You'd want to see the source code, to verify it does only what it claims.
That said, I used it maybe 10 years ago, on a firewalled/monitored device, and it didn't make any outbound connections back then, ever.
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And also compile it from that source code yourself, because it's difficult to validate that the APK you download didn't have malware added by the person compiling it.
Yes that is the actual site.
LuckyPatcher has been around forever,
and has a good reputation + community.
Never seen anyone mention anything that it might contain malicious code.
The developer receives revenue through donations and showing ads on the site.
Sadly the project is not open source though.
My guess would be to prevent the hacks / patches it uses,
from being patched / made un-usable.
To be 100% sure though,
you'd have to de-compile the app,
and reverse engineer the source code,
which is a very tedious and time consuming task.
i used luckypatcher a long time ago. it was cool how i could remove ads from certain apps.(leaves big ugly red X)
for youtube, just use revanced.
and yeah custom patches sometimes don't work, that's pretty normal tbh
i periodically check how far revanced has come but right now im fine with using the YouTube site on firefox, with ad and sponsorblock of course
Lucky Patcher is interesting but much like rooting my phone, I found it disappointing in that it didn't bring much that I really wanted to do on a phone.
If you want to hack games, just use cracked stores like happymod.
Edit: With HappyMod you are risking the potential for malware as some people have mentioned. Do your research before trusting an internet stranger.
Happymod is an excellent way to download malware....if you're not careful
Good point. I should have mentioned that. Sorry. I used to use ACMarket but I can't recommend it because of how ad-driven it was (and I can't speak about safety cuz I have no idea).
Man I remember ACmarket...hell..do you remember BlackMart?
No, I don't. I remember using Aptoide to try to get Minecraft for free until they released 1.12 (Better Together) Bringing Mobile Minecraft up to Feature Parity with Bedrock on all platforms. The following versions, including minor updates didn't work because it required a license verification which ACMarket had removed in their modded version of Minecraft. That's around when I started using it, and I haven't used it for about 4-7 years approximately.
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