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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by D3CK4RD@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Just like the title says; I'm interested in being able to sleep to YouTube without ads, but I don't fuck with their business practices and they don't deserve my money. Unfortunately, I'm also a very inexperienced pirate and I'm unsure where to look.

Edit: for clarity I'm using a OnePlus 7 Pro with earbuds

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[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 89 points 1 year ago

If on Android, NewPipe is a great app. Blocks all ads and let's you create playlists and stuff.

Firefox mobile with Ublock add-on installed is good too.

[-] dog@suppo.fi 33 points 1 year ago

This. Unlike ReVanced that requires a bunch of hacks* to work, Newpipe is easy to simply download and install.

Has all the features premium youtube has, and unlike Vanced, it uses Youtube's API to serve the content, which means Google can't shut them down (They tried, and lost the case).

Because Newpipe simply doesn't use the advertisement API, you'll never* see ads in Newpipe.

HOWEVER. Please keep in mind Newpipe is currently in spaghetti code form, and that means fixing a bug causes more to appear. They're working on a complete rewrite, aka Newpipe 2, but it'll take a while. In the meantime, you may encounter some issues if you're on the road for example.

I've had Newpipe shit itself almost always while biking, due to constant mobile connection tower changes. For those errors you need to open the app up again, and press play. It unfortunately doesn't respond to bluetooth play/stop signals in that state.

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

revanced just works (tm) though. everything aorks seamlessly and it allows yoi to get yt recommendations.

[-] dog@suppo.fi 1 points 1 year ago

I'd rather not be on the receiving end of Google cracking down on ReVanced users. It'll happen eventually.

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

they'll just sue or dmca the developers again
or just keep breaking the app, like they're doing right now. (issues are usually resolved in less then 4 days though)

also if they already have you addicted to YouTube it's much more beneficial to force you off revanced back into official app rather then banning hundeds of thouthands of channels.

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