Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a different web

Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by rabuse on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:00PM (#30150279)

I have this moment when I have to use Youtube on my phone for some reason (such as a tutorial for how to fix something), and get blasted with 3 ads for a 1 minute video. I would never use it for long periods without an ad blocker.

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by nfriedly on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:12PM (#30150510)

If you're on Android, try out https://vancedapp.com/ - it's an "Advanced" YouTube player, but they removed the "Ad"s (get it?)

Also, there's an option to enable SponsorBlock, which can automatically skip over ads, introductions, etc. that are part of the original video.

Vanced and Firefox's addons are two of the main things keeping me off of iOS.

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by arcastroe on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:55PM (#30151337)

This looks neat. But how do I know this won't isnt malware itself (or will become malware in the future)

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by nfriedly on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:21PM (#30151813)

Well, they have a pretty active subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/Vanced/ so you can see a few folks besides me championing it.

But ultimately, you can either examine the binary yourself or else trust them.

One point of note is that it does not automatically update. Whether you install it directly or use the manager app, there is always some manual process involved in updates. (The manager just notifies you when there is an update available.)

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by cartesius13 on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:35PM (#30155684)

You can't. It's some closed source blob that may very well become malware, assuming it isn't already. Use NewPipe instead

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by aniforprez on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:52PM (#30151284)

I'm a dumb dumb. Didn't realise that about the name. That's really neat

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by nfriedly on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:25PM (#30151888)

Same, I didn't get it until someone on reddit explained it to me :)

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by hiena03 on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:53PM (#30151305)

Firefox for Android supports uBlock Origin

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by hackerfromthefu on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:11PM (#30155345)

Brave blocks the ads without needing to install plugins

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by MaxikCZ on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:09PM (#30150453)

youtube vanced or newpipe

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by rabuse on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:09PM (#30150465)

I'll try those out. Thanks!

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by lanuk on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:30PM (#30150827)

also FYI, neither of these 2 apps are on the play store

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