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Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by Shared404 »

metadat wrote: post #85
Shared404 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I should specify I was talking about chromecast specifically - I think it may support other protocols. That being said, I can't find the cast button you're talking about. I also can't find the sharp edges you mention[0] could you give other examples? In my experience I've just had it do what it says on the box with no fuss. [0] though I'll admit my tastes are minimalistic and I avoid cloud tools as much as possible -…

Others have already covered the sharp edges elsewhere in this thread. My specific (brief) experiences include: Instead of playing the video.. - Wait forever while it spins. - Crashes randomly. Repeatedly. - No way to reference previously watched or liked videos. - Atrocious, non-functional search. Have all these bugs have been fixed in the past 6 months?

Bar about a day when youtube-the-site made an update that broke newpipe's parsing, I've never seen the first two.

There's a history tab, I don't really use ot but looking over it now it looks decent, and can sort by most and last played.

The only issue I've had with search is that it doesn't return playlists, but my typical flow is to go to the profile page and follow a link from there so it hasn't bothered me.

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 »

indigodaddy wrote: post #75

I pay for YTM, so haven’t ever tried any of these Adblocking things for YT. I think $10/mo is pretty decent for a music service and also the removal of all ads from YT (which includes their fairly decent library of free movies that would be ad-supported without YTM/YTP)

Enabled the YouTube app to check it out and it's still trash. Quickly disabled.

It's not about the money- it's about respecting the user. The app is so full of garbage I won't pay for it. The day they shut down NewPipe is the day I just stop using YouTube on my phone and tv.

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by metadat »

oh_sigh wrote: post #115
metadat wrote: post #92

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How does one differentiate between a service being greedy, and a service simply not operating as charity?

They have plenty of resources, no need to be greedy to survive. In fact, I predict it is precisely the greed that will be Big-G's downfall.

Rule #1 is: Don't alienate your power users.

They are in the exploitation phase of civ. What phase comes next? Pretty sure it's the final phase..

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 »

stavros wrote: post #109
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #25

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I was under the impression that Vanced was a cracked version of the official app. If that was the case then they deserve to be sued.

Well, they only deserve to be sued in your ethical system. To me, adding features that I can't even get if I pay isn't unethical, it's commendable.

I'm a NewPipe user. I just think distributing a cracked version of somebody else's app calls for being sued.

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by TheNewAndy »

Bayart wrote: post #106

Back to not using YouTube on mobile.

I'm not a power user, but I have found this combination works well:

Firefox + uBlock Origin + Video Background Play Fix

uBlock Origin -> removes the ads (but no sponsorblock) Video Background Play Fix -> lets you turn off the screen or switch tabs with it still playing

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by sen »

spartanatreyu wrote: post #113
indigodaddy wrote: post #75

I pay for YTM, so haven’t ever tried any of these Adblocking things for YT. I think $10/mo is pretty decent for a music service and also the removal of all ads from YT (which includes their fairly decent library of free movies that would be ad-supported without YTM/YTP)

It's $15 a month here. I don't think I can happily pay $0.50 every day just to be able to keep listening to the news after I push the lock button on my phone. I'd be happy to support youtube if they actually supported their community and content creators, but right now, my opinion on youtube itself is that it's hostile to anyone who needs to use it.

> I'd be happy to support youtube if they actually supported their community and content creators

YouTube Premium does support creators, 55% of your subscription gets split among the creators you watch. The more you watch a specific creator, the more they get from your subscription. I've seen some creators say they get more from Premium users than from ad-watching users.

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by stavros »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #124
stavros wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, they only deserve to be sued in your ethical system. To me, adding features that I can't even get if I pay isn't unethical, it's commendable.

I'm a NewPipe user. I just think distributing a cracked version of somebody else's app calls for being sued.

Define "cracked" here. Is it a crack to add a feature to an app, for example?

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by heavyset_go »

indigodaddy wrote: post #75

I pay for YTM, so haven’t ever tried any of these Adblocking things for YT. I think $10/mo is pretty decent for a music service and also the removal of all ads from YT (which includes their fairly decent library of free movies that would be ad-supported without YTM/YTP)

YTM cannibalized Google Music, and replaced it with a service with less features. I don't see $10/mo for a lesser product as a good deal at all.

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by old_man_jenkins »

spartanatreyu wrote: post #113
indigodaddy wrote: post #75

I pay for YTM, so haven’t ever tried any of these Adblocking things for YT. I think $10/mo is pretty decent for a music service and also the removal of all ads from YT (which includes their fairly decent library of free movies that would be ad-supported without YTM/YTP)

It's $15 a month here. I don't think I can happily pay $0.50 every day just to be able to keep listening to the news after I push the lock button on my phone. I'd be happy to support youtube if they actually supported their community and content creators, but right now, my opinion on youtube itself is that it's hostile to anyone who needs to use it.

While YouTube still keeps a lot of your money when you pay for premium, you actually contribute more towards a creator if you watch with premium rather than ads[0].

[0] https://youtu.be/-zt57TWkTF4?t=408 (Timestamp 6:50)

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