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[Rikafip]

I got a frequent notification recently that the ad blocker is against the Youtube ToS thus preventing me from watching videos. 

Which adblocker are you using? I am asking because I haven't seen that notification yet and I am naturally using adblocker because without them its bascially impossible to watch YouTube anymore.


Since I read recently that YouTube plans do disable all addblockers and that they won't work for that purpose anymore, I will probably give this FreeTube a chance. My main problem with it (and the reason i haven't tried it so far) is that you have to install an app in order to use it, instead just having a browser version.

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[Stalker22]

I got a frequent notification recently that the ad blocker is against the Youtube ToS thus preventing me from watching videos.

Which adblocker are you using? I am asking because I haven't seen that notification yet and I am naturally using adblocker because without them its bascially impossible to watch YouTube anymore.

I use the AdblockPlus addon on the Chrome browser, and recently, a warning popup appears before every video view. I have the Stands addon installed on another computer but have not tested if the warning appears there as well.

Since I read recently that YouTube plans do disable all addblockers and that they won't work for that purpose anymore, I will probably give this FreeTube a chance. My main problem with it (and the reason i haven't tried it so far) is that you have to install an app in order to use it, instead just having a browser version.

You can check out the Ividius project. It is an open-source alternative front-end to YouTube. There are many instances available for free use, both on the clearnet and on the Tor network: https://docs.invidious.io/instances/ Although, For those who want full privacy, I suggest the self-hosted version.

[larry_vw_1955]

I was really pissed what youtube has turned into lately so I was trying to find alternatives for every day use and watching videos.

Best option I found so far for desktop computers (Linux, Mac, wind0ws) is youtube client called FreeTube.

That's right. Forget about the most important options which would be smartphones. Specifically an Android app. My guess is 80% of the population watches youtube using their phone...maybe even 90.

With that said, i tried it out and surprisingly it seems to work ok. not a huge system resource hog. 7 stars.

Has anyone compared the obtained search results between YouTube and Freetube? Are they approximately the same?

Results are almost identical and in some cases I get better results with Freetube.

Type in the search bar "Youtube Movies and TV". Then click on the "Movies & TV" logo (the one with 178 million subs). Does it let you see any of the free movies? I can't see any of them.

Here is the exact URL but it won't do you any good: https://www.youtube.com/feed/storefront?bp=ogUCKAY%3D

I'm lowering my rating to 5 stars now. 

[ineedhelpplease]

I just bypass Youtube's garbage ad block system by using a different browser persons tab on google chrome each time I get that dumb ad blocker warning.