• tomiant@programming.dev
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      10 days ago

      My suspicion is that the main purpose of Googles decision is to stop F-Droid and Aurora Store from working.

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        They don’t care about those.

        They want revanced and other ad circumvention tools out.

        They ARE an ad company, you know?

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      And especially any youtube app that blocks ads. OF COURSE Google will never allow Newpipe, Revanced, FreeTube and so on to be installed on Android phones ever again.

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        None of those have worked for me on Android since a couple of months.

        Firefox with uBlock Origin is the last bastion, and don’t think that’s not on their radar.

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          Hey don’t mind me, I’m just gonna whip out my steamdeck (that I already have) to watch a youtube video using the desktop firefox. (Yes I know its 720p, but whatever lol, its good enough for gaming, its good enough for youtube)

      • That Weird Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I have no idea if this shit is coming to android tv, but i turned updates off just in case as I use SmartTube Next on it to watch ad free youtube. Ugh. Fuck google.