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Youtube without ads + bonus functionalities
Youtube Music
Both are FOSS btw
Alternatively: Firefox for Android + uBlock origin addon works well for me.
Unfortunately, there's no Sponsor Block addon for Firefox Android.
If you go through a ton of hoops, you should be able to get sponsorblock on firefox android.
It requires getting firefox beta, logging into your account. On, a pc, going to the mozilla addons website, logging in, creating an addon list. Then enabling addon lists in firefox beta. I found this which helped me, but the addon I wanted to use (libredirect) wasn't available on android. it does say firefox nightly, but I couldn't find the option, only ok firefox beta
I'm using NewPipe now after Vanced finally quit working for me about a month ago and it's great and sooo lightweight but I'm definitely missing some features from vanced. However, I'd rather kill myself than pay for YouTube premium and NewPipe is free so this is not me complaining.
I'm using InnerTune, another FOSS option, in place of Vanced music and again, works great just missing some features.
I had the same issue until I discovered ReVanced. It's literally the same old app but updated. I also have newpipe which I typically use for specific things.. Or if I don't want to receive video recommendations for a certain video
I tried revanced but it always fails when trying to patch the apk. I couldn't figure it out.
Maybe you need root
Am using it without root on my phone at the moment. Perhaps it's a bug with the patcher
Yep, same here. IIRC it fails because it's expecting me to enter a custom package name, but then there's no field at all to enter a package name. I've gone thru the settings multiple times and couldn't find that option so I too gave up.
Anyways, NewPipe works well enough for me, and if there's some issue I could always load it in a browser.
This isn't me trying to sound like a dick. But did you enable the option for it to rename itself? I can't remember where it is, but it's something along those lines.