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Re:ReVanced by lewispollard on Friday March 25, 2022 @10:50AM (#30802857)
Vanced didn't redistribute a modified version of the Youtube app, they distributed a "manager" app which downloaded the official app's APKs and applied the patches at runtime. (edit: actually, I'm not 100% sure of that, since I've always used a rooted version which does apply patches at runtime, but I'm unsure about non-rooted.)

They were taken down for using a similar enough logo to Youtube that Google lawyered them into stopping that way, not for any kind of infringement in terms of software.

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Re:ReVanced by Mogzol on Friday March 25, 2022 @08:59PM (#30808396)
> They were taken down for using a similar enough logo to Youtube that Google lawyered them into stopping that way, not for any kind of infringement in terms of software.

Is there a source for this? Seems like they could have just changed the logo if that was the case, no?

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Re:ReVanced by 3np on Friday March 25, 2022 @09:50PM (#30808612)
It does seem that way but it is the official motivation from the creators.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30747352

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