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
On Android, install newpipe from f-droid and YouTube links should go to it automatically. No ads, lets you download videos, subscriptions are entirely local on your device, but right now display of comments is messed up. The last isn’t a big deal for me. Ymmv.
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
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?
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.
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.
