Not getting sucked into YouTube on mobile is a feature, not a bug
replyWhy? Much like with the person who mentioned YouTube is their primary online entertainment, it also is for me. And I'm using my phone in more situations than my laptop, e.g. when doing the dishes or some chore.
replyI don't watch ragebait videos either, I watch either music videos, or stuff about my hobbies.
Ads would kill either. I hate random ads popping up.
Had they done that from day 1 you woulf have a point but it sounds like extorsion to me given youtube got rid of most of its competition and established its casi monopolistic position being adfree.
replyThat is not what extortion means
replyIf you can. A lot of subscription TV channels have ads even though you have to pay to get them. Does paying for youtube block all ads, and if so will it continue to, or will they change as so many others have and just make your payment remove some ads? I'm not even counting sponsored content in a lot of videos as ads, but they are annoying too.
replyIf you are a YouTube Premium subscriber you actually do get a button that skips in-video sponsor ads.
replyNewPipe is the way to do that on android...
replySmarttube on Android TV's works exceptionally well, too. I've seen people recommend Tizentube over it because it's nearly indistinguishable from the standard YouTube app, but with adblocking--but I actually prefer the more minimalist UI of Smarttube.
replyis there something for IOS?
replyMy solution is to watch YouTube on brave browser.
replyYup. Astounding how many tech people just fork over money to an evil company instead though.
replyI've been using YT on my FF mobile browser with an ad block and it's been working great.
replyThey could raise the price or start having ads even if you pay. You're a renter. You have no rights.
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