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Yeah exactly. I hate ads and 15$ is nothing to me. I'm not a poor college student anymore.

> I hate ads

Then you should definitely use Vanced. It eliminates sponsored parts within videos, which are not removed even if you pay for youtube red.

How does it manage that? Crowdsourcing?

Yes, people click a button to indicate start and end of sponsored segments in a video. Those time markers are sent to a DB, and every subsequent viewer will use that to skip the ad portion.

that is one horrific way to guarantee the content creators you enjoy don't get money.

If content creators don't provide ways for paying them besides ads then that's on them.

no, it's not on them, it's on you for choosing to take money out of their pocket. They have chosen the monetization revenues that they are comfortable with, circumventing the way people make money while watching their content is highly unethical. You don't show up to a local course or theatre production and use a fake credit card because you dislike the fact that they use visa.

Side note, what’s the etymology of ”Vanced”? Is it meant to hint at “advanced”?

They are so anti-ad that they even removed the ad from their own app's name.

adblocker? exception being mobile..

And TV

Ublock origin + Firefox seems to block ads on mobile fine for me, the mobile browser interface to youtube does leave something to be desired though.

NewPipe on Mobile all the way

Yup, I was surprised when I found out it had Sponsorblock integration. Immediately ditched Youtube Vanced in favor of Newpipe at that moment.

YouTube Vanced also has it integrated btw. You have to enable it in your settings

I'm aware. I simply prefer Newpipe because it has roughly the same functionality, is more lightweight and is open-source (+ it's on F-Droid so I can easily update it along with all my other apps).

Anything you’re aware of for iOS?

I only use a phone for watching stuff if I don't have a monitor or laptop around. That said newpipe is fantastic when mobile is the only available platform.

YouTube Vanced. It's the YouTube app with an ad locker built in.

Brave browser also blocks ads.

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