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youtube on modern phones sucks (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by ruabmbua@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

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Not even speaking about all the ads in the default YouTube app without a subscription.

The app is basically useless in my opinion. It defaults to freaking 240p for every video. My phone is definitively not the problem, also not the Internet connection. Watching in Firefox on the same connection gives me normal expected quality.

This was better on some "feature phones" without touchscreen!!! YouTube app works and playback is in 720p / 1080p

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[-] Fake4000@lemmy.world 71 points 11 months ago

One word, Revanced.

[-] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago

Several words: mobile Firefox, ad block, disable youtube app, disable known links to youtube.

[-] oldGregg@lemm.ee 70 points 11 months ago

Several more words:

Obtuse, rubber goose, green moose, guava juice Giant snake, birthday cake, large fries, chocolate shake!

[-] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

We didn't start the fire!

[-] Why9@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Thank you.

It's always so refreshing to see someone do the thing you were expecting would happen!

I'm wondering how to get "shiny teeth and me" into a comment somewhere...

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[-] mojo@lemm.ee 18 points 11 months ago

I searched for Revanced and the top 3 results were malware, with the 4th being the real website lol. Thank God for uBlock saving my ass.

[-] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 11 months ago

Yes, always search it on github and tell people to find it on github if you can't provide a link for them.

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[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 37 points 11 months ago

youtube ~~on modern phones~~ sucks

FTFY

[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 11 months ago

Yeah, Newpipe is a lot better option.

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Can you link? This is what I'm looking at

[-] Sudomeapizza@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Its not on the play store. Get it from apkmirror.com, or fdroid as others are mentioning

[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

Get it from F-Droid, I'm personally using Newpipe with Sponsorblock and it's great.

[-] Cleridwen 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've been using YouTube Vanced for years, and now ReVanced , after Vanced got killed. it's a bit tedious to set up on non rooted phones, but even then, it's such a huge upgrade. no ads, let you pick your own quality, SponsorBlock built in, background play, lots of payout control options.

[-] Krachsterben@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago

Recanced is even easier to set up imo. Just patch & install

[-] Cleridwen 7 points 11 months ago

I remember Vanced being simpler, only making you download the patched app, where ReVanced wants you to uninstall your YouTube updates, find the APK of a specific version, then patch it. not exactly hard for most enthusiasts but still out of reach for most. absolutely worth it though!

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[-] cupcakezealot 6 points 11 months ago

I pay for Premium but I still use Revanced just for the sponsorblock feature. It's great!

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[-] ruabmbua@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Not to forget: the adds are high definition anyway...

[-] grrk@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

This fucking infuriates me whenever i dont have an adblocker available. Since my connection speed is sub par, buffering is frequent unless it's at a low quality. So to watch a video without buffering, i gotta set the video to low quality (240-480p) only for A FUCKING 1080P UNSKIPPABLE AD TO JUST CUT IN AND PLAY PERFECTLY FOR 15 SECONDS before casually dropping me back down to 360p, only after buffering once more when the ad ends before the fucking video finally resumes

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

If you're on android I highly recommend ReVanced

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[-] lemann@lemmy.one 18 points 11 months ago

Quite a few NewPipe mentions here 😁. Another option is NewPipe SponsorBlock, which has support for Return Youtube Dislike and of course SponsorBlock

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I switched to Invidious a long time ago. If you want an app, I'd also recommend NewPipe (for Android), and either Yattee (for iOS) or Piped (as a PWA).

[-] popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 11 months ago

Use the Firefox nightly build and you can bring your desktop experience to mobile.

Not only can you use sponsorblock but also ublock origin. Plus you can use picture in picture and play the videos with your phone locked by default

Its literal perfect fir my usage

[-] LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

But we have apps that do that. Clipious. Newpipe. Libretube.

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[-] merci3@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

That's why I only use Newpipe

[-] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

[-] arin@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

YouTube sucks, period. The best innovation they had recently was copying a Chinese company douyin and making shorts while for years they were pushing long form videos to creators and punishing short form videos 💀 dead brains in YouTube executives

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 12 points 11 months ago

Youtube sucked a lot less before this cancerous tiktok clone format was introduced.

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[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

[-] ruabmbua@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Does not work will use the same 240p shit quality.

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[-] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 8 points 11 months ago

Use Newpipe or libretube

[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

My phone always defaults to 4K, it's definitely something up with your phone/the app settings.

[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

On mobile, it usually manages to set itself to my desired resolution, on a modded client, but sometimes youtube just does unexplainable things. I have an addon on desktop that forces playback at a specific res, and even then it would casually decide to play 360p

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[-] bappity@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

revanced is the only thing I can use. it patches the legacy quality menu back in and a bunch of things that make it usable again

[-] imkali@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

Also wtf, even with vanced, it makes me subscribe to hit play next? Thats such a basic function.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

I installed both Vinegar and Baking Soda and have never looked back. And FWIW, all of Google is rotten.

[-] Gruntyfish@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

What is vinegar and baking soda?

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