YouTube is finally cracking down on third-party apps like ReVanced

www.androidpolice.com /youtube-cracking-down-third-party-apps-like-revanced/

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www.androidpolice.com /youtube-cracking-down-third-party-apps-like-revanced/

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This article is pretty much an ad for Youtube Premium
- Came here to say this
Google are trying their best to make YouTube unusable. They’re about to succeed.
- Guess i'll download all of my medias and put them on a hard drive
when newpipe stops working I'll stop using YouTube 😂 maybe my life will be better, who knows
- There was a different article earlier today and they were speaking about stuff like ReVanced and API access. Since new pipe has not agreed to the APIs terms and services, that means they should be safe
"Finally"? Barf.
I pay for YouTube premium but still use Revanced since the regular app sucks.
- You know what doesn't suck?
  Freetube on PC
  Libretube on Android
  SmartTube on AndroidTV
  I like revanced, but these are cooler :)
  
  Or just Firefox on Android with Ublock.
- same but with newpipe
If only there weren't trying to make YouTube less usable. Currently if I listen to podcasts on YT and take a break, in a few hours it can completely forget that I was watching it, it'll be gone from my watch history. This is so frustrating with 2-3 hours long videos.
Youtube alternatives like peertube need to get their act together and think about how to remunerate content creators. Ain't nobody moving from youtube to peertube that wants to pay their bills with content creation. Nobody.
Anti Commercial-AI license
- Why should PeerTube bother with that though? We all know YouTubers won't switch to it, infact, YouTubers will not use another platform ever.
  They could just upload their videos to multiple places, but they don't. I think it's clear that the vast majority doesn't actually care about it. So what is the point of trying to appeal to them? They may as well priroritize their existing userbase, who are fedi hobbyists.
  
  Ask yourself why they won't and take economical realities into account.
  Anti Commercial-AI license
- Just no, please no, for the love of god no ? that way inevitability leads to enshitification. YT itself is a giant shitshow from decades past
  
  What do you want content creators to live on?
  Anti Commercial-AI license
Any indications that NewPipe or SmartTube will stop working?
- Maybe, the ideia is to force everyone to use the site/app, like Twitter an Reddit did.
  https://newpipe.net/blog/pinned/announcement/newpipe-net-dmca-google-search/
  
  That link isn't necessarily related, as thats from 2023. And the new good news is it appears in the serp now!
Grayjay still works? YT-DLP still works? I sleep.
Go use NewPipe! Its Foss!
Piped?
- I've been having issue with it the last couple days, but I also tend to just have issue with it overall lol
If ReVanced fall anyway there still exist alternative frontends like NewPipe.
The simple fact is that YouTube just isn't good enough to pay the amount of money for that Google wants for it. Accordingly, if other ways to use it besides premium aren't available, I'll stop using it and recover some time in my day.
Uh huh

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