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> YouTube Vanced I get why they want to stay anonymous but that website is no different from any other malware site - no source, no authors just some affiliate

by junaru 5y ago

> YouTube Vanced I get why they want to stay anonymous but that website is no different from any other malware site - no source, no authors just some affiliate links. Putting your google credentials in an app like that is not something people should be comfortable with.

fartcannon 5y ago
NewPipe let's you 'subscribe' to channels without giving it any credentials. You know, like how it used to be with RSS. The good way. The user empowered way.
- figbert 5y ago
  > You know, like how it used to be with RSS. That, my friend, would be because it is RSS!
  - TobTobXX 5y ago
    IIRC, think NewPipe actually requests the channel pages and parses the html.
    - lolinder 5y ago
      It has both. The RSS method is fast but doesn't have the full video data (it's missing durations, for example). The parsed version is slower but complete.
bobsmooth 5y ago
https://github.com/YTVanced https://github.com/YTVanced
- ratww 5y ago
  This doesn't seem to contain the source code for the app itself.
nicbou 5y ago
Some time ago, the version I installed (from a regular Google search) tried to use my phone as a throwaway number. For around two months I got validation codes for PayPal, confirmation calls from crypto sites and a lot of messages from horny men who click ads on porn sites. It took me a while to piece it back together. The only reason it didn't work is that I refused the app the permission to read text messages.
- cercatrova 5y ago
  You likely downloaded a malware version if you just googled the name. The official version is at https://vancedapp.com/ https://vancedapp.com/.
env123 5y ago
Just use it w/o logging in. I have a YT account, but I never login with Vanced. I only do so when I have something very important to add in the comment section and that happens on the desktop. You don't have to be too paranoid

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> YouTube Vanced I get why they want to stay anonymous but that website is no different from any other malware site - no source, no authors just some affiliate

by junaru 5y ago

fartcannon 5y ago
NewPipe let's you 'subscribe' to channels without giving it any credentials. You know, like how it used to be with RSS. The good way. The user empowered way.
- figbert 5y ago
  > You know, like how it used to be with RSS. That, my friend, would be because it is RSS!
  - TobTobXX 5y ago
    IIRC, think NewPipe actually requests the channel pages and parses the html.
    - lolinder 5y ago
      It has both. The RSS method is fast but doesn't have the full video data (it's missing durations, for example). The parsed version is slower but complete.
bobsmooth 5y ago
https://github.com/YTVanced https://github.com/YTVanced
- ratww 5y ago
  This doesn't seem to contain the source code for the app itself.
nicbou 5y ago
Some time ago, the version I installed (from a regular Google search) tried to use my phone as a throwaway number. For around two months I got validation codes for PayPal, confirmation calls from crypto sites and a lot of messages from horny men who click ads on porn sites. It took me a while to piece it back together. The only reason it didn't work is that I refused the app the permission to read text messages.
- cercatrova 5y ago
  You likely downloaded a malware version if you just googled the name. The official version is at https://vancedapp.com/ https://vancedapp.com/.
env123 5y ago
Just use it w/o logging in. I have a YT account, but I never login with Vanced. I only do so when I have something very important to add in the comment section and that happens on the desktop. You don't have to be too paranoid