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minus-squarethe_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoOn android use a firefox fork with ublock I’m sure there is an equvalent on ios as well. It’s much easier than playing whack-a-mole with an app.
minus-squaresoftwarist@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoOn Android, the DuckDuckGo browser and AdGuard both have ad-blocking video players.
minus-squareOther@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoUblock works in normal mobile Firefox on android
minus-squarethe_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoFirefox integrates AI bullshit these days therefore I would never recommend it.
minus-squarechronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoWhile I share the sentiment, they do have a master toggle to turn all of it off.
minus-squareantiR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoDoes the ublock addon also do the cat and mouse game with Google when google patches ad blocking with ublock?
minus-squarethe_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoAs of recently the offical block list doesn’t because they gave up but there are many others maintained by folks that still do.
minus-squarestarblursd@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI have yet to have an issue like that. I’ve been watching YouTube through ironFox with ubo for over a year with no issue I disabled the mobile yt app
minus-squareantiR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI haven’t tried yet so i am asking. I currently only use brave because I know they patch whatever google does to evade adblock
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agopipepipe is fine. Install direct from github. It alerts you when theres an update.
minus-squareScaramanga@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days ago100%, there’s plenty of alternatives. Nobody should be paying for this garbage.
minus-squaredeleted@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoTry Unwatched It even have sponsorblock built in.
minus-squareTheFrirish@tarte.nuage-libre.frlinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up0·7 days agoThank you so much I have looking fr something like this for nearly a year now.
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoVinegar works really well on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303229
minus-squareW98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days ago$1.99? No thanks. But thanks though.
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoIt’s an Apple app so be thankful it’s not $29.99. I’m not endorsing the price and haven’t even had an iPhone in years but it did work well, even on such a locked down platform
On android use a firefox fork with ublock I’m sure there is an equvalent on ios as well. It’s much easier than playing whack-a-mole with an app.
On Android, the DuckDuckGo browser and AdGuard both have ad-blocking video players.
Ublock works in normal mobile Firefox on android
Firefox integrates AI bullshit these days therefore I would never recommend it.
While I share the sentiment, they do have a master toggle to turn all of it off.
Does the ublock addon also do the cat and mouse game with Google when google patches ad blocking with ublock?
As of recently the offical block list doesn’t because they gave up but there are many others maintained by folks that still do.
I have yet to have an issue like that. I’ve been watching YouTube through ironFox with ubo for over a year with no issue I disabled the mobile yt app
I haven’t tried yet so i am asking. I currently only use brave because I know they patch whatever google does to evade adblock
pipepipe is fine. Install direct from github. It alerts you when theres an update.
100%, there’s plenty of alternatives. Nobody should be paying for this garbage.
Try Unwatched
It even have sponsorblock built in.
Thank you so much I have looking fr something like this for nearly a year now.
Bonus
Vinegar works really well on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303229
$1.99?
No thanks. But thanks though.
It’s an Apple app so be thankful it’s not $29.99. I’m not endorsing the price and haven’t even had an iPhone in years but it did work well, even on such a locked down platform
Ok bud