Lemmy helping Lemmy World - Youtube without Ads

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Lemmy helping Lemmy World - Youtube without Ads - Lemmy.World

I use Firefox and the uBlock Origin [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/] addon as my default browser setup. It works great…except for on youtube. I used to use it happily for youtube with all Ads blocked, but two recent youtube changes made me have to use a different browser and extension, just for youtube. 1) Firefox users started noticing degraded performance on youtube vs when they viewed youtube with Chrome. 2) uBlock Origin users in Chrome and Firefox appear to be being targeted with an intermittent covert punishment of having any videos above 360p throttled so that they buffer heavily. So my current approach, just for youtube, is Chrome with Clear Skies [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/clear-skies/jkiagenaojjkaabmmapjoeolppddefgp] ad skipper extension which gets me good performance and no ads. What is your setup for youtube without ads? ---- I’m also interested in youtube alternatives, especially for music.

Here’s my no-ads YouTube set

freetubeapp.io

windows, Linux Block ads and sponsored sections, optinal invidious proxy, no YouTube login, offline subscription list

smartyoutubetv.github.io

Android TV, Block ads and sponsored sections, smart tv optimized, youtube login if you want to see your subscriptions

newpipe.net

android, Block ads, offline subscription list

FreeTube - The Private YouTube Client

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