Original article: January 28, 2026 (5:39 PM ET): A YouTube Premium subscription not only allows you to avoid ads, but also gives you access to a variety of benefits. However, there are ways to get around YouTube’s paywall to access these features for free. This usually includes turning to a browser that’s not Chrome and using ad blockers. Those who use these workarounds are now reporting that one commonly used feature is now broken.
Brave on Android still works for me, although given Google's propensity to do unannounced AB testing on its users, I wouldn't be surprised if that didn't hold true for most other people.
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johny4JJ1@piefed.social · 13 pts · 226d
Long live revanced 👌
EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 226d
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 226d
The fuck is a third-party browser?
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 226d
Una@piefed.europe.pub · 4 pts · 226d
My guess would be browser other than Google Chrome. But idk not entirely sure.
Jomega@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Anything that isn't one of the "big three". Those being Chrome, Firefox, and whatever Microsoft is calling theirs right now.Edit: Never mind. Google is using a different definition of "third-party" than I am. They mean, "not Chrome".
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 225d
Ohhhh. I think it's because they banned extensions that can do things like this.
paraphrand@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 226d
sefra1@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 226d
Works on NewPipe :)
Goretantath@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 226d
XLE@piefed.social · 4 pts · 226d
Brave on Android still works for me, although given Google's propensity to do unannounced AB testing on its users, I wouldn't be surprised if that didn't hold true for most other people.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 226d
Grayjay's got it covered.
jimmy90@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 225d
still works on Brave/Lineage as of right now :)
passenger@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 224d
Firefox Android with extensions "video background play fix" and ublock origin
reddig33@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 226d
reddig33@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d