YouTube has become more and more annoying lately with its policy of pushing ads to users. Unless you’re a Premium user, the chances are great that you can’t watch a video on the platform anymore without ads showing up and nagging you.
YouTube doesn’t even tolerate adblocker tools, either. If you use one, the famous streaming platform has all sorts of aces up its sleeve to convince you to purchase a Premium subscription. Your videos will take forever to load; you will find it more and more difficult to comment on videos, and so on.
But guess what? There are ways to bypass YouTube’s restrictions, and one of them is through programs such as FreeTube. While we don’t encourage using such apps, this article was written for documentation purposes. Let’s see how some people avoid YouTube’s ads by using FreeTube, shall we?
How FreeTube works
FreeTube is a private YouTube client that’s focused on privacy. It works on pretty much any device that can go online, whether we’re talking about a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop, and so on. FreeTube is also rich in features, as you can use it mostly in the same way as you do with the good old YouTube: mark your favorite channels, make playlists, check out the Trending and Most Popular sections, and more.
With FreeTube, users can even download their favorite videos or share them with their friends. They can even take a look at the comment section to see what people think about a specific subject. There are lots of features!
A YouTube Premium subscription cost depends on the country of the user. For instance, in the US, such a subscription will cost $13.99 per month.
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