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[–] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

well … third party apps.

[–] Lumbago@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

If you're on Android you can install reVanced

Google took down vanced for some reason and then reVanced popped up which is exactly the same as far as I can tell, and for some reason they don't seem to care about that one.

Or NewPipe, though you need to side load it.

I haven't used (re)Vanced, but I like some of NewPipe's features, like controlling brightness and volume by sliding my finger on half of the screen, as well as picture in picture.

[–] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

F-droid has a bunch … like PipePipe, LibreTube, SkyTube, NewPipe.

I only use f-droid, so it could be that google doesn't allow them in play store. But using f-droid got a lot easier in modern android. After you allowed a store to insrall an app, it doesn't have to ask for permission to install subsequent updates, which allows hassle-free background updates.

IzzyOnDroid repo also has Tabular, which is NewPipe with SponsorBlock.

Edit: Seems you need to allow installing apps from unknown sources and then get an alternative store via browser https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid/ https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/com.machiav3lli.fdroid/

Or via different web frontends: https://fossdroid.com/a/fdroid.html https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.machiav3lli.fdroid