irrelevant if you have firefox+ublock origin
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Exactly that. It has been ages since I have seen YT ad, and this was only due to a YT link I accidentally clicked on my mobile.
protip: firefox and ublock origin combo also works on android!
Background play too. I'm not sure if it's just a Samsung thing but the playback stops when I close the browser but I can then pull down the notification centre and the playback controls for YouTube are there. If I then click play it wont stop even if I close the display.
This is exactly what I do with Samsung. Now what I need is a mute tab option.
oh, this seems to be a samsung bug, but there is an extension for FF that does this on every device.
And for us stupid iPhone users, there’s Vinegar + Safari.
You can also patch the Youtube app with Revanced to add sponsorblock, remove ads, and customize the app (block shorts, remove the option for them), etc.
Or use a third party app like NewPipe.
Does NewPipe still work? Every time I've tried to use it for the past couple years videos refuse to play. I've moved to ReVanced (it's also a big plus that it lets you log in to keep your subscriptions and watch history).
Hate to be this guy, but in theory Youtube would be get aggressive towards both Firefox users(anti competition) and uBlock Origin users( to raise their revenue and to push for YouTube premium).
I hope uBlock Origin keep working forever, but I think at at some point YouTube will get more aggressive till adblock users will be unable to use Youtube.
I am absolutely certain at some point they will give us a well encrypted multiple key change per minute mpeg stream At real time bit rates only. I think that's their final form. It's also possible they could just run the commercials on 2/3 of the screen while our streams are running.
Our final form will be to use desktop apps and comm* skip to take the commercials out of the stream or block them on the picture and picture page and host our own preferred viewership on our own media servers for our own consumption. Or maybe a torrenting community springs up around this and YouTube content is now just torrented.
Edit dictation did me dirty
They're moving away from "legacy" formats like MPEG's AVC/h.264 in favor of AV1.
When ever they finally manage to prevent the use of adblockers I'll just buy premium and won't even be mad. The only reason I'm not already paying is that adblocking is so easy. Considering how much I use YouTube (and how long I have used it for) it's easily worth every dollar.
Nice! Still don't sub