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On a side note, did anything change on youtube itself or am I being A/B guinea pigged?

I use to be able to watch youtube videos without any youtube app just using /embed/<video-id> on a browser or mpv.

Now it seems every link is broken unless you go through there data hoarding app? (On android not desktop)

Give NewPipe a try (https://newpipe.net/). I've been using it for several months and works really well. Only thing I haven't figured out yet is streaming/casting to the youtube app on my TV.

If I watch through the Brave browser on my phone I never see ads. Through the offical app I have to watch the same two ads for a month or two before the video starts and then again after 15 or 20 minutes. It's really bad.

But that's ad blocking, that's not what I meant exactly, that always works.

My issue is 'embeddable' links are no longer playable for me? I can play the video in their app or on the browser after a million data consent forms.

Also, no ads on YT, or just about any other site, in FF with the uBlock origin plugin.

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