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Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

#11

Post by tmh88j »

I'm surprised this is posted here. I don't even have an Android but I thought it was so well known that this feels just like a blatant ad. You can't go to a single post on reddit about youtube, adblockers or pihole and not find Vanced mentioned dozens of times.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

#15

Post by distances »

tmh88j wrote: post #11

I'm surprised this is posted here. I don't even have an Android but I thought it was so well known that this feels just like a blatant ad. You can't go to a single post on reddit about youtube, adblockers or pihole and not find Vanced mentioned dozens of times.

For what it's worth, I hadn't heard of this before. And I develop Android apps, use F-Droid and NewPipe, and have been avoiding ads since forever.

Edit: after having a look I prefer NewPipe still.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

#16

Post by jdubb »

Using YouTube only via Firefox with the uBlock Origin plugin works pretty well too. The simple solution without requiring any additional apps. Firefox has its own quirks which are discussed on Hacker News at length, but it's good enough.

Actually, I've considered installing an older version of Firefox and disabling updates. But I feel that might pose security risks, and if at some point there's a novel virus requiring updating, I'm afraid the shock might be too big, as compared to a little shock every few months. Still considering what's wise here...

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

#18

Post by wbobeirne »

Asking this question in good faith and in the interest of a productive discussion: Can someone give me their reasoning for why to use this over just paying for YouTube premium? They're providing a service that you value and spend enough time on to warrant looking for a way to not have to view ads, and if everyone were to start using Vanced overnight, YouTube wouldn't be able to justify staying up indefinitely. It feels heavy on negative externalities.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

#19

Post by endisneigh »

Funny how people want content but don’t want to support content creators via ads or paying for YouTube Premium.

The internet in a nutshell. Ironically if people weren’t so avoidant of paying for digital content, ads, and the subsequent tracking, would’ve never emerged.

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