Re:Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android
by wbobeirne on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @03:56PM
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You're totally right and I wish I had clarified that more in my original comment. I will probably try out Vanced even though I pay for Premium. I was really looking to hear from the people who primarily use it to circumvent ads, which I assume is the primary draw. But there are a lot of other good features worth discussing.
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Re:Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android
by keb_ on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @03:59PM
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I think it is definitely a primary draw; I no longer use Vanced (used it years ago) but I remember the killer feature back then was being able to listen to audio from videos while having your phone screen off (a feature that YouTube eventually added to the official app).
I primarily use NewPipe. I enjoy the benefit of not having ads, but more than that, I enjoy the simplicity and the drastically lower system resource usage.