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Youtube - like apps like piped.video, but as Android app? (feddit.de)
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I am looking for for an app that registers as a YouTube endpoint, but has no ads and tracking (or backdoors). I had one (forgot the name) which stopped working. Please advice.

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Revanced instructions (official Youtube app, but with adblocking, sponsorblock and other nice improvements).

  1. Uninstall Youtube (or disable if not possible)
  2. https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-manager/releases
  3. Install
  4. Open, go to "Patcher", find "Youtube" and download the specified recommended version from https://www.apkmirror.com/
  5. Patch it, install it.
  6. Install MicroG if you want to use your Google account with it: https://github.com/TeamVanced/VancedMicroG/releases
  7. Launch your installed youtube app. You will need to login from within the app if you are using MicroG.
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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Does this require your phone to be rooted?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Also you have to patch the app yourself

    I thought I read someone was providing "clean" patched APKs now?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Google might go after pathed apks, but you can't go after patches (which isn't apk).

    EDIT: Google actually went after patched Vanced apk and got it off the internet. ReVanced was born afterwards shortly :)

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