025
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Youtube ReVanced is flawless. It's easy to patch
I have tried using ReVanced a few times when NewPipe was down, but it never worked for me. Maybe I'll try it again.
This right here. No longer using chromium-based browsers is a really good start.
Works on Android as well.
Good suggestions but most of the time I can't get any of these apps to work, some commenters here say differently but for me, due to YouTube's policy of "sign in to prove you're not a bot", I end up using a tor browser with cookies denied and sadly all the bullshit yt advertising of course.
NewPipe stopped working for me two weeks ago, and it seems like Google won't allow NewPipe to download Youtube's content for free anymore. I don't think Youtube/NewPipe will ever be usable again. I think we have to say goodbye to Youtube.
Did you update to 0.27.5?