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Looks like their patches repo is public - I wonder if that'll lead the the adblocking technique being patched out quickly by Google? Either way happy to see thi

Looks like their patches repo is public - I wonder if that'll lead the the adblocking technique being patched out quickly by Google? Either way happy to see this app revived, even as a premium subscriber - it provides functionality that makes YouTube much nicer to use

idealmedtech 5y ago
Interestingly, it's not the patches repo which contains the actual patches, it's the _integrations_ repo: https://github.com/ReVancedTeam/revanced-integrations/blob/main/app/src/main/java/fi/razerman/youtube/XAdRemover.java https://github.com/ReVancedTeam/revanced-integrations/blob/m...
ushakov 5y ago
i'm confident Google can't patch this without breaking their own app
- d82nsjk9 5y ago
  why?
  - ajsnigrutin 5y ago
    (Re)Vanced is an app, dealing with googles backend. They can either change the youtube app, to break Vanced, but this can be mitigated by not upgrading the youtube app, until there are patches for the new version,... or they can change the backend, thus breaking all the older youtube clients, making everyone upgrade their clients "now", which is a pain in the ass for many people.
    - genera1 5y ago
      For many devices it wouldn't be "pain in the ass", it would be straight up impossible. There are millions of devices, like smart TVs, that are out of support and don't receive updates, substantially changing API would break them. It might happen at some point, but it would piss off many people.
      - ajsnigrutin 5y ago
        Yes, because google always cares about not pissing off people and they never shut down old services... /s of course
    - 3np 5y ago
      What I've seen is reducing quality available for older versions/protocols - so yeah, it will stay play but you won't get the highest bitrates without upgrading.