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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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I love Firefox, but if you have a non-rooted phone, DuckDuckGo is better.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mull

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one -1 points 2 years ago

I agree, and here is a good resource explaining:

https://divestos.org/pages/browsers

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one -1 points 2 years ago

Its a webview browser which is just a chrome system widget.

[–] lunazea@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yes, it's true, especially useful for IOS users, but for Android I recommend YouTube Revanced. you can block ads, there is sponsorblock and many others, such as disabling the "shorts" function

https://github.com/revanced

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Might as well use a FOSS app like NewPipe x Sponsorblock.

Fdroid repo: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.polymorphicshade.newpipe

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Last time I tried Newpipe it wasn't all that great. Would be fine if you just hit up YouTube for random stuff, but didn't have any consideration for channels you subscribed to. I'm guessing it's gotten better?

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one -1 points 2 years ago

I find it reliable. I just use subscriptions feed.

[–] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't tried newpipe, is it missing any features compared to revanced? I love that I can disable the shorts player, play with my screen off, and the wide array of customization options

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one -1 points 2 years ago

Yes for all those things. Doesnt have youtube recommended or sign in, but you can export youtube subscriptions from your account. LibreTube is also great and i like it better (when my phone doesnt cause problems)