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    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      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.

      • ninjakitty7@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        More people need to know about Smart Tube. Like sure my desktop computer is totally on ad lockdown but my tv isn’t connected to my computer so i was stuck with normal youtube on my amazon fire stick for the longest time until i had enough and went looking on my own. Never going back. Should work on most android smart tv devices.

  • AnonymousLlama@kbin.social
    12·
    11 months ago

    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

  • DTFpanda@lemmy.world
    12·
    11 months ago

    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.

    • kostel_thecreed@lemmy.ca
      6·
      11 months ago

      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.

    • Moghul@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      11 months ago

      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.

  • Olifant@lemmy.ml
    6·
    11 months ago

    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.

  • portside@monyet.cc
    5·
    11 months ago

    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
  • son_named_bort@lemmy.world
    61·
    11 months ago

    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.

  • wpuckering@lm.williampuckering.comEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    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.

  • yoichi@lemm.eeEnglish
    51·
    11 months ago

    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