Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip buttonwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareavater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year 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-up0·1 year agoOr just use patches or alternative YouTube clients
minus-squareavater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year 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-21 year agoHow’s sponsor block?
minus-squareChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year 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.