Are you sure that is not malware? UBlock Origin blocks that page as badware for me
Revanced: possible successor to vanced utube
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eternoMind
Guide
do note that revanced.app is the official revanced site that is also linked on their github.
enthusiast29
Innovator
That's a fake and probably spreading infected files. Also gets blocked by my adlist in adguard home.
The original revanced site is https://revanced.app/
yeah, I was reading about it on reddit, many are freaking out, some say they have been using it for months with no issues. Seems nobody is sure.
eternoMind
Guide
Fair point by all. Although talk of 'official version' is a bit pointless for something like this, safety is a valid point and a site that links to a Github repo is a good heuristic to follow.
I'll keep using the .net one and report back if there's further news on that front. So far so good
EDIT: They seem to have a Github repo too - https://github.com/revancedapps
I'll keep using the .net one and report back if there's further news on that front. So far so good
EDIT: They seem to have a Github repo too - https://github.com/revancedapps
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enthusiast29
Innovator
Again fake/forked. You can see the account name is actually "firefox".
real is here: https://github.com/revanced/
eternoMind
Guide
Yup, they say it themselves, the forked bit. Forked is fine by me.
blr_p
Northstar
Run a virus checker?
eternoMind
Guide
Anything specific in mind? Happy to try it out.
EDIT: Ran Bitdefender and Malwarebytes scans (latter took an age), nothing was flagged.
EDIT EDIT: Good on them for getting the attribution correct.
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I have YouTube premium and still use third-party apps for Sponsorblock and Return Dislike. Would be interesting to see if they are going to completely block the apps or take action at the account level.
m1tr
Contributor
I'm super scared of Google nuking my account (i.e. gmail) and leaving me with zero recourse. I don't think it's even possible to talk to a human for customer support in Google.
Maybe I should migrate to a paid email service provider!
Same, I have premium family in my primary google account with the official YouTube app, but I have watch/search history turned off, hardly ever use it. Primarily use ogyoutube (anyone remembers)/vanced/revanced with an alt account.
Revanced has more features than premium, Sponsorblock, return youtube dislikes, ui customisation (removed shorts section entirely), old quality selection panel (unlike the 2 step in Youtube) to name a few. Big channels are especially unwatchable without sponsorblock.
eternoMind
Guide
They've mentioned what issues users of such apps will face (buffering, content not available etc.). I don't see how their 'action' would amount to anything more than that, especially something as extreme as something at the account level.
Don't be scared. Google is not taking action on the end users for using 3rd party platforms. They will target only those platforms. Always.
Your account is way too valuable for Google to just randomly nuke it. You know why.
enthusiast29
Innovator
This already happened a month ago and immediately fixed by revanced.
My previous post mentioned it.
Black_Hawk
Innovator
Well the buffering issue seems to be BACK on Revanced since last evening! Even last afternoon videos were playing fine on it. But now: Click on a video > Video starts > Immediately buffering kicks in and video stops playing in an endless loop.
Don't know when the developers will solve this again. The hammer is hitting Revanced too many times and too often now.
Don't know when the developers will solve this again. The hammer is hitting Revanced too many times and too often now.
Are you on the latest version ? I don't see this happening in mine yet.Well the buffering issue seems to be BACK on Revanced since last evening! Even last afternoon videos were playing fine on it. But now: Click on a video > Video starts > Immediately buffering kicks in and video stops playing in an endless loop.
Don't know when the developers will solve this again. The hammer is hitting Revanced too many times and too often now.