Why are got guys watching ads?
Seriously, I don’t get it.
You don’t have to watch ads on YouTube. Not on your TV, not on your phone.
use invidious ffs
and use ublock too
or you can use adblock on a browser, and not use the app.
Who the heck is watching yt in 2026? ;_;
I’m using NouTube on Android via fdroid. It has YouTube and YouTube Music together in one app and automatically skips both ads and sponsorship segments. Basically free premium, at least on Android.
Have you been getting any error recently? Im on PipePipe and got this error 3 times today.
“Youtube forces us to wait 2 seconds before continuing playback.”
Morphe
I got one of those phone cases thay you glue to your shower wall. Its waterproof and still works with my phone touchscreen. 10/10 can skip any adda
The FBI agent looking through the camera be having a field day.
People. What. The. Fuck?
Why does everyone freak out about the adds and not the level of brainrot this is. Like how do you actually function in your daily life if you can’t stop watching content for a 5min shower? I have ADHD but I feel like I am amateur attention span issues and this is competitive ranked grand master attention span issues
Yes I am judging and maybe even shaming you.
Okay not shaming you because doing so is negative and I genuinely hope you get better if you have attention span issue. Smooches on you
So I dont watch stuff in the shower but I do kinda HAVE to watch something to go to sleep. If I dont I cannot go to sleep or I sleep pretty bad because I kinda just go into a weird depressive mental state. I know its not good and it does need to be fixed. Im just currently NOT in a situation where I can get help on it so I use it to hold it as a temporary workaround for now. I do imagine other people have a worse version of this.
Can I recommend some music like Sigur Ros or something instrumental that involves less bright light in your face hammering the part of your brain that controls the “its daytime, stay awake” response.
I may be biased and ignorant cause I need pitch black and at most a fan one roon away to even run the chance of getting to sleep. Saying that if I have anything caffeinated after about 5pm I’m awake until 1am with my brain trying to make me kms, so I at least know how that one feels.
Considering the phone is out of reach, it’s probably to listen to a podcast or music. Shower radios have existed for decades after all.
I mean, I do it, but I also spend at least 2-4 hours outside a day without any input from my phone. It’s more like, “I’m watching an interesting video, but I also need to take a shower, no reason to not do both.”
i feel like way more people should learn to meditate because this level of brainrot addiction is disturbing.
Agreed. Also taking your phone to the toilet is gross and using it at the dinner table is kinda rude
Why would someone watch YouTube in the shower??
It’s nice to watch something while doing chores. I have a TV and keyboard in my shower lol
The bathroom computer is truly the pinnacle of luxury
For me, I listen. A lot of long form content is more like a podcast than a video.
newpipe
Used to be on newpipe, but since updates were taking forever at times, switched to pipepipe. Hows the project now?
PipePipe
jesus fuck people still rawdog the internet and willingly subject themselves to ads?
never see another ad again: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
this works on mobile too :3
not “on mobile”, on android
not on ios because all ios browsers are safari wrappers, per apples policy
Also check out sponsor block.
Also, Newpipe for mobile and FreeTube for PC
Edit: Someone in this thread mentioned Pipepipe, a fork of Newpipe with extra features. I had not heard of it, but it’s worth investigating
Or YouTube ReVanced if NewPipe is too confusing and unfamiliar to you.
Morphe is the way to go these days, the maintainer of Revanced pissed off its main contributors and they went over and made Morphe. Revanced’s significant recent updates have been to catch up with Morphe.
It also supports sourcing patches from other contributors directly so there are patches for apps like Chess.com and TikTok on Morphe that aren’t available on Revanced.
Firefox + uBlock.
Also Morphe/ReVanced.
duckduckgo also and vivaldi
Can you do this from an iPhone?
Ublock origin is available as a safari extension now :)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698
Yes. The Orion browser on iOS supports both Firefox and chrome plugins.
You can also use Firefox focus browser, or Unwatched app.
Also heard of https://github.com/fer0n/Unwatched but already switched back to Android before I got a chance to try it out.
Really surprised that this is readily available on the app store, tried it out for a bit and it seems to be working. Didn’t sign in yet but it looks pretty safe.
Thanks for the heads up.
Yeah, I was surprised as well. I believe most of these kind of apps get around it by advertising as a RSS Reader or generic Mediathek. But from the Screenshots its hard to mistake it for something other than a YT Client. Guess Apple does dont care about it as much as Google would.
If it works maybe we should keep it on the down low. Also only heard of it by chance.
You can use an android phone and block all the ads. This is what deterred me from iPhone last time. Greyjay, pipepipe, etc. No ads. Plus uBlock for Firefox. Among other huge advantages.
Adguard on iPhone does that, as with android it sets up as a VPN and blocks adds in all apps.
Does not work for youtube
Youtube in browser is what I care I’m not gonna download the app
Use uBlock origin on firefox
Last I used iPhone it was simply not possible to block ads. Super annoying.
I’ve been using Firefox Focus to block ads, including YouTube video ads, for almost a decade on iOS lawl
Weird. I think the last time I tried was circa 2020 iPhone xr and yes, I always use Firefox focus if available. Don’t recall it blocking YouTube ads ornahving addon capabilities.
Androids always been more flexible.
Android is MUCH more flexible, hella agree hahaha. I started with the first Android device, the Dream, and installed uhhhh… Cyanogen? Or that’s the PSP… I forgor @w@
But I did CFW with my Android devices and looooved it. I switched to iPhone after my partner got an iPhone when they couldn’t get an Android phone with a keyboard. Loved it. Big complaint: no adblocker on the 4s. Keyboard was good though!
Focus came out I thiiiink during the iPhone 8? Maybe before, but I’ve been using it for very long. I’ve never had a YouTube account and would never use it if I had to see ads—I vehemently hate ads. But I’ve been seeing vids for the better part of a decade now! If ad blocking stops working, I’ll 100% never visit again. It’s completely untenable.
😭 <- me when someone uses ad-infested youtube.
- Firefox + uBlock
- Fennec + uBlock
- Grayjay
- Smart tube
Invidious
What amateurs still watch YouTube with ads? Every platform has plenty of easy solutions to bypass it.
Xbox/consoles?
In the shower?
Can they run vlc?
Doesn’t work for all but at least for a time firewall blocking of ads worked
Roku?
Roku in shower? Bold I see.
I listen to it from my bath toaster
Bath Toasters are the best Toasters.
Explain
Simply don’t.
Playlet. Not the best solution, though. Roku is a very closed down platform.
Thanks for posting this. I had assumed the closed down nature of roku meant there wasn’t anything very useful on its appstore.
I get listening to music in the shower, although I don’t. Watching videos while taking a shower? Maybe while taking a bath.
But, really, you can’t step away from media for a few minutes a day for some peace and quiet?
Suffering through being alone with your thoughts is the first step toward better mental health. Your issues don’t go away if you ignore them, they just get worse. You know this, so make an effort for yourself.
I don’t want to be going through therapy while I’m lathering up my asshole. I wait for the weekend to do mushrooms about it
