Just like the title says; I’m interested in being able to sleep to YouTube without ads, but I don’t fuck with their business practices and they don’t deserve my money. Unfortunately, I’m also a very inexperienced pirate and I’m unsure where to look.

  • Simon Müller@geddit.social
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    1 year ago

    NewPipe is one of the best recommendations.

    There is also LibreTube, and YouTube ReVanced

    LibreTube depends on a Piped instance, and YouTube ReVanced will need a specific youtube-version and MicroG for Vanced.

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      1 year ago

      For revanced you can download the recommended version of youtube off apkmirror, and microg can be installed without issue.

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      1 year ago

      Not true. Untick MicroG component when installing and select root install. It runs on stock Google setup same as standard YT app.

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        1 year ago

        Statistically speaking most people here are running on an unrooted Android device.

        Thus, giving a slightly more advanced answer going over the Root Install method is mostly useless.

        Either way, I’ve been doing this for 8 years, I know what I am talking about.

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        1 year ago

        Really lmao? It was requiring root because google won’t give your app with different package name the account details. Which android version and is original youtube pre installed/still there?