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Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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post #206

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And they're blocking you from receiving video? That's the whole point of this post.

Not sure what you mean. I can view them just fine.

I mean them blocking you from viewing it due to using an ad-blocker (or otherwise not using an official client). The OP comment was about "the war on ad blockers", which is what this thread is about.

Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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post #198

I’m looking for an iOS client that will allow me to block certain keywords from being displayed as recommendations? E.g. Minecraft, mrbeast, etc I want my kids to watch something other than their hundredth Minecraft walkthrough, screaming YouTuber video..

Just block YouTube, your kids will find other things to do. If you find a good video then watch it with them on your device

Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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post #172

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I use sponsorblock on desktop, and sometimes I find the parts that they skip annoying. I don't fully agree with where and when they skip things. Watching Hot Ones today, they had a segment about how they have Hot Ones Hot Pockets now. and it skipped over it. But also, the hot pockets were a big part of the episode. For LTT videos, they skip the entire segue, instead of leaving the segue and then skipping the sponsor.…

You can configure sponsorblock with various options. End credits, sponsored sections, lots of things

Right. My issue is that I disagree with what they consider "sponsored sections" sometimes. "Only skip sponsor segments longer than 30 seconds" isn't an option. Long ads that make up most of the video: bad. A brief passing comment about "And thanks to our sponsor for supporting this video" dont need a cut.

Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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post #212
post #198

I’m looking for an iOS client that will allow me to block certain keywords from being displayed as recommendations? E.g. Minecraft, mrbeast, etc I want my kids to watch something other than their hundredth Minecraft walkthrough, screaming YouTuber video..

Just block YouTube, your kids will find other things to do. If you find a good video then watch it with them on your device

Feels like an opportunity lost.

I want them to explore on their own, including online content.

I just want the topics for videos to be more diverse.

Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use sponsorblock on desktop, and sometimes I find the parts that they skip annoying. I don't fully agree with where and when they skip things. Watching Hot Ones today, they had a segment about how they have Hot Ones Hot Pockets now. and it skipped over it. But also, the hot pockets were a big part of the episode. For LTT videos, they skip the entire segue, instead of leaving the segue and then skipping the sponsor.…

Sponsorblock does allow you to whitelist specific channels. Should be in the settings somewhere, I've only ever done it via the ReVanced app but it should still be an option on desktop.

By "on desktop" I mean FreeTube (and simply not via NewPipe or on mobile). It has options for the different types of things to skip, but my issue is with disagreeing with how overly strict they can be about flagging things as sponsor segments.

Some of it is per channel settings (some channels have way too long of sponsor segments), and some of it is just disagreement about how granular to be (on LTT they cut out the entire segue to the sponsor, and not just the sponsor spot, i dont want the LTT sponsors, but not being serious is their whole thing, I don't mind watching the segues)

Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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post #94

Also, checkout NewPipe with built in SponsorBlock functionality: https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe

There is also LibreTube that comes with SponsorBlock https://libretube.dev/

Huh, quite a choice to not include screenshots.

Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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NewPipe is the best. Dunno how people watch YouTube without it. You can also subscribe to channels from it without a YouTube account.

I'm watching fine on Firefox with uBlock Origin. I mean, I don't get ads. What else am I missing by not using NewPipe (I don't care about downloading videos).

Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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post #94

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There is also LibreTube that comes with SponsorBlock https://libretube.dev/

LibreTube has a feature that no other piped/invidious client has, which is to have one auth instance and one view instance. Sometimes videos are not viewable on a specific instance, but this way you can keep all your subscriptions and other settings even when switching to a different instance.

> that no other piped/invidious client has,

If I understand what you are saying, Piped has this. For example I can stream from instance-1.com but at the same time I'm logged into instance-2.com so that I can keep my favourites and settings. See "Instance" section here https://piped.video/preferences particularly the option "Use a different instance for authentication"

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