Comment on YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable

pfr@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s all fine and fun until Google prevents people from installing third party APKs in a few months…

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  • FosterMolasses@leminal.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Invidious

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  • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can they? Because I’ve got a modified YouTube ipa on my iPhone and that’s more closed than Android could ever become in the span of the next few months.

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    • HolidayGreed@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Where can I find more info about this .ipa?

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      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t remember the exact procedure for this, but here’s the summary. You’ll first want to install sidestore or sidestore + livecontainer. Computer needed for that. You’ll also want a stock YouTube ipa file that you can then mod with YouTube Plus or similar utility.

        You’ll have to update livecontainer (if you installed it) and YouTube every 7 days unless you have a dev license but Sidestore does it with a single button press in-app so it’s not that inconvenient. You can install ipas within sidestore (limited amount at a time) or livecontainer (as many as you want I believe, but it’s more complicated) without connecting to a computer once the initial setup is done

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  • workgood@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    they wont. thats just bs. there will be advanced flow to use ,and adb to install.

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    • hietsu@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For us advanced users true, but for the bulk of people where ”just use this app instead” has worked previously, will not do it anymore. Whole lotta more hoops to jump through and google knows many will not be able to.

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    • Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There will be an advanced flow for now, maybe (they didn’t explain how it will work). But our freedom is getting restricted nonetheless

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