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Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by LordDragonfang »

geerlingguy wrote: post #199
getcrunk wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I also pay for premium, but vanced is how I block shorts and sponsor block

Honestly YouTube should have a way to disable shorts in app. They're trying to pull an Instagram and stomp on TikTok's grounds, but it doesn't feel like it's working and it feels like how Instagram went from being a simple photo sharing tool to being a bloated mess with four major interfaces in one.

You say you don't feel like it's working, but that might just be because you're no longer part of the new generation and have a different expectation of what "video content" is. Like it or not, the Tiktok format is very popular, and while a large part of it is the recommendation algo, Google isn't exactly a slouch in that area.

I have it on good authority that Shorts is both experiencing steady growth and is the fastest-growing segment within Youtube-the-company.

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by klondike_ »

cortesoft wrote: post #83
0des wrote: post #35

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The people here don't use that term, and they aren't the type to accept it. You get what I mean? It's only associated with bad outcomes here.

I have never heard the term. What does it mean?

It's a reference to a delusion by the late Terry A. Davis. Basically, it implies that the poster above is a CIA agent or government operative

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by justnotworthit »

I setup newpipe this week thinking maybe I should wean myself off being logged into yt (I've become disgruntled with its actions, and I don't want to contribute to it anymore). "But I can't give up sponsorblock!" I told myself. Ha.

Vanced (and user made hax/mods) was a big reason I chose android. One more major reason lost. Soon I'll be back to walking around with a laptop as a my personal media player.

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by getcrunk »

LordDragonfang wrote: post #261
geerlingguy wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly YouTube should have a way to disable shorts in app. They're trying to pull an Instagram and stomp on TikTok's grounds, but it doesn't feel like it's working and it feels like how Instagram went from being a simple photo sharing tool to being a bloated mess with four major interfaces in one.

You say you don't feel like it's working, but that might just be because you're no longer part of the new generation and have a different expectation of what "video content" is. Like it or not, the Tiktok format is very popular, and while a large part of it is the recommendation algo, Google isn't exactly a slouch in that area. I have it on good authority that Shorts is both experiencing steady growth and is the fast…

Oh it's working, but it's objectively worse for your mental health. (Addiction, dopamine overload)

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by nobody9999 »

metadat wrote: post #58
0des wrote: post #34

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Just a nitpick, the word it's does not imply possession, you are looking for 'its'. If you cannot substitute your usage of it's with 'it is' then it is the wrong one to use.

Thanks, I always get confused about this and believe it or not, I almost majored in English! Even trying to query Google for the correct rules for it's/its doesn't turn up clear, concise information as you've achieved here in two sentences. Tragically, it's another case of SEO'd to death .

>Thanks, I always get confused about this and believe it or not, I almost majored in English!

Just remember this[0] and you should be set:

   It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, 
   if you mean it is.

   If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't 
   her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise 
   yours and theirs.
-- Oxford University Press, "Edpress News"

[0] http://www.anvari.org/fortune/Miscellaneous_Collections/3944...

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by 4ggr0 »

dspillett wrote: post #179
eins1234 wrote: post #96

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Wow, how did I just find out about Sponsorblock? That makes this news even sadder. :(

I draw the line before sponserblock. At that point you are taking money directly from the content creators, not YT or other platforms. I held out on blocking ads for some time, until it became impractical to avoid drive-by attacks other ways and the amount of stalking involved got _really_ creepy. If sponsor segments irritate me enough that I'd consider sponsorblock then I choose between paying for the content direct…

I am on YouTube since around 2009. I have never, ever bought something a YTer mentioned in a sponsored segment.

They get paid just for talking about the products, what's the difference if I skip the segment manually, or if a plugin does it automatically?

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by rocqua »

tjader wrote: post #221
MathCodeLove wrote: post #218

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I don't get this argument against proprietary software. People building software should be able to expect payment for their work and effort. Food is required for a healthy society but would anyone here advocate for farmers to give away all of their produce for free? Text-tiles are necessary for society but would you advocate that clothing be provided by the creators free of charge? The only thing different about soft…

I think a more apt comparison would be requiring farmers to make their farming techniques public, not giving away the food they farmed.

Sadly it's easier to copy an app than it is to copy a potato.

Re: Vanced has been discontinued

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Post by ReaLNero »

sreevisakh wrote: post #187
ReaLNero wrote: post #100

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Some videos have end cards which are super annoying and impossible to disable. Youtube Stories are stuffed in your face whether you like it or not because Youtube is competing with TikTok. Youtube doesn't think you understand numbers, so for video quality you can only choose Low Medium and High. There is no way to copy a video at a particular timestamp. These are all solved by Vanced. Paying for Youtube premium does…

Those cards appear when pausing the video as well. You may be doing that to read something off the screen, only to be blocked by that nuisance.

There's a trick to hide them. You know that gesture you do when watching a video vertically to minimize the video to get back to the video feed? While you're doing the gesture, the end cards are hidden. Just hold the gesture, and you can hide the cards.
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