Out of the box it can play audio in the background, and now that extensions are available you can block ads as well. You don't really need constantly updating 3rd party clients or questionable firewalls anymore if you just want usable youtube on a phone.

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[–] lunazea@programming.dev 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

yes, it's true, especially useful for IOS users, but for Android I recommend YouTube Revanced. you can block ads, there is sponsorblock and many others, such as disabling the "shorts" function

https://github.com/revanced

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Might as well use a FOSS app like NewPipe x Sponsorblock.

Fdroid repo: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.polymorphicshade.newpipe

[–] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I haven't tried newpipe, is it missing any features compared to revanced? I love that I can disable the shorts player, play with my screen off, and the wide array of customization options

[–] freddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As far as I know, you can't log in to your account with newpipe. I use revanced and have no issues

[–] Littleborat@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You will have to add your channels once. These can be backed up into a file and imported onto another device. Not super convenient but compared to how annoying the official app is I am OK with it.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

It won't track watch status across different platforms/devices though. Revanced is significantly easier to setup and use.

[–] TisI@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago

My main issue with new pipe is that when I scroll down to read the comments, the video disappeares. It's not fixed in place (don't know what that's called). Other than that, it's great overall!

[–] Littleborat@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It has little to no bull shit and it can play with screen off. Age restricted videos are a problem.

If you hate the official app it's perfect for you. Literally just your curated feed and nothing else.

[–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Age restricted videos are a problem

You can enable those in the settings under content > show age restricted content

[–] Littleborat@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

I don't mean the setting. It won't be able to play them anymore even if this is turned on.

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes for all those things. Doesnt have youtube recommended or sign in, but you can export youtube subscriptions from your account. LibreTube is also great and i like it better (when my phone doesnt cause problems)

[–] lunazea@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

yes, I have used both and personally the libretube is better. although newpipe is also great

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Last time I tried Newpipe it wasn't all that great. Would be fine if you just hit up YouTube for random stuff, but didn't have any consideration for channels you subscribed to. I'm guessing it's gotten better?

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I find it reliable. I just use subscriptions feed.

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Are youtube ads in Firefox on iOS blocked? They are with uBlock on Firefox Android, but iirc Firefox on iOS doesn't support extensions.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah I'm almost positive you're right and the person you're responding to is not. All browsers on iOS are skins of safari essentially right now. That's about to change but only thanks to the EU

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Is that confirmed now? It was actually a major reason why I decided against the iphone when upgrading my phone this year.

[–] scaglio@feddit.it 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Firefox on iOS still doesn’t support extensions and yes, is still based on the same engine as the other browsers.

YT ads are not blocked on Firefox on iOS, I just tried.

[–] lunazea@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

oh yeah, I forgot about the whole apple engine. it's kind of nonsense that all browsers have to use it. Let's hope this will change when Apple introduces sideloading

[–] hyper@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I can recommend Orion Browser. It’s from the people that make Kagi. It has the option to either install chrome or Firefox addons. Syncs across iCloud also.

https://kagi.com/orion/

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 4 points 2 years ago

IIRC AdGuard iOS content filter works on safari a while ago to block youtube ads, but that was before youtube began its war against adblockers. Haven't tested it again yet.

[–] ponchow8NC@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago

If thats the case, yeah think that guy is wrong too. I guess they would have to rely on using some kind of frontend like piped through their browser

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

... I like the shorts....

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Then don't turn them off. Revanced lets you choose.