When people post YouTube links… is there a cool open source way to watch it on mobile without going through youtube? Because when I click on a YouTube link and I’m on my phone and it immediately gives me an ad it’s pissing me off like in a huge way… is there a way to bypass ads without an ad blocker on my phone

  • CorrodedEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    I wonder if you clicked and held the link if it would give you an “open with” prompt where you could choose an app like NewPipe or if you could have it auto redirect to a Piped source

    • gimpchrist @lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      9 months ago

      Ooh cute idea I’m going to try that… Wait tho, you said an app… is new pipe good for YouTube? Do you have a better recommendation?

      • ownsauce@lemmy.world
        81·
        9 months ago

        https://grayjay.app/ if you’re on android

        edit: Firefox on Android also allows add-ons, so you can install ublock origin in the firefox android app and probably watch ad free that way as well.

        • gimpchrist @lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          9 months ago

          You know what’s super creepy? A robot just responded to a post I made on a YouTube link and recommended piped as an open source alternative haha that shit was freaky as fuck lemmy is cool

        • Ephera@lemmy.ml
          1·
          9 months ago

          Grayjay is not open-source, though, by the way. It’s source-available, i.e. you’re allowed to look at the source code, but you’re not allowed to do anything with it.

      • CorrodedEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Oh yeah there’s lots. I feel like a lot of people use ReVanced but I’ve never tried it. I use NewPipe because it allows me to locally export my subscriptions and use the open source frontend Invidious on desktop.

        A bit of a personal preference. I imagine one of the piracy megathreads would have a list of community favorites. FMHY or the one on dbz0 would be worth looking at.