YouTube Search Fixer is also a must have extension. It removes all the bullshit yt is trying to feed you.
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I have youtube run in its own dedicated browser (Librewolf) with Ublock Origin.
No ads. Works perfectly.
I may add the youtube shorts blocker, I hate those.
The DDG browser has a pretty nice YouTube player.
One shitty thing they've done that you can't get around with these methods is the new "1080p Enhanced Bitrate". I'm not going to pay for premium just to prove that, but 99.9% sure that on many videos added before this was introduced (that it was added to) they've degraded the base 1080p and the original is probably behind the new setting.
I hope I'm not right, but something tells me that the way it's going, at one point they'll only have 720p for non-premium.
Why do y'all go with the absolute worst options to avoid YT ads?
Use NewPipe on Android. Use FreeTube on PC. Failing all those, use an invidious instance from any web browser that isn't fucking Brave - I recommend inv.nadeko.net.
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For downloading on Android, i'd recommend Seal. It uses yt-dlp https://f-droid.org/packages/com.junkfood.seal/
I'm having horrible performance issues with waterfox that I don't have with vanilla Firefox. It's like the waterfox window is running at 5-10fps with horrible latency.
If youre on linux, give Phoenix for Firefox a shot. It installs a bunch of enterprise rules to harden Firefox, so youre always on the latest security patches but never with AI/Telemetry bs.
Librewolf is also pretty good, but i mention phoenix because it is vanilla firefox
All of these extensions are available on Safari too, if anyone’s wondering. Also Vinegar is an extension that replaces the video player with iOS/MacOS’s far superior native player (and seamless pip/background play)
If you put a dash after the T in the youtube url (ex: yout-ube) then it takes you to a version of the site with no ads. This only works on the browser version as far as I know.
Premium is for chumps who enjoy getting bullied by big daddy Google lol
MPV too