So I just got a Moto Razr and am going to start setting it up. I’ve been outside of the android ecosystem for a long time. Can I get some recommendations for anything and everything? I recently read the Nova launcher has gotten much worse since I last used it. I’m also not sure if I should do a launcher or just use the base OS. I know that there are loads of articles out there, but I’m getting really tired of wading through AI gen articles and would love your personal experience.
Thanks in advance!


For YouTube with no ads, download revanced manager and use it to patch a YouTube apk. I believe the current recommended version is v20.14.43. Use microG to log in to your account.
https://revanced.app/download
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/youtube/youtube-20-14-43-release/
Or, newpipe via fdroid works well for yt as well.
https://f-droid.org/
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
I think it’s better than official client.
yt blocked my IP address for newpipe after 5 videos, I cant use it without a VPN anymore.