When people post YouTube links… is there a cool open source way to watch it on mobile without going through youtube? Because when I click on a YouTube link and I’m on my phone and it immediately gives me an ad it’s pissing me off like in a huge way… is there a way to bypass ads without an ad blocker on my phone
Good question, horrible post title. Keep the clickbait titles outta here.
Because it doesn’t do anything to indicate to a reader what the content of your post is. Titles should tell people what you’re talking about.
Just change it to the first sentence of your post instead:
When people post YouTube links, is there a cool open source way to watch it on mobile without going through youtube?
On Android, install newpipe from f-droid and YouTube links should go to it automatically. No ads, lets you download videos, subscriptions are entirely local on your device, but right now display of comments is messed up. The last isn’t a big deal for me. Ymmv.
NewPipe is awesome, and you can set it to automatically open Youtube links.
Seconding NewPipe. It’s the easiest to get set up, and once you get it set up you basically never have to touch it again.
YouTube Revanced is more user friendly and has more features once it’s set up, but the install process is more involved and updating it essentially requires you to redo the install process again. It’s nothing crazy, but NewPipe is the “set it and forget it” option IMO.
i’m using it for a long time and always thought google wouldn’t let you open youtube links in other apps.
i always copied the link and pasted it into newpipe. thanks to your comment i checked and diabled youtube automatic opening.
Thumbs down for the clickbait title.
Yes! You can use an alternative front end - you’ll have to watch in your browser.
There is a bot on some communities that will post the Piped Version. The other option is to use a version of Invidious which you can find here.
Clicking on a YouTube link will take you to the YouTube app if you have it. You’d have to copy and paste the link into the search fields of the above.
The other option is to use xvanced. I have not used it in a long time and I’m not sure of the current status but it should work.