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Re: ReVanced

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Post by ajot »

ulzeraj wrote: post #22
ajot wrote: post #15

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Can your SBC run Android (or even better, LineageOS)? If so, you can install Kodi for Android and launch Youtube or Newpipe within Kodi.

It is a RockPro64. The stock image offered by Pine is borderline useless barebones without the store. Some complicated process involving connecting an usb-c cable and running ADB from Android SDK is necessary. I also tried some Android distribution called Slash TV which seems to be kinda complete but the videos keep defaulting to 480p even after I set my preferences to high quality. It seems Slash TV is a one man's p…

Yeah, I run LibreELEC on an x86 machine, but the connectivity to online providers is just not there. Netflix and Spotify are other two services with mostly broken plugins.

Re: ReVanced

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Post by Spivak »

Crash0v3rid3 wrote: post #58
Youden wrote: post #28

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You make it sound like either/or but Vanced was never just about getting rid of ads. I pay for YouTube Premium but Vanced was still appealing because it removes other things I don't want, like posts in my home feed, Shorts, YouTube Originals and sponsored segments of videos. Vanced is about giving the user what the user wants, instead of what YouTube wants the user to want.

Lets be honest here. The majority of Vanced users used the app to circumvent ads.

Wait until you find out about TiVo, the "skip first" settings on podcast apps, or uBlock origin.

Re: ReVanced

#83

Post by shultays »

dsr_ wrote: post #54
pbasista wrote: post #41

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With TVs it is especially important to look at the _software_ it comes with. If it is some locked-down piece which requires the blessing of the manufacturer to install anything on it, then I would stay away from such TVs. It seems to me that Android TVs offer at least some degree of customization because it is possible to install apps there. But the value you get from them depends on whether you can get the root acce…

The answer is to grab a Pi or similar tiny box and treat the TV as a dumb monitor. This works very well.

Are there remotes for Pi? How do you control it? What tv like OS do you use?

Can it also turn on/off tv? I think HDMI allows that but not sure if Pi can do that

Re: ReVanced

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Post by judge2020 »

Aissen wrote: post #70
Aissen wrote: post #5

Apparently Vanced was a patched YouTube app for Android, removing ads, adding a dark theme and YouTube Premium features (probably more ?). It was discontinued two weeks ago: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/13/22975890/youtube-vanced-a...

To make it clear, personal opinion: this is piracy. Use yt-dlp, NewPipe, SmartTubeNext, invidious, VLC, whatever. Or pay for Premium. But re-using a proprietary app and patching it is IMHO crossing the line.

It's at least 'profiteering' off of the current state of YouTube, where anyone that uses an ad-blocking mechanism (desktop or mobile) is effectively being subsidized by the premium subscribers and mobile users without adblock.

Re: ReVanced

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Post by Arch485 »

slenk wrote: post #69

It always suprises me how unwilling the tech community is to support creators on YouTube. You're not hurting YouTube by blocking ads, you're hurting the people who get ads from their videos. Just pay for Youtube Premium - its no different than Spotify or Apple music price-wise and people shell out for that without thinking every month.

Most people just get sponsored these days. YouTube ad revenue hasn't been viable for a long time...

Re: ReVanced

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Post by nfriedly »

adamsmith143 wrote: post #68
nfriedly wrote: post #57

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It also restored the dislike button and added support for sponsorblock (which can automatically skip sponsor segments, as well as intros, outros, "like and subscribe" reminders, non-music sections of music videos, and other fluff.) The name comes from it being an "advanced" YouTube app, only without any "ad"s ;) Oh, and you could disable the comments section! All-in-all, it just made YouTube a much better experience.

>It also restored the dislike button As a useless button to click? I would assume youtube removed the actual functionality in the backend so what's the point of the button?

I think it used an alternate backend, possibly https://returnyoutubedislike.com/

Re: ReVanced

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Post by slenk »

ghosty141 wrote: post #73
slenk wrote: post #69

It always suprises me how unwilling the tech community is to support creators on YouTube. You're not hurting YouTube by blocking ads, you're hurting the people who get ads from their videos. Just pay for Youtube Premium - its no different than Spotify or Apple music price-wise and people shell out for that without thinking every month.

You are forgetting about things like patreon or buying merch which will generate much more revenue for the creator than premium does. LinusTechTips made a video specifically about the issue of Vanced from the perspective of a user as well as a creator.

But for REALLY small creators that don't think they deserve a patreon or want to sell merch. I ran a very niche live-stream for a while, and the most steady stream of income for my live streams was from Youtube Premium users.

Re: ReVanced

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Post by shultays »

dessant wrote: post #76
dsr_ wrote: post #54

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The answer is to grab a Pi or similar tiny box and treat the TV as a dumb monitor. This works very well.

Host based content blockers have no future. Ad companies have been moving to first-party ad delivery in the past few years, and YouTube serves ads and videos from the same host. Edit: nevermind, I've completely misread your comment to be about Pi-hole :)

I think OP says connect Pi via HDMI and don't use TV at all (other than switching to HDMI), he does not mean use Pi as an adblocker at dns level

Re: ReVanced

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Post by orliesaurus »

I decided to be a translator for this project - that's the best contribution I can do as I know nothing about android - it seems like a good cause for the following reasons:

- I know of people who live in countries where YouTube Red isn't available, I pay for YouTube red myself and it's life changing. I want them to be able to experience this too in a way or another

- I feel like Google might have done the right thing in their eyes by forcing Vanced to shutdown, but I also think they didn't address the problem in its entirety. You can shut down 1 app - 10 more pop up. Maybe the strategy should be, introduce better features instead of taking them away and think about monetizing differently?

- I really can't stand Monday.com ads btw ;) they're everywhere even in my sleep.

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