There's already a workaround (found, again, here), but I figured I would use this opportunity to tell people that projects like Piped and Invidious exist, which both allow you to watch YouTube without loading their ads, with improved Privacy and (in the case of Piped) even Geoblocking-Circumvention and SponsorBlock out of the box.

They're both great tools, and using something like LibRedirect you can even automatically go to Piped or Invidious when clicking/opening a YouTube link (and more).

Both don't load ads, but unless changed in the settings Individous may still make connections to Google/YouTube to load the video(s) themselves.

Bit of a shameless plug for these projects, but I figured this is a really good time to show these projects as I often see people asking what they are in threads on here

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[–] jlow@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is Libredirect working good for you? Every few month I turn it on for a couple of services (YT, Wikipedia, Reddit, Github, Twitchan) and turn it off after a few days because I can't be bothered trying to find instances that work, it's just a constant pain for me.

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[–] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

just as a heads up i did the workaround linked in OP's post and it worked for me

piped fucking rules tho

[–] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

FYI, that 'Piped' link in your post ain't workin homie

Looks like you put in "https://hexbear.net/post/**https://github.com/teampiped/piped"

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[–] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks!

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