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Linus Tech Tips uploaded a video showing how to block ads on Youtube. Which was removed by Youtube for community guidelines violations.
(sh.itjust.works)
https://files.catbox.moe/a6111d.png / https://nitter.poast.org/LinusTech/status/1825956050685800834
If you go the video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsjHMzGl-VY. You will see it's gone. So Youtube being Youtube.
Here's a Odysee mirror of the video, https://odysee.com/@jopec:7/linus-tech-tips-degoogle-your-life-part-2-adfree-youtube:0.
Even on mobile? is there a solution that does not involve root access?
A number of player apps. I use PipePipe (Newpipe fork).
I use PipePipe too. Also has SponserBlock inbuilt. Make sure you enable it though.
Alternatively, Firefox and uBlock Origin works.
ReVanced if you want the original Youtube app
Otherwise there are dozens of apps which don't show ads, just look arround F-Droid
SmartTubeNext for AndroidTV
On mobile I can avoid ads by using a VPN to my home network which then has pihole. Usually I just don’t watch any videos on mobile
Doesn't work for YouTube
Maybe they changed something, it used to work for me before I stopped watching YouTube on mobile completely