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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by Liquix on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:07AM (#30684745)
This works flawlessly at the moment (currently using the same setup). However it's more of a workaround than a solution - Google could break/throttle all of Invidious at any point if it drives ad revenue down another couple points, just like they recently did to Vanced. The real solution is the hard one - moving away from YT entirely
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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by judge2020 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:40AM (#30685122)
Invidious is different from Vanced in that Vanced was a mod on top of the main YouTube application, while Invidious is just a different frontend with presumably no infringement of YouTube IP or code or TOS. Now, youtube-dl got the infamous copyright complaint by RIAA because they advertised using it to download copyrighted music[0], so perhaps a stronger case could be made if any code within Invidious used more hidden APIs or otherwise shows using it to watch Standard YouTube License videos without fulfilling the quid pro quo of watching ads.

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24872911

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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by crtasm on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @12:00PM (#30686960)
> because they advertised using it to download copyrighted music

Their unit tests used some music videos, and only because Youtube's website uses different javascript for such videos. It's a stretch to call that advertising, I don't believe I'd ever read the tests code before the complaint.

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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by 14 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:40AM (#30685117)
YouTube is getting shittier by the year also. Forcing me to watch an ad that takes 5 seconds to even start then after said ad the video freezes and doesn’t even play requiring a page refresh just to watch something. I’m ready for the alternative to arrive.
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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by jvolkman on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:33AM (#30685825)
There are no video ads if you pay for YouTube Premium (outside of embedded paid sponsor stuff added by the video producers themselves).
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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by mcagl on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:07PM (#30691725)
Or even better: youtube in the browser, with ublock origin + sponsorblock, and Youtube becomes at least less annoying.
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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by fsflover on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:41AM (#30685128)
If you search for a solution, not workaround, consider this: https://joinpeertube.org.
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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by Ourgon on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:06AM (#30685448)
I host a number of Peertube instances next to Invidious. There is a reason for having both of these: Peertube can not access Youtube-hosted material. Thus, to publish your own material use Peertube, to access Youtube-hosted material use something like Invidious.
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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by bluGill on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:47AM (#30685191)
Seems like an anti-trust lawsuit just waiting to happen if they do.
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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by mywittyname on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:22AM (#30685663)
I don't see anti-trust actions happening in current administration.
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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by AniseAbyss on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:29AM (#30685765)
Normally the EU is always up for making life complicated for big tech but we are currently... indisposed.
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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by ouid on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @07:01PM (#30693082)
I thought that there was a rather strongly worded memo to the FTC to enforce anti-trust in july of last year.
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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by toyg on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:45AM (#30685969)
> just like they recently did to Vanced

What did they do to Vanced? Still works on my phone.

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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by input_sh on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @11:34AM (#30686597)
It still works but it's no longer being worked on nor offered for download.

Discussed recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30663739

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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by CamelRocketFish on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @11:34AM (#30686600)
Cease and desist.
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