Not even speaking about all the ads in the default YouTube app without a subscription.
The app is basically useless in my opinion. It defaults to freaking 240p for every video. My phone is definitively not the problem, also not the Internet connection. Watching in Firefox on the same connection gives me normal expected quality.
This was better on some “feature phones” without touchscreen!!! YouTube app works and playback is in 720p / 1080p
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You default to 240 because your internet sucks or you need to change the default setting. I get 720 all the time and could go higher if I wanted. I never see 240.
This is a you issue and not an app issue.
Tbf my official YouTube also defaults to some shitty quality even on wifi, on my desktop and tv it always goes to 4k. I’ve also configured it to high picture quality or whatever.
If you go to settings>advanced>you can straight up choose the quality video will play at.
My settings are set to the highest quality.
I’m using revamped now anyway, and it works flawlessly.
There are so many of these threads that just boil down to “I am the problem I just can’t admit it”
But this is a real issue. Video playback on my phone usually starts at 480p but on my laptop it starts at 1080p. Both are connected to the same network.
And how many pixels wide is your phone in the direction you watch videos?
Its a full HD screen same as my laptop (similar number of pixels but much higher pixel density for the phone)
I’ve been using YouTube Vanced for years, and now
, after Vanced got killed. it’s a bit tedious to set up on non rooted phones, but even then, it’s such a huge upgrade. no ads, let you pick your own quality, SponsorBlock built in, background play, lots of payout control options.
Recanced is even easier to set up imo. Just patch & install
I remember Vanced being simpler, only making you download the patched app, where ReVanced wants you to uninstall your YouTube updates, find the APK of a specific version, then patch it. not exactly hard for most enthusiasts but still out of reach for most. absolutely worth it though!
It’s the only way it can exist.
yep, and I’d definitely rather have it this way than none!
So can google ban your account you use revanced. I’m just using newpipe since you don’t have to log in at all due to that fear.
I think they technically could, but won’t, and never have. using ReVanced isn’t nearly as much of a legal problem as Vanced, because ReVanced isn’t directly providing modified versions of the official app (which would be redistributing modified copyrighted material), and even then, only team Vanced themselves suffered the consequences, by being forced to shut down. Modifying whatever for your own personal use doesn’t come with any copyright issues.
Banning people who use ReVanced would be like banning people who use adblockers on desktop. not only it’s not sure if that is actually against their terms of services (they can probably make the argument that ad-less playback is supposed to be a paid feature, and getting it for free is bad), they would never realistically go out of their way to ban everyone who figured out a way to have YouTube without ads. how about browsers with built-in adblockers? how about people who set up adblockers at their router’s level, impacting everyone else connected to it?
it’s never impossible that they do it, but so far it has never happened. no website has ever banned its users for using adblockers; at most, they would display a popup forcing you to disable it to access the site (youtube actually does that, but said popup is just as easily blocked than ads themselves). considering the huge amount of "what if"s, I don’t believe it will ever happen, especially not with no warnings.
#not legal advice
I pay for Premium but I still use Revanced just for the sponsorblock feature. It’s great!
YouTube ReVanced
This is always my main fear.
the official website is revanced.app . in case of doubt, check https://github.com/revanced. fake websites are sadly always an issue with popular apps that aren’t on the main stores
Ah, okay. Thanks!
Well, with Revanced you are supposed to patch the APK by yourself and not download a pre-patched one.
Should have been pointed out then.
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on modern phonessucks.That’s why I only use Newpipe
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yeah I’m loving newpipe no fuss
Now this sounds like a good solution. F-Droid store is serious enough about security so I don’t have to worry about applications there.
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on modern phonessucksFTFY
Yeah, Newpipe is a lot better option.
Can you link? This is what I’m looking at
Get it from F-Droid, I’m personally using Newpipe with Sponsorblock and it’s great.
Its not on the play store. Get it from apkmirror.com, or fdroid as others are mentioning
I just use newpipe on my phone, freetube on linux. I appreciate that you don’t need an account to “subscribe” to channels.
Same but there are times when I block YouTube on my DNS , newpipe stops to work. Is newpipe using YouTube’s API?
Obviously yes. Newpipe loads youtube website and parses the video info and files
You could teach a CLASS on how terrible the YouTube mobile app UX is.
YouTube sucks, period. The best innovation they had recently was copying a Chinese company douyin and making shorts while for years they were pushing long form videos to creators and punishing short form videos 💀 dead brains in YouTube executives
Youtube sucked a lot less before this cancerous tiktok clone format was introduced.
Lol that’s when you know YouTube has sold out to business managers who have nothing in their brains except chase money
I installed both Vinegar and Baking Soda and have never looked back. And FWIW, all of Google is rotten.
Try using it on firefox with ublock installed, works great.
Quite a few NewPipe mentions here 😁. Another option is NewPipe SponsorBlock, which has support for Return Youtube Dislike and of course SponsorBlock
SmartTube beta is meant for Android TV devices, but it just works fine on phones too, and it also has SponsorBlock AND account login.
Use the Firefox nightly build and you can bring your desktop experience to mobile.
Not only can you use sponsorblock but also ublock origin. Plus you can use picture in picture and play the videos with your phone locked by default
Its literal perfect fir my usage
I don’t really consume s lot of visual media these days. But PBS spacetime is tits.
