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Vanced Discontinuation

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Post by ryankrage77 »

kebab wrote: post #175

Won't the APK just be released on one of the apk mirror sites? Isn't every version already hosted on these sites?

Yes, you can continue to use Vanced for now, if you already have a working APK or can procure one. But with no updates coming, it's only a matter of time before YouTube make breaking changes and it stops working. I would guess 6 months to a year, based on how often I've needed to update in the past.

Re: Vanced Discontinuation

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Post by electroly »

anyfactor wrote: post #149
roastedpeacock wrote: post #115

Not an attorney, but I suspect two mistakes the YouTube Vanced team did with the project is having "YouTube" in the name (Could be considered as a false association and trademark violation by Google or YouTube), and redistributing complete APKs that were modified YouTube APKs that would be under copyright. I have not looked into the inner works of this, but on device patching of APK DEX classes from a set of patches…

> "YouTube" in the name (Could be considered as a false association and trademark violation by Google or YouTube) This is an important point. The "insert popular company name" for "insert industry" works great when you have just launched but this statement should be ditched as immediately as you get some traction. I liked how, the Reddit client App "RIF" started. It was first "Reddit is fun", now it has become "RIF i…

The name on the Google Store is now "rif is fun for Reddit"; I'm not sure that's a great example. It still has Reddit in the name. If you do it right, it doesn't matter if the other party is upset about it. They can be upset all they want; you're allowed to do it to show interoperability.
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