You can also slap Firefox on Android and then toss on addons there; from my experience it will play youtube in the browser (and you can keep playing podcast or music or whatever with the browser closed)
I use Firefox with uBlock Origin exclusively on my desktop. But on mobile android I just ran into problem after problem with Firefox. Slow, buggy, etc. So I went searching and it turns out that AdBlock Plus makes their own Chromium mobile browser and honestly it has worked wonderfully for me. Blocks all ads, not just youtube. This might also be a better option for you, u/CommunistBear, and u/PorkrollPosadist,as it blocks all ads, not just on youtube.
As far as Youtube goes, Newpipe solves all the problems in my case (and has more useful features than the official app or website). For the rest of the web, Firefox and ublock origin work fine. Personally, I would rather use Links than anything based on Chrome, but I am not a normal person.
In my experience, Youtube in Firefox on Android stops playing when the app isn't focused. I think this is something Google did to push its Youtube Red subscription service (which imposed the same limitation in the official Youtube app unless you pay them). Ublock Origin still is able to strip the ads though, so it's not worthless.
You can also slap Firefox on Android and then toss on addons there; from my experience it will play youtube in the browser (and you can keep playing podcast or music or whatever with the browser closed)
I use Firefox with uBlock Origin exclusively on my desktop. But on mobile android I just ran into problem after problem with Firefox. Slow, buggy, etc. So I went searching and it turns out that AdBlock Plus makes their own Chromium mobile browser and honestly it has worked wonderfully for me. Blocks all ads, not just youtube. This might also be a better option for you, u/CommunistBear, and u/PorkrollPosadist,as it blocks all ads, not just on youtube.
Edit: link
As far as Youtube goes, Newpipe solves all the problems in my case (and has more useful features than the official app or website). For the rest of the web, Firefox and ublock origin work fine. Personally, I would rather use Links than anything based on Chrome, but I am not a normal person.
deleted by creator
that actually has addons now? last time I used it it was just some low quality hardcoded adblocker
deleted by creator
deleted by creator
In my experience, Youtube in Firefox on Android stops playing when the app isn't focused. I think this is something Google did to push its Youtube Red subscription service (which imposed the same limitation in the official Youtube app unless you pay them). Ublock Origin still is able to strip the ads though, so it's not worthless.
deleted by creator
I haven't tied in a while, but if this is true, it is an improvement from a couple years ago
deleted by creator
Maybe it's been updated to allow that then? I've only used it for the last few months, works flawlessly for that