Really interesting read about the history of YouTube adblocking, how the new detection works, how uBO is responding, and how not to block the new popups.

  • Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    71·
    1 year ago

    The other options (especially LibreTube) are much better for Privacy as they don’t include any Google trackers and LibreTube doesn’t even connect to Google servers. It proxies everything through a Piped server, meaning Google never sees your IP address or any other connection details. It’s basically anonymized YouTube.

    • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      And that’s great and all, but some of us really only care about the ads.

      • Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        45·
        1 year ago

        Sure, but you don’t really lose anything by using privacy-oriented solutions like LibreTube. It’s just a really nice YouTube client for Android, it also has SponsorBlock and DeArrow integration, a nice and convenient download feature and many other things

        • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          91·
          1 year ago

          I’m losing my tailored recommendations. And yes, I’m compromising my privacy for them, but I find value in that trade. I suppose I could open the official app, scroll my feed, and still open the videos in another front end, but as long as ReVanced exists I’ll take the easier route. And it has sponsorblock and newpipe integration for downloads.