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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's nice. continues to enjoy effectively yt premium with NewPiped for free

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

SmartTubeNext on AndroidTV. Complete with SponsorBlock and everything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Blocking YouTube ads I support.

Sponsorblocker is just shitty. That money goes directly to the content creators, not Google. It hurts the wrong people.

Besides, you can fast-forward those.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does SponsorBlock automatically skipping vs me manually scrubbing actually make any difference to what the creator receives in compensation?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

No, I doubt the analytics software can tell the difference. It just sees the user skip from timestamp X to Y

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Besides what others have said, many YouTubers that include sponsor segments get paid a flat rate for doing so before/when the video is published. They don't get recurring revenue based on sponsor segments, only from YouTube ads.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I refuse to watch ads anywhere, sorry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm personally cool with sponsorships and I rock uBlock Origin

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use SponsorBlock because I pay for YT Premium.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't find a way to download easily videos like on Youtube Premium, do you know how?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can enable it on settings, you'll probably have to download one of the suggested apps that do this, newpipe is probably best.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Install Newpipe.

Tap the share button in the YouTube ReVanced app.

Select Newpipe. It'll ask you some info about the download, then start downloading in the background.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. You have to download in an external app. That was something I did use a fair bit with premium but it's no biggie that it's gone for me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It crashes decently often but still worth it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

It has never crashed for me. Not once. In what device are you using it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seems like a good alternative. Do you know if there a way to import my current subscriptions?

Also, I've been using the music service for some time now as well. Do you have any suggestions for viable replacements for that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

YouTube Music ReVanced exists if that suits you.

ReVanced can patch quite a few apps, actually, not just YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What all do you use it for?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've been using the music service for some time now as well. Do you have any suggestions for viable replacements for that?

Self-host Navidrome on a cheap VPS (or at home), use Symfonium to stream your music to your phone/car.