[iforgotpassword]

I kept using the app (with ads) because despite my hate for Google I still thought it was the right thing to do. And using YouTube in a browser on mobile felt clunky. But I noticed that identifier in the shared url too and that, plus the increase in ads, finally pushed me to ditch the official app and go with NewPipe. No more ads, no tracking in the URL, sharing the URL can be done with timestamp, when tapping a yt Link in another app, I get asked if I want to play it right away, enqueue it, play it in the background or play it in a little floating window.

[jackjeff]

Newpipe and Yattee are awesome. I don’t regret the couples of evening I spent setting up a local sever.

I used to see ads occasionally on YouTube before they tried to crack down. The irony lol.

[nntwozz]

Another vote for Yattee (works wirh tvOS too), I use it with Invidious as the backend.

Pure bliss.