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Why I no longer use a VPN (most of the time) and nor should you - YouTube(youtu.be)

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ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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Actually I use Freetube with sponsorblock on the desktop and Newpipe with sponsorblock on Android. So I mostly don’t see shitty sponsors anymore.

But my Formuler TV box - which runs Android - has some weird crashing problem with the default Newpipe player, so I have to use an external player (MX Player) which doesn’t have sponsorblock, sadly.

So whenever I want to watch Youtube videos on my TV, I have to eat some NordVPN shilling - at least a little bit, just time for me to grab the remote and skip it - and I’m too cheap to replace the TV box.

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Galaxy@lemm.ee
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You could try Smart Tube which has built in adblock and sponsorblock and see if that works better on your android tv box

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ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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SmartTube works very well. The problem is, it requires a Youtube account to have subscriptions, playlists and the like. That’s a hard no for me.

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Galaxy@lemm.ee
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Fair enough, completely understandable

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potemkinhr@lemmy.ml
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Shout out for Smart Tube, the best YT app on smart boxes/android TVs, never had any issues

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