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Table Of Contents

Ad and tracker blocking

• 🌐 DNS Ad blocking
• 🌐 Ad blocking Browser extensions
•  „Rethink DNS / Blocklists or personalDNSfilter, 2 - DNS Adblockers”
• Blokada 6 (paid)
• Adguard Content Blocker, AdClear Content Blocker or Adblock Fast – Samsung Internet Ad Blockers
• Netguard - Firewall

Web browsers

• Brave – Chromium-based / privacy focused / has built-in ad blocker
• Firefox – customizable browser / supports extensions
• Firefox Focus/Klar - burner browser
• Waterfox – Firefox based / privacy focused / supports Firefox mobile and desktop extensions
• Microsoft Edge – Chromium-based / supports extensions / install more extensions
• Hermit – lite apps browser / has paid features
• TV Bro, BrowseHere, ZEUS Browser or Browser / mobile assistant - Android TV web browsers

Browser tools

• Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey or Scriptcat – userscript managers
• Stylus – userstyles manager

Video streaming

Video streaming apps:

• 🔁browsers with ad blocker/extensions / tools
• GrayJay – no ads / multiple video platfroms / SponsorBlock / dislikes / downloading / avoid Play Store version when you still can / Guide / Plugins / Add Platforms, 2, 3
• Kodi + YouTube plugin / needs personal API key / SponsorBlock
• RYTM, 2 – YouTube-only / no ads / background playback / you sometimes need to paste or share link from the offical YouTube app
• Play Tube - Block Ads on Video (by revoook.studio) - YouTube only / YouTube-like UI / downloading / uses NewPipe video player / has some banner ads, plays ads before downloading
• Play Tube & Video Tube (by PlayTube – InterTune), Play Tube (by MTA Inc.) or Play Tube Block Ads for Video (by PlayTube – InnerTune) – NewPipe clones; downloading, background playback; sometimes display ads at first launch or after clicking „download” button under video / YouTube / PeerTube / media.ccc.de
• Ucmate – NewPipe clone / background playback / no downloading / has many its own features / YouTube / PeerTube / media.ccc.de
• PeerTube – decentralized video platform / Kodi
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Browser tools:

• Invidious – YouTube frontend / SponsorBlock / return dislikes / DeArrow / Redirector, 2
• SponsorBlock – browser extension that skips sponsored and other segment types on YouTube / userscript
• DeArrow – replace thumbnails and titles on YouTube
• Return YouTube dislikes on mobile – bring back dislikes to YouTube website / Invidious

Utility apps:

• Ad Skipper (by Mavenka Labs), AdSkipper (by Jaswanth Satya Dev) or Skip Ad – automaticly press skip ad button
• Return Dislike Button or Show dislike – dislike count viewer
• Black screen – play videos with screen turned off

TV tools:

• 🌐 cast SponsorBlock
• iSponsorblockTv – skip sponsors on connected Tvs
• Kodi + YouTube plugin / needs personal API key / SponsorBlock
• Kodi + PeerTube plugin

Music

• 🔁browsers with ad blocker/extensions
• 🔁 YouTube music / music videos
• Spotify, Deezer or YouTube music – freemium music apps
• Tidal, Quboz or Apple Music – paid music apps
• Monochrome, 2, 3 – music website / no ads / uses Tidal / supports downloading / can be installed as PWA
• Lyra – YouTube music / ad free
• Mutify, 2 – mute spotify ads
• Ad silence – mute ads in music apps