[discussion] ReVanced and other YouTube alternatives
If you use ReVanced, it's probably wisest to use it with a throwaway Google account for two reasons:
- It lets Google track "someone" instead of you explicitly
- It prevents your account from getting destroyed
The project is above-board but it's still patching closed-source software. Other suggestions about third party apps may be worth considering, because the developers have nearly total authorial control over their products (minus the heavy but necessary Google API communication for those videos themselves).
Decent alternatives I've seen mentioned include
- Newpipe, a frontend mostly for YouTube - different versions have different features including SpomsorBlock.
- Tubular, a Newpipe fork, with SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislikes built in
- Skytube, another YouTube frontend
- Grayjay, a closed-source frontend for YouTube and many other video sharing platforms
- Your browser with good adblock - Firefox or Brave are good options across most platforms except iOS.
Inspired by a question from u/An_Australian_Guy