I am looking for for an app that registers as a YouTube endpoint, but has no ads and tracking (or backdoors). I had one (forgot the name) which stopped working. Please advice.

Revanced instructions (official Youtube app, but with adblocking, sponsorblock and other nice improvements).

  1. Uninstall Youtube (or disable if not possible)
  2. https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-manager/releases
  3. Install
  4. Open, go to “Patcher”, find “Youtube” and download the specified recommended version from https://www.apkmirror.com/
  5. Patch it, install it.
  6. Install MicroG if you want to use your Google account with it: https://github.com/TeamVanced/VancedMicroG/releases
  7. Launch your installed youtube app. You will need to login from within the app if you are using MicroG.

Does this require your phone to be rooted?

No, not at all.

Weird got a message saying I needed root I’m switched to libretube for now, it’s good

Also you have to patch the app yourself

I thought I read someone was providing “clean” patched APKs now?

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Google might go after pathed apks, but you can’t go after patches (which isn’t apk).

EDIT: Google actually went after patched Vanced apk and got it off the internet. ReVanced was born afterwards shortly :)

with some nft bullshit from the cancer creators too, tbf

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