Is it just me or does it seem like YouTube has become more ad heavy recently? At least double the amount than say, a month ago.

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  • NewPipe

    A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.

  • I agree. The commercials are getting ridiculous and probably with the intention of frustrating viewers to the point of switching to YouTube Premium just to avoid them. Not me though. I switched to Newpipe, a commercial free YouTube client. https://newpipe.net/

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  • SponsorBlock

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    Discontinued A fork of NewPipe with SponsorBlock functionality. (by polymorphicshade)

  • Here is a fork of the official app that has Sponsorblock capability added https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe

  • uYouPlus

    uYou+ is a modified version of uYou (made by @MiRO92) with additional features and mainly made for non jailbroken users!

  • Different creator, but same idea https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus/releases

  • AltStore

    AltStore is an alternative app store for non-jailbroken iOS devices.

  • Here is the program you need to install on your pc/Mac: https://altstore.io It is also open source, so you can go to the GitHub repo and compile it yourself if you want.

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