YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to "suboptimal viewing."

YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don’t turn off your ad-blocker::YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to “suboptimal viewing.”

      • Lettuce eat lettuceEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I thought All three of the ones I listed weren’t reliant on YT APIs and instead scraped their content.

        Edit: Just confirmed both NewPipe and Freetube do not use YouTube’s api. I’m not sure about GrayJay though.

    • @Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7•1 year ago

      Tried to dive into Piped recently, but nothing would load.

      I’m only surface-level competent with computers though, so I probably fucked something up… since you’ve poked around multiple options, which one(s) do you recommend as the most idiot proof?

      • Lettuce eat lettuceEnglish
        4•1 year ago

        For android, the stock newpipe from the fdroid repositories was just download and play for me. Easy and simple interface.

        For Grayjay, I use the direct download .apk from their website. It’s been a little more buggy because it’s still new, but all in all quite stable. Less features right now, but does all the basics and has device casting to TV which Newpipe doesn’t.

        For my PC, Freetube. I just use the Flatpak version for Linux. I’m on Nobara for my distro currently and it’s worked fine.

      • @Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.ukEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I gave up using Piped. It was really good when it worked but sadly most of the time it was frustrating. Takes ages to get a video going then breaks up multiple times.

      • @Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        From my experience, it depends on the instance. Sometimes, one instance of Piped will not work, but another will be OKish.