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YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it
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For Android user I can recommend Newpipe. For the desktop I use FreeTube
Both have occassional issues when YT rolls out their latest enshittification features, but the devs are quite responsive.
Regardless, YT is a loosing battle, so prepare for the day when Google will win this arms race. That is why alternatives like PeerTube are important.
I was using newpipe but it wasn't working for a bit, been having great luck with PipePipe though
Looks promising. Thanks for sharing
I prefer Tubular for Android. It's a NewPipe fork to implement SponsorBlock and ReturnYoutubeDislike