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  • DTFpanda@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 years ago

    Not sure why anyone would rather pay Google money vs simply installing YouTube revanced. If that ever goes away (it won’t), then I’ll just go back to Firefox + extensions for YouTube on mobile.

    • kostel_thecreed@lemmy.ca
      4·
      2 years ago

      I have an account I bought from an Indian friend for around $20/y, and the only way I use it is for my TVs. They are “smart”, but not android-based, causing me to not be able to install smartube or the likes.

    • Moghul@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 years ago

      I just skipped that and went straight for firefox with ublock. It’s not as good of an experience but I thought fuck it. Youtube’s going to fight these app solutions every time, but they probably can’t make Mozilla remove extensions. Plus I don’t have to be worried about logging my google account (even a burner) into an unknown dev’s app vs mozilla who I trust more.

      • DTFpanda@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        That’s a good point! I had trouble sometimes getting background audio to work after closing the app, but this was over a year ago at this point before I switched to vanced (and ultimately revanced). There is probably a fix for that by now.

  • AnonymousLlama@kbin.social
    9·
    2 years ago

    Revanced is great. I wish it could let me bypass some of the inbuilt limits like not being able to download videos, but that’s a small price to pay for removing like 99 of the ads

  • Olifant@lemmy.ml
    7·
    2 years ago

    I was a vanced migrant to newPipe when the former was cut off. Haven’t tried revanced since newPipe has seemed perfectly servicable for me.

    • protput@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      Do you still have to do the whole export import of your subscriptions thing? Or do you just not use subscriptions? Can it sync playlists across devices?

      I absolutely LOVE smartube next on android TV since it still works with my subscriptions and playlists. Too bad they don’t have a smartphone version.

  • Bobert@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    2 years ago

    Yes, absolute game changer. Can’t live without it. Use various videos to go to sleep to at night and the last thing I need is for ads that the original content creator didn’t even ask for that are 5x as loud as the video I have playing.

  • frayans@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Yeah I specifically use Revanced Extended which adds more patches for YouTube and YouTube Music.

  • Carter@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Nope. I use NewPipe but I also have YouTube Premium if I ever need it.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
      3·
      2 years ago

      I use YouTube premium but I use ReVanced to get rid of all the sponsors.

      I know what a VPN is I don’t need to be told about it every time I’m trying to watch a video.

    • AnonymousLlama@kbin.social
      6·
      2 years ago

      I’ve used vanced for years and revanced for easily 6 months. I haven’t heard of anyone getting banned since it uses MicroG for the login, but there could be a part of the TOS everyone signed that says you can’t use your account to bypass their “rules”, so it could be a technical violation 🤷‍♂️

    • Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      I’ve been logged in on two different accounts for years and haven’t noticed anything. It uses microg to handle the login stuff and I haven’t heard of any issues like that happening with others either.

    • son_named_bort@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’ve been using revanced since it came out and vanced for years until it died. I haven’t had any issues with my account at any point using either app.

  • son_named_bort@lemmy.world
    51·
    2 years ago

    I do. I tried newpipe but not being able to log into my account was a deal breaker. The only negative I have with revanced is that I can’t cast with it, although having Smart Tube on my Chromecast helps.