Strange, months-old versions work fine for me, and the update is not too difficult either. On an ARM64 device, you open RVX Manager, check for the recommended YouTube version, download it from APKMirror, optionally check its hash, pick it in RVX Manager, and patch it (takes 2-5 minutes). You can also press the 💾 icon to save the trusted APK you made so you can share it to other devices, including ARMv7 ones.
Yeah, there’s a option to hide shorts in the feed as well as to hide the shorts button from the bottom bar. Can’t even remember the last time I saw any shorts lol
Ehh not really. I can’t even read comment replies, and as far as I know, you can’t make any comments yourself. Syncing your subscriptions is a giant mess. Tho I still use it for downloading purposes, best option for that on mobile imo.
Huh, I never use any of those features anyway so I guess I never thought about it.
I don’t really comment or read comments and never bothered syncing my subscriptions. I just went through my YouTube subs list and added them on new pipe, took like 3 ish minutes.
I do think it’s funny that the one company that won’t let you solve a problem Google created, is Apple. Meanwhile Android has had sideloaded apps for ages.
So, un-jailbroken iPhones can run uYouPlus, or similar apps through AltStore. You can sign into your account, view/post comments, see dislikes, auto-skip ads, intros, outros, etc., completely disable Shorts, and so many more things…
The only problem is you have to re-sign the app by tethering it to a computer once every year (if you have an Apple Developer account) or every week for everyone else.
yeah i know about that, i had it but removed it since sideloading with linux is a bit of a mess. i don’t know if you can disable shorts and community posts there though, i never checked
ReVanced literally solves every single one of these problems.
I need to update it.
Again.
It’s broken.
Again.
I’ve literally been watching YT on my mobile browser instead because it’s a PITA to update.
Strange, months-old versions work fine for me, and the update is not too difficult either. On an ARM64 device, you open RVX Manager, check for the recommended YouTube version, download it from APKMirror, optionally check its hash, pick it in RVX Manager, and patch it (takes 2-5 minutes). You can also press the 💾 icon to save the trusted APK you made so you can share it to other devices, including ARMv7 ones.
I can’t remember ever updating and I’m good.
I had to get a new apk and repatch a few months back because video scrubbing broke. Been good ever since.
Also newpipe x sponsorblock and libretube (amazing when it works)
It’s now called tubular, by the same dev
https://github.com/polymorphicshade/Tubular
The old repository got archived
https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe
Thanks for the info. Looks great! Wish I knew about this sooner.
NewPipe rewrite release when? It’s been 9 months!
I’ve switched to pipepipe for the time being. On fdroid.
Can you block shorts? Those still come up in my recs
Yeah, there’s a option to hide shorts in the feed as well as to hide the shorts button from the bottom bar. Can’t even remember the last time I saw any shorts lol
You should be able to I believe
Newpipe is also a solid choice
GitHub link
Ehh not really. I can’t even read comment replies, and as far as I know, you can’t make any comments yourself. Syncing your subscriptions is a giant mess. Tho I still use it for downloading purposes, best option for that on mobile imo.
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Haven’t heard about Seal before. Looks great actually. Thanks for letting me know
Get Grayjay. It has all of that, plus you can log into your youtube account with it.
Huh, I never use any of those features anyway so I guess I never thought about it.
I don’t really comment or read comments and never bothered syncing my subscriptions. I just went through my YouTube subs list and added them on new pipe, took like 3 ish minutes.
sad iphone noises
I do think it’s funny that the one company that won’t let you solve a problem Google created, is Apple. Meanwhile Android has had sideloaded apps for ages.
So, un-jailbroken iPhones can run uYouPlus, or similar apps through AltStore. You can sign into your account, view/post comments, see dislikes, auto-skip ads, intros, outros, etc., completely disable Shorts, and so many more things…
The only problem is you have to re-sign the app by tethering it to a computer once every year (if you have an Apple Developer account) or every week for everyone else.
I’m using uYouPlus but I can’t find the option to disable shorts.
Edit: Nvm I figured it out.
It is under settings > general > uYou > home
yeah i know about that, i had it but removed it since sideloading with linux is a bit of a mess. i don’t know if you can disable shorts and community posts there though, i never checked
Yep, you can. It removes both the tabs at the bottom as well as scrubbing them from the subscription feed.
Or untraped for YouTube (FF extension) if you’re fine with using the web page
bloated though
Maybe if you compare it to LibreTube or NewPipe, but it must be slimmer than the normal app.