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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?
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
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.
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