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For YouTube on mobile, you can get ad-free experience with their premium tier[1] or YouTube Vanced[2]. Both come complete with background playback and overlay player.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/premium

[2] https://vancedapp.com/

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Or on Android you can install NewPipe[0] which is an open source YouTube frond-end without ads too. You can install it from F-Droid[1] or Github releases[2].

[0] : https://newpipe.net/ [1] : https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ [2] : https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases

YouTube Premium makes sense if you're a heavy user of YouTube, but at my level of use, it would make more sense to have a $1-per-video pay-as-you-go model. Or a $5/day pass that doesn't renew would be good too.

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