• Syndication@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    1 day ago

    Wait until you guys hear what Google has planned for other YT apps like those YT apps that you can cast to like SmartTube or VacuumTube. YouTube is doing A/B testing on encrypting the fucking video streams so that third party apps can’t watch any videos. The greed is evolving.

  • TragicNotCute@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    2 days ago

    Signed in to YouTube, Orion browser on iOS, ublock origin installed.

    Shorts play routinely without fail, but ads are not suppressed. Long form videos initially load black but refreshing right after page load makes the video play. No ads are shown in long form videos.

    Hope this helps.

    • sfxrlz@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 day ago

      I use an app called video lite which strips out YouTube ads but injects its own but I can block them through my pihole/Tailscale

  • tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    2 days ago

    On my devices, with vpn and Adblockers, all I get is “sign in to view” so I haven’t seen anything on YouTube in months.