• Kroxx@lemmy.world
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    Ublock on Firefox> premium, they will always try to advertise even if you pay unfortunately

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          Or you can use Downloader if you use an Amazon TV device. (Screw you Google for removing Downloader)

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            I used to love to play around with my FireStick until Amazon locked it down. Then I got a Chromecast I loved until Googled locked it down. I’ve come to the conclusion that the best Media center is just an old Linux computer attached to a TV the way God intended

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        Smarttube next is for Android TV. Works very well. Sometimes you do need to update (can be done in-app) after YouTube decides to break third party apps.

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            Yeah the app is updated very often, but it’s not always necessary to actually update. But once every 3 to 6 months or so you need to, to keep it from functioning with googles servers.

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      In moments like these, I absolutely hate having a Tizen TV, I really need to get a Chromecast or something.

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    This is why I would not want to pay a subscription to YouTube. I don’t trust that they would ever truely work out all the ads

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      I’ve had Premium since it was called Red (got it through Google Music) and never see ads. Would be upset if I was OP, but haven’t experienced that issue myself.

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      SmartTube - if you’ve got an Android streaming box (like an NVIDIA Shield Pro, for example), sideload it. You’ll thank me later.

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    As someone who uses and really enjoys Youtube Premium this upsets me. Feels very counter-to what is agreed on purchase:

    I wonder if it’s possible to file a complaint as false advertisement. As part of the subscription it even says in the FAQ “ad-free” which this is definitely not. I’m not a lawyer though and this is not legal advice.

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      This reminds me of the “Ad free” tier of Paramount Plus. There were unskippable ads for other paramount shows. And the 5 second bumper counted as an ad and was unskippable.

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      I’m not a lawyer but anyone with a brain cell would agree this is false advertising at least, possibly breach of contract depending on what the TOS says.

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    So were at the point where we are paying for an experience with ads AND invasive trackers and personal data mining + psychological profiling just to watch videos? What the fuck, thats distopian AF.

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      1 year ago

      Put it into some AR goggles and the dystopian cyberpunk future will no longer be sci fi

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      Question, finally asked: Where do you get an ad free youtube client these days? Surely, posting a direct link here on Lemmy is not against rules?

      I’d been using Revanced for quite a while, but then it eventually got caught up with and it stopped working. There was some hullabaloo about “fake” Revanced clones, and now I hear it’s transformed into a “patcher”. Only, on my phone I get a warning saying the patching may not work due to my processor or kernel or such – and lo, it does not, the patching throws an exception late-ish in the process and I’m left with an unpatched youtube app.

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    If they start inserting ads in videos I’m watching even though I literally pay them not to, I’ll be more than just mildly infuriated.

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    You just need to upgrade to Premium Premium to get the privilage to skip the ad 2 seconds faster than Normal Premium.

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    All that paying does is prove you’ll pay whatever they want. Just like a blackmailer, it’s never enough. They always escalate in their attempts to extract “value”.

    It’s the same damn story, time after time. “Oh, we put a few ads to cover expenses - it’ll be limited, we promise.” 3 months later: “We have a premium plan that hides ads.” Another 3 months: “We now have informational banners on premium for our own content. Since it’s our own, it’s totally not an ad!”

    Then just: “Pay us a monthly rate and get served ads.”

    It’s like fucking clockwork with these ghouls.

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          Do you happen to know of a replacement for Youtube Vanced? It stopped getting supported due to cease and desist, and now it only works like half the time… (idk why youtube doesn’t create a version check and make it not work all the time, but w/e lmao I’ll take what I can get)

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            there is a replacement called revanced, here is their github page.

            You will have to compile the youtube app yourself, their revanced manager will help you with that.

            And you have to download the latest supported version that is 18.19.35 from apk mirror.

            If you need any more help feel free to ask me :)

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              Tutorial Revanced. Download the latest Revanced Manager App from here & install: https://github.com/revanced/revanced-manager/releases/tag/v1.3.5 After that uninstall every update of your installed YouTube. (Use Google for that) Start Revanced Manager - Patcher - Select application - YouTube. Now look at the “Suggested:” app version. Remember the version number, go to apkmirror.com, search for YouTube and the right version number. Download and install. Restart Revanced Manager, Patcher, select, YouTube. Suggested and current should be the same version numbers now. Go to selected patches, click on default (if you don’t know what you are doing), click done. Click on patch, wait a bit. While it’s repacking go to your Youtube and disable it, before the install prompt comes (if you do it too early, there might be an error. Retry). When the install promp comes, you click install (and you might need to allow it in the settings). Voila, you have Revanced installed.