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Piracy as a quality of service issue (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 9 months ago by doors_3@discuss.tchncs.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I am one of those suckers (:sigh) who paid for Youtube since it bundled Youtube Music with it. However, today I used the latter's Revanced version and it was so much customizable. Right from removing menu items to the stupid cast button Google has forced on us; it seems a billion dollar company can't compete with these folks who make their apps so much more serviceable.

I don't wish to go too much into the official Youtube client which too is tacked with things like Remix button and what not.

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[-] doors_3@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 9 months ago

I used to be on Newpipe in the old days. I liked it's simple no frills UI. Ironically, I can still choose my desired video quality(like 720p, since I am on mobile data) but on official Youtube app, I only have/had three options - Low, High and Auto. No way to set an exact video resolution system wide, it could only be done per video. These constraints make almost any third party client superior to the official thing Google is providing.

[-] GamerBoy705@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

ReVanced also has the ability to remove the current BS YouTube video quality selector and restore the old resolution selector.

I've known about NewPipe for a long time but I've never really wanted to use it because of the vast amount of missing features. It might be alright for people who don't use YouTube very often or want to preserve their privacy at all costs but I can't use it.