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  • somedaysoon@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    No problems on desktop with Firefox and uBlock Origins and no problem on my TVs with SmartTubeNext and no problems on mobile with Revanced so far. I have yet to encounter any ad blocking messaging or ads themselves.

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      2 years ago

      I’ll add that ReVanced and FireFox + UBlock are working fine for me still, still need to install STN tho

      I even recently dropped my Premium sub (when they ditched Pixel Pass) so I was kinda expecting retaliation for bailing on em but nothing so far

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          I don’t understand why people are calling grayjay a “better revanced” they have pretty different feature sets and solve different problems.

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          It isn’t better right now… there is a subscription rate limit and a few other issues. Revanced is far more polished and reliable right now. Grayjay might mature into a better app in the future, but it is far from better right now. I’m subscribed to Rossman, so I tried it when he announced it on the channel… gave it a fair shake, but then uninstalled it. I’ll check in on it every few months, but for YouTube specifically Revanced > grayjay.