Dammit I knew this would happen after it hit the top of HN. RIP Vanced, you were the best Youtube experience bar none.
NewPipe is next.
It's probably safe for now. Vanced was cracked Google software. NewPipe is basically a FOSS YouTube web scraper.
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I'm surprised they did not have a plan for this. I thought Vanced would be based in a more "rebel" country like Russia, which is what Sci-Hub does. A Cease and Desist letter from Google would be meaningless there. Were they trying to pull this off in the USA, or other Western countries?
In the end, it's not like the devs made any money off of this. If they weren't already in a Russia-like country, then it's not exactly reasonable to relocate for your side project you offer for free.
They apparently minted Vanced NFTs, so making money off of Vanced, or at least the brand, was in the pipeline. Probably part of their downfall, too.
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#144I 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.
VLC fills that need for me. Paste the YouTube URL into vlc and stream as audio, then turn off your screen. It even chromecasts.
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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.
Having come to adulthood in the 90s we all agreed that intellectual property was an oxymoron. It strikes me as odd people worry about the business model of mega corporations. Is it a sense of fairness? I have that instinct, but it doesn't apply to the likes of faang entities.
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#147Wow, this is a real shame. Love Vanced. I've been testing the grounds with NewPipe lately, and it's surprisingly good compared to when I last used it years ago.
If anyone from the Vanced team reads these threads, I understand, and don't feel bad about it. I'm just grateful for your work. You made YouTube usable.
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Wow, how did I just find out about Sponsorblock? That makes this news even sadder. :(
SponsorBlock is it’s own thing separate of Vanced. https://sponsor.ajay.app/
Yep, I know. I was just lamenting the loss of the ability to use it in Vanced. Maybe I'll try the Youtube mobile website + Firefox.
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#149Welp. Using the official Youtube app is a miserable experience. Guess it's time to check out NewPipe again.
What problems do you have with the official app? I normally have large list of complaints about video streaming services, and I don't have a single issue with the Android Youtube app
Add to those list of cons that I've been years hopelessly trying to educate YouTube to avoid showing me repeated videos or topics that don't interest me, but they don't care, as long as it increases "engagement", they will do as they please, not as you would.
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> Sorry to shit on this, but NewPipe sucks. In my experience it's a waste of time to try and use it as a YT client replacement. Hard disagree. NewPipe is the only way I use youtube on mobile. > It barely works, if at all. Casting definitely never ever worked for me, not even once. Because casting requires usage of Google API's and NewPipe is privacy oriented. It's not broken, it's as intended. > The user experience i…
> Because casting requires usage of Google API's and NewPipe is privacy oriented. Do you happen to have a link to a GitHub issue or some other background? I'd like to learn more about this, I was under the impression cast-type devices (including Chromecast) usually implement DLNA which should be interface-able without any proprietary APIs. This is just from vague readings and recollections though.
Chromecast uses DIAL and CASTV2 as protocols.