I use Firefox and the 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 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.

  • Expand@lem.ur-mom.gayEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I switched my useragent for youtube only to chrome and mitigated all the issues you are having

  • Bebo@literature.cafeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I’ve had zero issues watching YouTube on Firefox with ublock origin. Not one warning received,no performance issues.

    • Rooki@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      It depends on where you live, in Europe ad blockers NEEDS to be allowed on such platforms, i would guess he lives outside and gets punished for using a more open browser

      • Lunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Yes it does! It has also implemented DeArrow for better/normal video thumbnails and titles. Here is a pic of some of the settings >>

  • anticurrent@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 months ago

    use Invidious instances with the help of privacy libredirect plugin to redirect youtube links to invidious instances. you won’t see another youtube ad again.

  • bUrP.es Tech BLOG @lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    The simplest thing has been to use Brave + uBlock. NewPipe doesn’t allow me to search within the same channel, so I discarded it.

  • Davokin@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    I switched to Arch Linux as my operating system a few years ago, and here I use the FreeTube app from the AUR. It’s a third party frontend for YouTube, similar to Nitter for Twitter (X).

    And for work (Windows) I watch YouTube via Invidious instances, e.g. https://yewtu.be also a third party frontend for YouTube

    • noodlejetski@lemm.eeEnglish
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      8 months ago

      It’s a third party frontend for YouTube, similar to Nitter for Twitter (X).

      if I remember correctly, it scrapes the Youtube page directly by default, unless you explicitly enable Invidious proxy. only then it would be comparable to a third front-end.(since that’s when it actually uses one).

  • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Firefox, uBlock Origin, adguard DNS, sponsorblock (crowdsourced video sections with auto skip), DeArrow (crowdsourced clickbait replacement), nyancat seek/progress bar, playback speed control, Dark Reader.

    Same setup on Windows desktop and my Android devices.

    I’ve noticed videos stopping and buffering after the first few seconds, but not always, and seemingly less so again. It was acceptable to me.

  • Traister101@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Brave (yes I’m aware ya’ll don’t need to yap at me).

    Yep seriously Brave all on its own blocks YouTube ads and no performance issues (likely thanks to being Chromium based).

    To address some complaints about Brave you can uh turn that stuff off. I don’t like Crypto so I… have all of that junk disabled. Doesn’t bug me whatsoever. Opt in ads (for their stupid crypto coin) are disabled by default (or least where when I installed). And the CEO is a bad person (surprising I know)

  • drawerair@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Youtube works 👍 on Firefox Windows 11 with Ublock origin for me. I could view 1440p. No major issue. Aside from adblocking, I use Ublock origin to block tracking cookies and remove those “accept cookies” banners on sites.