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Catweazle@netchami @FrenLivesMatter, or better, along with uBO, install Tamper-, Greasy or ViolentMonkey with this script, that solve the problem compleetly
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/477725-youtube-iframe-adblocker
uBlock Origin has built-in bypass mechanisms. No extra userscripts required. Other extensions or scripts might interfere with uBO though. You also need to use Firefox or a Firefox fork like LibreWolf because Chrome soon won’t support MV2 anymore which is required for proper ad-blocking.
@netchami, yes, the same as I have in the Vivaldi adblocker, but this is a continuo game of Cat and Mouse and uBO need to be updated almost dayly if it want to work, because YT anti-adblocker do it too.
This script works different, YT don't even know that you watch the video with this, it's like a front-end in the same YT page.
I only use the Vivaldi adblocker and have installed the script as an extension (no need of TamperMonkey in Vivaldi) and I've never seen a nag, ad or other crap again in YT.
This script works different, YT don't even know that you watch the video with this, it's like a front-end in the same YT page.
I only use the Vivaldi adblocker and have installed the script as an extension (no need of TamperMonkey in Vivaldi) and I've never seen a nag, ad or other crap again in YT.
Ok that sounds interesting, I’m gonna check it out
@netchami, anyway I've found a good(maybe the best) substitute for YT, take also an look on this, I love it.
I’ve seen this recommendation a couple of times. In my opinion, the MotionBox UI just looks terrible. I prefer Piped or Invidious for watching YouTube. You can use these in combination with LibRedirect to automatically redirect all YouTube links to these alternative front-ends. FreeTube is pretty good if you need a desktop app. I love LibreTube on Android, NewPipe is another option. There’s also Yattee with this guide on iOS and SmartTubeNext on Android TV.
@netchami, well the UI isn't a problem, less in fullscreen, front-end like Piped, Invideous, PokeTube and others a lot of times fails because the instance is down or well, no couldn't skip the YT block, no such problems in MotionBox, apart it can access videos and music from almost all streaming platforms, even from TikTok and Facebook, not only from YT.
Yes, the UI isn't to anyone's taste, but the operation is impeccable and blazing fast.
Yes, the UI isn't to anyone's taste, but the operation is impeccable and blazing fast.
Piped has some issues because Google tries to IP-ban all Piped instances, but Invidious actually pulls the content through the client, not on the server so it should work flawlessly. I also never had any issues with FreeTube.
@netchami, well, FreeTube also is nice, I used it before, but I changed it, because more and more Videos are inplayable (YT also knows FreeTube). Invidious, yes, works fine most of the time (yewtube works the best), CloudTube is dead, PokeTube also works fine and even permits to download the video (mp4 or mp3),
YT also knows FreeTube
But they can’t really do anything about it, unless they start requiring you to log in in order to watch videos…
They sent a cease and desist letter to Invidious, but that’s all they can do. It’s practically impossible to block Invidious because it’s completely decentralized. The Invidious instances only pull metadata, the video stream is actually pulled in by the client.
@netchami, i know, that is the problem from front-ends which use the YT API, they can be blocked, Invideous no, but FreeTube and others do, not a problem of decentralized or no, YT only need to blok the API and thats all, folks. With Invidious the only problem are the stability of the diferent instances. Motionbox use an another approach and also don't use the API.
FreeTube doesn’t use the YouTube API. Quote from their website:
FreeTube grabs data by scraping the information it needs (with either local methods or by optionally utilizing the Invidious API).
Neither Invidious, nor Piped, NewPipe or FreeTube use the YouTube API.
NewPipe has a component called NewPipeExtractor which scrapes the data from YouTube.
LibreTube uses Piped which uses the NewPipeExtractor.
Invidious scrapes the data from YouTube.
FreeTube can either scrape the data from YouTube or use Invidious.
@netchami, even with log in, there isn't a real problem, also in this case, YT only can block certain Videos with specific Copyrights. All other you can watch, for example sandboxed in the search results of Andisearch or in the Feed Reader of the Vivaldi Browser.
