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Google could kill YouTube Vanced for good (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Google could kill YouTube Vanced for good::The company is exploring an integrity API that could lock down WebViews with DRM

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[–] [email protected] 209 points 9 months ago (15 children)

Wow, this article is just like 100% wrong. I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet.

To get why this could be a problem for YouTube Vanced’s successors, we need to understand how they work. Rather than modding the YouTube app itself, Vanced apps are essentially tweaked and modded browsers that display videos via a WebView that shows YouTube, adding extra features to the experience like adblock and other YouTube Premium perks. If YouTube was able to check which apps or devices are trying to access its servers before displaying content, this would be an easy route to stop Vanced successors from working.

The YouTube-app, and Revanced in turn, does not utilize a WebView to display video. They are most certainly not 'modded browsers'.

Seriously, who wrote this shit? An AI? It's baffling.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago

Given that Revanced patches the YouTube app, Monsieur Vonau is most certainly wrong.

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