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I wish it were more effective in removing Youtube ads on my kids' iPads, but I understand it's a tall order. At least it gets rid of ads in most other apps.

netsharc 6y ago
If you had said Android I would've suggested NewPipe: https://newpipe.schabi.org/ https://newpipe.schabi.org/
christian_fei 6y ago
could be the right fit: https://github.com/kboghdady/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole https://github.com/kboghdady/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole
- bberrry 6y ago
  Thank you! I'll give it a try
  - christian_fei 6y ago
    cheers, gotta try it too
BuckRogers 6y ago
Try Microsoft Edge. Its built in ad blocker works for me with Youtube on my iPhone. I block ads at the application layer, DNS based ad blocking doesn’t really do it anymore and can create another troubleshooting surface to consider when it breaks something.
- frank2 6y ago
  In response to your comment, I tested Microsoft Edge on my iPad and can confirm that yes, indeed, it does block the ads on youtube.com -- mostly: out of about 7 videos, an ad was shown to me at the start of one of them, but that is much better than mobile Safari, on which and ad is shown to me at the start of every video I start. Thanks for the tip.
jbaber 6y ago
I pay google the $10/mo. for no ads on youtubeso the kids don't get exposed. The extra benefits are - play video with the screen off to listen to lectures - youtube music - specifically good for letting the toddler hear the wiggles without having to watch a wiggles video on youtube I also pay hulu for no ads. I'm happy for the opportunity to pay directly for entertainment instead of with my eyeballs. No way to opt out of tracking, though, hence the pihole.
- brchn 6y ago
  > specifically good for letting the toddler hear the wiggles without having to watch a wiggles video on youtube I like how you phrased this as a solved engineering problem.
katsura 6y ago
I've been using Lockdown[0] on my iPhone. It blocks everything for me, and is open source. [0] https://lockdownhq.com/ https://lockdownhq.com/
- christian_fei 6y ago
  Have to try this too
rataata_jr 6y ago
Firefox + AdblockPlus?

netsharc 6y ago

If you had said Android I would've suggested NewPipe: https://newpipe.schabi.org/ https://newpipe.schabi.org/

christian_fei 6y ago

could be the right fit: https://github.com/kboghdady/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole https://github.com/kboghdady/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole

bberrry 6y ago
Thank you! I'll give it a try
- christian_fei 6y ago
  cheers, gotta try it too

BuckRogers 6y ago

Try Microsoft Edge. Its built in ad blocker works for me with Youtube on my iPhone. I block ads at the application layer, DNS based ad blocking doesn’t really do it anymore and can create another troubleshooting surface to consider when it breaks something.

frank2 6y ago
In response to your comment, I tested Microsoft Edge on my iPad and can confirm that yes, indeed, it does block the ads on youtube.com -- mostly: out of about 7 videos, an ad was shown to me at the start of one of them, but that is much better than mobile Safari, on which and ad is shown to me at the start of every video I start. Thanks for the tip.

jbaber 6y ago

I pay google the $10/mo. for no ads on youtubeso the kids don't get exposed. The extra benefits are - play video with the screen off to listen to lectures - youtube music - specifically good for letting the toddler hear the wiggles without having to watch a wiggles video on youtube I also pay hulu for no ads. I'm happy for the opportunity to pay directly for entertainment instead of with my eyeballs. No way to opt out of tracking, though, hence the pihole.

brchn 6y ago
> specifically good for letting the toddler hear the wiggles without having to watch a wiggles video on youtube I like how you phrased this as a solved engineering problem.

katsura 6y ago

I've been using Lockdown[0] on my iPhone. It blocks everything for me, and is open source. [0] https://lockdownhq.com/ https://lockdownhq.com/

christian_fei 6y ago
Have to try this too

rataata_jr 6y ago

Firefox + AdblockPlus?