do you use revanced?

I wouldn't use youtube anymore without it

No, I use newpipe.

Yes, I can't live without it

Not sure why anyone would rather pay Google money vs simply installing YouTube revanced. If that ever goes away (it won't), then I'll just go back to Firefox + extensions for YouTube on mobile.

Revanced is great. I wish it could let me bypass some of the inbuilt limits like not being able to download videos, but that's a small price to pay for removing like 99 of the ads

After discovering revanced and smarttube I refuse to ever go back

I was a vanced migrant to newPipe when the former was cut off. Haven't tried revanced since newPipe has seemed perfectly servicable for me.

No I use NewPipe

No. I use NewPipe x SponsorBlock. -Link

Yes, also

Newpipe
Libretube (another foss frontend similar to newpipe)
YTDLnis (for downloading youtube video and music)
Revanced YT Music/ Innertune/ ViMusic for Youtube music

I do. I tried newpipe but not being able to log into my account was a deal breaker. The only negative I have with revanced is that I can't cast with it, although having Smart Tube on my Chromecast helps.

No, I'm using NewPipe

Revanced can also patch ads out of TikTok and Instagram 👀

Permanently Deleted

Yeah I specifically use Revanced Extended which adds more patches for YouTube and YouTube Music.

Yes, absolute game changer. Can't live without it. Use various videos to go to sleep to at night and the last thing I need is for ads that the original content creator didn't even ask for that are 5x as loud as the video I have playing.

No, I just use Firefox + Ublock Origin

Yes, and Smart Tube Next on my Shield TV.

I appreciate that tools like New pipe exist, but I need my account and my watch list with me.

I use Clipious, an Android client for Invidious, on my phone. I selfhost my own Indivious instance so this is perfect in that my phone never connects to YouTube directly, and I can save all my subscriptions in one place without a YouTube account.

On my Android TV I use Smart Tube Next. If I really need to cast, I also have YouTube ReVanced on my phone for just that, but I barely use it.

As soon as Clipious gets a proper Android TV interface, I'll be set, as both devices can just connect to Invidious and let it do all the work.

Well a fast tutorial I can give is this.

Disable/remove updates for the default YouTube app
Download revanced from this site https://revanced.app/
Install revanced app and update anything necessary.
Download the recommended YouTube APK which is 18.23.35. Here is a link I used to get the APK. https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/youtube/youtube-18-23-35-release/
Once that's installed, go to the revanced app and go to the "patcher" menu.
Click "select an application" button and then click the "Storage" button you see on the bottom. Then find the youtube APK that you downloaded and click it.
You can now select the patches you'd want the app to have. You could just select "default" to have it patch the 52 or 57 things that most people care to change.
Now just click the patch button and it'll hopefully not fail.

Hope that looks good formatted. I'm on my phone lol.

Question as a newbie with revanced, can I log in or will that get my account banned ?

Nope. I use NewPipe but I also have YouTube Premium if I ever need it.

I tried so many YT frontends and I found ReVanced to be the best, imo.

The fact that you can you can keep your account AND customize you frond end to your liking is pretty awesome.

SmartTube if you have an Android TV / Chromecast etc

I tried ReVanced but kept getting ads anyway, especially banner ads and ads in shorts so I went and bought Premium Family for me and my friends. Then I realised I needed SponsorBlock so now I have YouTube Premium + ReVanced (with the block ads patch disabled)

I am sure that the ReVanced group have probably fixed the issue and ads are properly blocked now but its so cheap in my country (especially Premium Family) that I don't even think about it

Yep i use revanced on my phone and smart tube on my firestick

No I don't watch videos on mobile

The fork of the original vanced that I used broke so I switched to revanced.

I'm on a YouTube premium family plan for free right now, because my sister had an extra spot open. Once my nephew grows up and I get kicked off, I'll switch to ReVanced or NewPipe.

Okay, since this is kind of on topic I want to ask a question. I patched YouTube with ReVanced Manager for my girlfriend. I’ve unchecked the patch that hides the cast button in the player, yet it’s gone anyways! To cast to TV, you have to go into the settings. What can I do with this?

Yes. For YouTube and infinity for reddit

all the time

Firefox nightly has all the usual extentions (ublock, sponsor block, and yt enhanced) so these days I just use that (with NP for downloads)

No, i only use Newpipe Sponsorblock

I did but more and more videos don't play anymore.

Yes the Revanced YouTube Music app

Si ce we are on topic, is there a way to have DeArrow on mobile? (potentially I could install it on FF, but would prefer an app for YT).

I use LibreTube.

I pay for YouTube Premium to help support the creators I watch.

I wish, but I’m too afraid of rooting my Iphone. I’ve been used to the ios ui for so long but I’m switching to anything not apple as soon as this one dies. I’m sick of everything apple.

I have reVanced but unfortunately I struggle with getting it to work consistently. Most commonly, the video will play for a minute or so and then buffer endlessly. My Internet research tells me the only way to fix it is to root my device, and I'm honestly not willing to go that far. Luckily I have adblock installed on my phone, so the official app is tolerable.

yes

All the time. At this point I'm waiting to replace my second hand iPad with an Android tablet so I can achieve a truly optimal YT experience.

Yes.

Also xManager, a similar tool for Spotify. I'd use revanced for YTmusic, but most people seem to use Spotify and it's nice to be able to share playlists with friends.

yes :) but i should use newpipe

I'd love a walkthrough on how to do that. I honestly don't remember how I got it working in the first place.

I tried it for a while, but it would crash predictably after 4 hours of continuous play (I use videos that help me sleep, so this made it unusable).

After trying all the Android settings and reinstalling, I reached out for help on the subreddit, where I was politely told to fuck off to github, where I found nothing.

I subsequently decided I don't really want to use a YouTube account anyway, and I switched to NewPipe x Sponsorblock, which is an overall better experience for me, including a community and dev who are actually human.

ReVanced extended through Revancify

I'd love to continue using it but I've had issues with videos getting stuck in endless loading. So I have both revanced and the normal app installed

I used it years ago with an alt. Downloaded it again the other day and it's like a time capsule lol. I don't want to get my main account banned so I haven't signed in with it, but since all my subscriptions are on my main, I'm alternating between newpipe, stock app, and revanced when I want to chromecast smth (which I haven't done in a while)

No I choose to financially support Google and Youtube creators with Premium