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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I currently use brave on iOS to block YouTube ads. Is there any other option right now? I’d be willing to switch.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best solution on iOS is Yattee. You can add Piped or Invidious instances as locations and stream ad-free YouTube from there. Another solution that doesn't involve Piped and Invidious is AdGuard. Open a YouTube link in Safari, hit actions, then hit Block YouTube Ads (by AdGuard).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hey, thanks for the link/suggestion for Yattee! Never knew something like this existed for iOS.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Firefox + ublock origin.
I just clicked through a few long youtube videos without hitting any ads.

edit: my apologies, I missed your iOS problem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They said iOS. There's no extension support in iOS Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

If you don’t mind sideloading and refreshing the app from your PC every 7 days, I recommend (and use) uYou+ as a sideloaded app. It has PiP capabilities w/o needing premium, along with a built-in video downloader, sponsorblock, and adblock.

Link: https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus