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Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by tmh88j »

distances wrote: post #15
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.

>For what it's worth, I hadn't heard of this before....and have been avoiding ads since forever.

I don't what other sites you browse, but like I said, you can't avoid it on reddit. Here's a highly upvoted post [1] currently on the front page of /r/pcmasterrace

https://old.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/szcq7m/browsi...

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by ladyanita22 »

endisneigh wrote: post #19

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.

Exactly. Adblocking is piracy. But hey, HN crowd still want their high SFbay salaries even if they're working in Louisiana.

YT infrastructure costs money, content creation costs money. Everything costs money. You're getting it for free by watching ads. If you don't like it, pay for YT premium.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by ryanlitalien »

delecti wrote: post #133
ryanlitalien wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The benefits of YouTube Premium far exceed the monthly cost. I only realize this value prop when I try to access YouTube in incognito. Eye opening.

In addition to incognito, also Chromecast. A Chromecast will insert ads before videos added to the queue by non-premium accounts. As a result I got a family account so I wouldn't have to watch ads before videos my wife enqueued.

Wait, Chromecast is injecting ads?? I use casting weekly. Can you elaborate?

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by branon »

MisterSandman wrote: post #339
branon wrote: post #78

This is nonfree, I've used it and found it a little ostentatious for my taste. NewPipe is open-source and the interface makes more sense to me. I think Vanced preserves Chromecast compatibility (correct me if I'm wrong) which NewPipe can't do.

Wait, what? Vanced's UI is virtually identical to YouTube.

Maybe this is why I found it strange - I have not used the stock YouTube app in a few years.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by toastercat »

jsnell wrote: post #222
toastercat wrote: post #181

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Everytime* we have a thread about third-party YouTube clients, there are comments like yours by folks who fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of these third-party tools. The same happened year(s) ago with a thread about NewPipe. The purpose of these apps (including Vanced) is not solely to get past ad-block; Vanced (and NewPipe, and Piped, and Invidious) do far more than just give an ad-free viewing experience --…

The HN title is "Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android". The app being an adblocker is the one thing the submitter thought was worth highlighting. It is also the first feature the app's webpage mentions. The webpage even has paid ads for other adblockers before going into any of the advanced features. Given the above, it seems pretty darn obvious why the GP thinks that the real selling point of the app is to block ad…

You're right, it's a mistake by the OP.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by delecti »

ryanlitalien wrote: post #344
delecti wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In addition to incognito, also Chromecast. A Chromecast will insert ads before videos added to the queue by non-premium accounts. As a result I got a family account so I wouldn't have to watch ads before videos my wife enqueued.

Wait, Chromecast is injecting ads?? I use casting weekly. Can you elaborate?

If a person with a non-premium Youtube account enqueues a Youtube video into a Chromecast queue, that video might play with ads when the Chromecast is playing it.

I should note that I've had Youtube premium on all the accounts in my household for a few years now, so it's possible things have changed since. My guess is that it would have only changed in the direction of "more ads" though, not less.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by elcomet »

MisterSandman wrote: post #338
elcomet wrote: post #330

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, creators receive much more from sponsoring than from any other sources on YouTube. So ublock has no effect on this source of money. Only the number of views can affect it.

No... per user, YouTube Premium pays out way more than ads do. Overall, yes, of course, ad revenue is a higher contributor, since very few people use YouTube Premium.

Are you talking about YouTube ads or sponsorings ? I'm talking about sponsors that are mentioned in the video by the creator.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by louky »

nyanpasu64 wrote: post #316
kyriakos wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately it's very buggy and still not ready for full time use. Crashes all the time, importing subscriptions is hard. But it's FOSS and I still use it regardless cause vanced concerns me because it needs access to my account

I assume most of NewPipe crashing when trying to open a video, is Google changing the YouTube video page to stop non-official clients from being able to watch the video.

NewPipe has had multiple unfixed regressions around opening videos, the pop-up player, and losing the time index of the current video.

They started (for me) in the version that addressed the youtube change then the last two did nothing to fix them (for me) I used NewPipe for years many hours a day on multiple tablets and this recent issues are the only ones that's a showstopper - I'm on Vanced until the next update.

Re: Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android

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Post by louky »

WickyNilliams wrote: post #331
jthrowsitaway wrote: post #322

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want to like NewPipe but I've always had problems with resuming videos after pausing them in the background. Most of the time my progress is just completely lost. Also, full screen and popover mode have been broken since Android 12. I use Vanced at this point.

Resuming issues were bug in the last few versions, but has been fixed in the latest release.

Still broken for me, and I've used the thing for years - very familiar with the quirks.
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