• @[email protected]
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        -228 months ago

        ReVanced is definitely worth mentioning, but I’m here to tell you that GrayJay is better.

        • No_
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          198 months ago

          GrayJay is a YouTube/Twitch/anything update away from breaking.

          • @[email protected]
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            How is that different from any of these other apps? It’s being actively developed so any update breaking can be patched.

            • No_
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              ReVanced doesn’t use the YouTube app/website, it modifies the YouTube apk into a completely different thing. The only thing that can break ReVanced is server side changes from YouTube.

              • @[email protected]
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                -18 months ago

                And does something make you think that Google isn’t capable of doing exactly that?

                They’re updating server-side rules constantly. And EVERY app update is also accompanied by a server-side update, even if it’s small.

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                  48 months ago

                  Ah but there’s the catch, ReVanced just depends on server side YouTube changes.

                  Meanwhile, GrayJay depends on app-side & server side YouTube, Twitch, etc etc.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    -18 months ago

                    Lol no, ReVanced also depends on app side changes, they could harden the YouTube app and make it more difficult to modify. The only upside is that it would take several months for those changes to actually start affecting users, when the old versions of YouTube are phased out.

                    OR, they could just block ReVanced on the server side and ban everyone that uses it, if they wanted to

                    Don’t be naive and think that Google can’t easily block ReVanced. They just haven’t tried to yet. They’re one of the biggest companies in the world, if they gave a shit it would be gone overnight, just like Vanced was.

    • @[email protected]
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      28 months ago

      Tangential question - what is stopping youtube from restricting access to their API for 3rd party apps like Reddit did?

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      28 months ago

      Remember people start logging out for these services. Any day they could decided to start terminating accounts if this whole anti Adblocking campaign doesn’t get subscriber numbers up

      • Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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        I am aware of this option, but sideloading on iOS currently kinda sucks. You have to use AltStore which sometimes goes unmaintained for a few months, even when it’s maintained it’s kinda buggy and the Windows version almost never works for me. It’s also not available for Linux. And you have to connect your phone to a computer running AltStore every 7 days, otherwise the app will stop functioning. It’s just not a great solution and especially bad for less tech-savvy users.

        • @[email protected]
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          08 months ago

          You don’t have to use AltStore. I re-sign the IPA myself and install with Apple Configurator

            • @[email protected]
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              18 months ago

              If you don’t have a paid developer license yeah. But I do so I don’t have do deal with that.

              • Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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                18 months ago

                I’m definitely not gonna pay Apple money to use my device that I already paid way too much money for the way I want to. But I just switched to Android (GrapheneOS to be percise) and now I don’t have to deal with any of this BS anymore.

      • Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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        588 months ago

        Just use a proper ad-blocker like uBlock Origin in combination with a browser like Firefox or LibreWolf that supports proper ad-blocking extension. Fuck this Chromium garbage that deprecated MV2 because Google is scared of adblockers. Don’t support Google’s monopoly on browser rendering engines and use Firefox or something even better like LibreWolf.

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          Did you read what the addon is about? It’s not an adblocker but is to be used in conjunction with one. All it does is circumventing the adblockerblocker. It specifically recommends being used together with uBlock.

          Btw, I use FF with uBlock. But I am not everyone, so when I stumbled across this, I thought it might be helpful for some people.

          And I found it ironic, that Googles own extension store contains an extension that circumvents the YouTube adblockerblocker.

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            I know, but uBlock has built in circumvention features, and you can add custom blocking rules or filterlists to uBO without having to install an additional extension. If the addon becomes outdated, it might start interfering with uBlock Origin. It’s best not to combine uBO with any other ad-blocking addons and just use the existing mechanisms like custom rules and filterlists to extend uBO if needed. The uBO team is constantly working on ensuring that the built in circumvention mechanism works, most of the time, the only thing a user needs to do is clear the cache and update the filterlists.

            And I found it ironic, that Googles own extension store contains an extension that circumvents the YouTube adblockerblocker.

            It will probably be taken down soon lol