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Youtube - like apps like piped.video, but as Android app? (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago by bremen15@feddit.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I am looking for for an app that registers as a YouTube endpoint, but has no ads and tracking (or backdoors). I had one (forgot the name) which stopped working. Please advice.

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[-] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Revanced instructions (official Youtube app, but with adblocking, sponsorblock and other nice improvements).

  1. Uninstall Youtube (or disable if not possible)
  2. https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-manager/releases
  3. Install
  4. Open, go to "Patcher", find "Youtube" and download the specified recommended version from https://www.apkmirror.com/
  5. Patch it, install it.
  6. Install MicroG if you want to use your Google account with it: https://github.com/TeamVanced/VancedMicroG/releases
  7. Launch your installed youtube app. You will need to login from within the app if you are using MicroG.
[-] jollyroger@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Does this require your phone to be rooted?

[-] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

No, not at all.

[-] jollyroger@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Weird got a message saying I needed root I'm switched to libretube for now, it's good

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

Also you have to patch the app yourself

I thought I read someone was providing "clean" patched APKs now?

[-] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Google might go after pathed apks, but you can't go after patches (which isn't apk).

EDIT: Google actually went after patched Vanced apk and got it off the internet. ReVanced was born afterwards shortly :)

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

with some nft bullshit from the cancer creators too, tbf

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