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Google shuts down YouTube Vanced, a popular ad-blocking Android app (arstechnica.com)
23 points by latexr on March 14, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments


Any alternatives? I don't think I can use youtube on mobile without this app.


if you are on android can probably download and side load the apk for a while? iPhone would be harder. There are alternatives like newpipe, and I imagine eventually someone else will create a new fork/project. there is lots of discussion on the reddit thread about what to do now https://www.reddit.com/r/Vanced/comments/tdazfr/discontinuat...

personally I just only watch YouTube on my laptop with blockers that remove all ads and using emby on mobile/tv. I never was willing to put my google creds into a non google app.


I use just plain Firefox with uBlock Origin and tend to stay away from content with sponsor spots. Personally I haven't seen a YouTube ad in years.




If it was only about the ads then I might consider it but I want OLED black and SponsorBlock too

EDIT: Also automatic different quality on mobile/wifi (dunno if original app has that)





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