I wouldn't use youtube anymore without it
this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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I would not use YT either without Smart Tube Next on my Shield TV lol.
YT premium can fuck off until they ad Sponsorblock... Which they will never do.
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Not sure why anyone would rather pay Google money vs simply installing YouTube revanced. If that ever goes away (it won't), then I'll just go back to Firefox + extensions for YouTube on mobile.
I have an account I bought from an Indian friend for around $20/y, and the only way I use it is for my TVs. They are "smart", but not android-based, causing me to not be able to install smartube or the likes.
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I just skipped that and went straight for firefox with ublock. It's not as good of an experience but I thought fuck it. Youtube's going to fight these app solutions every time, but they probably can't make Mozilla remove extensions. Plus I don't have to be worried about logging my google account (even a burner) into an unknown dev's app vs mozilla who I trust more.
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Yes, I can't live without it
Revanced is great. I wish it could let me bypass some of the inbuilt limits like not being able to download videos, but that's a small price to pay for removing like 99 of the ads
You can use a downloader like Seal and when you want to download a video just share it to Seal.
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After discovering revanced and smarttube I refuse to ever go back
I was a vanced migrant to newPipe when the former was cut off. Haven't tried revanced since newPipe has seemed perfectly servicable for me.
Do you still have to do the whole export import of your subscriptions thing? Or do you just not use subscriptions? Can it sync playlists across devices?
I absolutely LOVE smartube next on android TV since it still works with my subscriptions and playlists. Too bad they don't have a smartphone version.
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I do. I tried newpipe but not being able to log into my account was a deal breaker. The only negative I have with revanced is that I can't cast with it, although having Smart Tube on my Chromecast helps.
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No I use NewPipe
Revanced can also patch ads out of TikTok and Instagram π
No, I'm using NewPipe
Yes, also
- Newpipe
- Libretube (another foss frontend similar to newpipe)
- YTDLnis (for downloading youtube video and music)
- Revanced YT Music/ Innertune/ ViMusic for Youtube music
Yeah I specifically use Revanced Extended which adds more patches for YouTube and YouTube Music.
I use Clipious, an Android client for Invidious, on my phone. I selfhost my own Indivious instance so this is perfect in that my phone never connects to YouTube directly, and I can save all my subscriptions in one place without a YouTube account.
On my Android TV I use Smart Tube Next. If I really need to cast, I also have YouTube ReVanced on my phone for just that, but I barely use it.
As soon as Clipious gets a proper Android TV interface, I'll be set, as both devices can just connect to Invidious and let it do all the work.
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No, I just use Firefox + Ublock Origin
Douglas Adams would be proud of your username. Or maybe horrified. Not sure.
A little of both I'd hope.
Yes, absolute game changer. Can't live without it. Use various videos to go to sleep to at night and the last thing I need is for ads that the original content creator didn't even ask for that are 5x as loud as the video I have playing.
Yes, and Smart Tube Next on my Shield TV.
I appreciate that tools like New pipe exist, but I need my account and my watch list with me.
Nope. I use NewPipe but I also have YouTube Premium if I ever need it.
I use YouTube premium but I use ReVanced to get rid of all the sponsors.
I know what a VPN is I don't need to be told about it every time I'm trying to watch a video.
I tried so many YT frontends and I found ReVanced to be the best, imo.
The fact that you can you can keep your account AND customize you frond end to your liking is pretty awesome.
SmartTube if you have an Android TV / Chromecast etc
Question as a newbie with revanced, can I log in or will that get my account banned ?
I was using Vanced for around a year, and immediately switched to Revanced when it became available. No issues so far
I've used vanced for years and revanced for easily 6 months. I haven't heard of anyone getting banned since it uses MicroG for the login, but there could be a part of the TOS everyone signed that says you can't use your account to bypass their "rules", so it could be a technical violation π€·ββοΈ
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I've been logged in on two different accounts for years and haven't noticed anything. It uses microg to handle the login stuff and I haven't heard of any issues like that happening with others either.
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Well a fast tutorial I can give is this.
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Disable/remove updates for the default YouTube app
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Download revanced from this site https://revanced.app/
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Install revanced app and update anything necessary.
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Download the recommended YouTube APK which is 18.23.35. Here is a link I used to get the APK. https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/youtube/youtube-18-23-35-release/
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Once that's installed, go to the revanced app and go to the "patcher" menu.
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Click "select an application" button and then click the "Storage" button you see on the bottom. Then find the youtube APK that you downloaded and click it.
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You can now select the patches you'd want the app to have. You could just select "default" to have it patch the 52 or 57 things that most people care to change.
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Now just click the patch button and it'll hopefully not fail.
Hope that looks good formatted. I'm on my phone lol.
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Okay, since this is kind of on topic I want to ask a question. I patched YouTube with ReVanced Manager for my girlfriend. Iβve unchecked the patch that hides the cast button in the player, yet itβs gone anyways! To cast to TV, you have to go into the settings. What can I do with this?
I believe the microG builds by inotia00 don't support Chromecast but the latest microG by team vanced does. You can still get it from GitHub. https://github.com/TeamVanced/VancedMicroG/releases
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Make sure you turn off hide cast button in Settings > ReVanced > Layout > Hide cast button
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The fork of the original vanced that I used broke so I switched to revanced.
I'm on a YouTube premium family plan for free right now, because my sister had an extra spot open. Once my nephew grows up and I get kicked off, I'll switch to ReVanced or NewPipe.
I tried ReVanced but kept getting ads anyway, especially banner ads and ads in shorts so I went and bought Premium Family for me and my friends. Then I realised I needed SponsorBlock so now I have YouTube Premium + ReVanced (with the block ads patch disabled)
I am sure that the ReVanced group have probably fixed the issue and ads are properly blocked now but its so cheap in my country (especially Premium Family) that I don't even think about it
Yep i use revanced on my phone and smart tube on my firestick
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