26
Watch YouTube Without Ads on the DuckDuckGo Browser (spreadprivacy.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/deGoogle@lemmy.ca
16 comments fedilink hide all child comments

all 16 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 12 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I just use *fox with uBlock.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
    • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Huh? So do they have a contract with YouTube or are they actively fighting the ads? If the latter, will YouTube not continue to fight them with the same nasty things it does to existing ad blocking techniques like slower videos, jittering, random video crashes, or just pop up messages that won’t go away?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    It is unilateral. They have no contract with Google. Google is expected to fight back. I use various hardened Firefox forks on all my devices and mostly Nextpipe for YT, so I don't much care, but that's the background.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I’ve been using Brave as my YouTube only browser, other than the occasional 2-3 second delay in starting a video with the “experiencing interruptions?” message, it’s been pretty flawless for the last few years.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
    • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I heard bad stuff about ddg browser

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    There at least was this thing in the past that lets me question their good intent (and/or competence): https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000118461444/privacy-browser-von-duckduckgo-plaudert-besuchte-webseiten-aus
    (only in German)

    Besides that, it is still a private Company that has to find ways to fund itself, so might have an intent to not always prefer the less-profitable option that would be better for the user.

    I use their search engine, but would not consider the browser as there exist less commercial and less restricted alternatives (mainly FF and its derivatives)

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
    • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Or watch Youtube without Google on FreeTube https://freetubeapp.io/

    You can import all your YT subscription in the app locally and without any login.

    More info here: https://docs.freetubeapp.io/about/freetube

    https://docs.freetubeapp.io/usage/importing-subscriptions/

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •
    [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Anybody here use Vivaldi browser? I tried it out recently and liked it. Built in ad blocker, built in VPN, built in rss reader. Wondering what people are using in general to avoid U.S. corps?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •