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Re:The man who killed Google Search by throwaway2037 on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @02:20AM (#40141257) 

    > Or when they didn't show 3 unskippable ads in a 5 minute video.
On desktop Chrome, a modern ad-blocking browser extension will block 100% of YouTube adverts. I haven't watched one, literally, in years. I don't watch YouTube from a mobile phone, but I think the situation is different. (Can anyone else comment about the mobile experience?)
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Re:The man who killed Google Search by snickerer on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @03:35AM (#40141695)
On Android devices I use the app PipePipe to avoid the YouTube ad hell. I recommend it.

I also use Firefox for Android, which has Addon support. Ublock Origin works on the phone and disables a a lot of the ad horror.

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Re:The man who killed Google Search by fuzztester on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @06:49PM (#40150822)
>PipePipe

It feels a bit funny asking this, since we're talking about Google (i.e. YouTube), but did you mean ;) PipeTube? I know there is a PeerTube too.

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Re:The man who killed Google Search by snickerer on Thursday April 25, 2024 @08:35AM (#40156732)
I don't know PipeTube. I meant PipePipe, which works well for me: https://github.com/InfinityLoop1308/PipePipe
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