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Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by ohgodplsno »

wbobeirne wrote: post #18

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 fee…

1/ I want free shit.

2/ I hate ads.

3/ Google not making money from ads makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

4/ I also run and contribute to Sponsorblock because fuck your VPN ad.

Nobody "values the service" of YouTube, that's bullshit HN founder talk seeping on every other subject. The reality is, there's no other source of videos (everyone is on youtube because everyone is on youtube), ads are a scourge, and there's very little _actually worth the time_ on YouTube.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by drewg123 »

holidayacct wrote: post #51

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"ads in-person with GPS information. They literally bring people to you"

Can you elaborate? I read this like you're saying somebody is going to be somebody showing up on my door forcing physical paper ads in my face. That can't be right..

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by freediver »

wand3r wrote: post #35
wbobeirne wrote: post #18

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 fee…

I dont use vanced but I am looking into it. Allegedly vanced has an iOS alternative. My reasoning is that Google is disgusting and has created a defacto monopoly. There is no way to outcompete a free product at scale so there basically can’t be an alternative. So I obviously use video and that means I use youtube. I dont want to support google, never want to see an ad and I honestly don’t care about the creator. If i…

Orion browser (still in beta) on iOS blocks YouTube ads, has background tab playback, Picture in Picture too for cross-app and screen-off playback. Pretty much everything from Vanced, built in by default in a mobile browser.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by operator-name »

wbobeirne wrote: post #18

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 fee…

Vanced isn't equivalent to paying for premium. It includes features like ReturnYoutubeDislikes and SponsorBlock which would normally be available via extensions (as would the premium's lack of ads via adblock), as well as further customisability.

It replaces some enhancements that are normally done via browser extentions and I personally find it extremely handy to be able to copy with a timestamp, set a video on infinite repeat, restrict video bandwidth on a finer scale (the native app removing this baffles me), set a default playback speed and reenabling tap to seek (another baffling change).

I happily support creators and alternative platforms (Nebula, Floatplane) via direct channels, and personally I don't find the service or youtube as a platform worthy of support.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by 15characterslon »

davyonhn wrote: post #67
wbobeirne wrote: post #18

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 fee…

For me, it's because I have multiple accounts and don't want to pay for Premium on all of them. For example: I pay for Premium on an account that I watch YouTube on every night. However, I don’t want that account linked to my phone.

Maybe you could use family sharing. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7507744?hl=en

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by tomComb »

Teever wrote: post #82
endisneigh wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I honestly don’t care about the creator. At least you’re honest

A very important life rule is to never, ever care about someone more than they care about you.

So much for everyone less fortunate than you. The vast majority of the people in the world are much less fortunate than the average HN reader. And yes, they are probably not worrying about us, but a little consideration for them in how we vote or how we donate could make a big difference.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by BbzzbB »

DetroitThrow wrote: post #88
leetcrew wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> if everyone were to start using Vanced overnight, YouTube wouldn't be able to justify staying up indefinitely. I personally find categorical imperative arguments to be ridiculous. almost anything could be bad if everyone did them all the time. the reality is that adblocking, torrenting, and similar workarounds are used by a small subset of technically savvy users. most people just don't care enough to configure any…

>I personally find categorical imperative arguments to be ridiculous. almost anything could be bad if everyone did them all the time. Btw..... This is in good faith but...... If everyone started using electric cars at once, the traffic jam would be unimaginable!!!! To me, individuals aren't thinking of the negative externalities :(( (especially to private oil monopolies)

Traffic jam? What kind of autonomy do you think modern EVs have? If you're gonna make a good faith argument about why we couldn't switch to 100% EV over night, talking about grids' capacities would be more genuine.
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