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YouTube on Firefox mobile is awesome (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Out of the box it can play audio in the background, and now that extensions are available you can block ads as well. You don't really need constantly updating 3rd party clients or questionable firewalls anymore if you just want usable youtube on a phone.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Are youtube ads in Firefox on iOS blocked? They are with uBlock on Firefox Android, but iirc Firefox on iOS doesn't support extensions.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah I'm almost positive you're right and the person you're responding to is not. All browsers on iOS are skins of safari essentially right now. That's about to change but only thanks to the EU

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is that confirmed now? It was actually a major reason why I decided against the iphone when upgrading my phone this year.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox on iOS still doesn’t support extensions and yes, is still based on the same engine as the other browsers.

YT ads are not blocked on Firefox on iOS, I just tried.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

oh yeah, I forgot about the whole apple engine. it's kind of nonsense that all browsers have to use it. Let's hope this will change when Apple introduces sideloading

[–] hyper 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can recommend Orion Browser. It’s from the people that make Kagi. It has the option to either install chrome or Firefox addons. Syncs across iCloud also.

https://kagi.com/orion/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

IIRC AdGuard iOS content filter works on safari a while ago to block youtube ads, but that was before youtube began its war against adblockers. Haven't tested it again yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If thats the case, yeah think that guy is wrong too. I guess they would have to rely on using some kind of frontend like piped through their browser