When I just used a browser ad blocker I made a point to unblock sites that I wanted to support and didn't use obnoxious ads. Unfortunately for them I now use a network ad blocker too and it's more of a hassle. One of these days I might make a list of domains to unblock but at the moment I'm more concerned with figuring out how to block YouTube ads at the domain level.

[–] black0ut@pawb.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Afaik, they are unblockable. They are served from the same domain as the video, so if you block them you can't see the video either.

Instead of blocking it at the domain level, you can install adblockers on almost any platform. I recommend uBlock for Firefox and ReVanced for Android. ReVanced is also supposed to work on Android TVs, iirc.

[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Running NewPipe for android to get ad free youtube, have been reasonably satisfied. Is revanced comparable, or good enought to bother switching?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Assuming you don't mind microG, with revanced you can sign in and have access to more of the bells and whistles. Otherwise, newpipe is great, and it's more than YouTube. It handles bandcamo and other services too

[–] Traister101@lemmy.today 1 points 7 months ago

ReVanced is a modded YouTube (and others) app. IE normal YouTube but you fuck with it locally to skirt what got the original Vanced guys. Adblock, OLED black theme same old thing Vanced provided. I've used NewPipe very little but I'd summerise a comparison as ReVanced has better user experience (thanks to Google making the app) and you can sign in/get notifications ect