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    7 months ago

    Ads never bothered me on YouTube.

    They’re bothering me enough now that I’m going with an android phone after more than a decade on iPhones just so I can get back to YouTube the way it used to be with a decent ad blocker (better than it used to be actually).

    I can’t fucking stand it, and again, it didn’t bother me before.

    Want to show someone a short clip? Nah. Gotta skip two fucking ads first while you stand there looking stupid and waiting.

    I’m fucking done.

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          27 months ago

          From very trusty Telegram sources no less!

          On a more serious note, f-droid is where I got NewPipe. Also, you don’t need to own a fucking macbook and pay a fucking developer’s license to be able to develop for Android, which is good.

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              17 months ago

              What this commenter won’t tell you is that the patches are only for specific versions of the app, it’s what makes it a pain, can’t just patch the one that phone updates all the time from the store or the app will be quite bugged.

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                17 months ago

                Who cares? You just don’t update it till something breaks. Which is not often. Small price to pay

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      7 months ago

      So pissed at YouTube (Google) you’re switching to Android (…)? Was this their master plan all along?

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        17 months ago

        I’m going to go with a degoogled version of the OS (LineageOS is my current plan).

        The only way I’ll back out is if Apple allows an ad blocker that will cover any app I’m using. I’m currently paying for one that only works on Safari and YouTube videos take a thousand years to load up.

        Now if a legit version of Firefox makes its way to iPhone in the US with ublock, I’ll be happy with that.