Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoYouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip buttonwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkYouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip buttonwww.androidpolice.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareavater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoeasy fix: don’t use the app on your phone. instead use youtube via your browser with adblock (for instance safari + adblock pro) and create a shortcut on your homescreen. you can use youtube just like in the app, you won’t have any ads and you also can play videos with your screen turned off
minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoOr just use patches or alternative YouTube clients
minus-squareavater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agowhy installing something when you just can use your browser and get basically the same experience? Also those apps will be useless when they mess around with the api just like reddit did.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoHow’s sponsor block?
minus-squareChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoSeems to be doing fine, I’m having no problems with it.
easy fix: don’t use the app on your phone.
instead use youtube via your browser with adblock (for instance safari + adblock pro) and create a shortcut on your homescreen. you can use youtube just like in the app, you won’t have any ads and you also can play videos with your screen turned off
Or just use patches or alternative YouTube clients
why installing something when you just can use your browser and get basically the same experience?
Also those apps will be useless when they mess around with the api just like reddit did.
How’s sponsor block?
Seems to be doing fine, I’m having no problems with it.