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

      • oldGregg@lemm.eeEnglish
        591·
        2 years ago

        Several more words:

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

        • Why9@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 years 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…

        • SonnyVabitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          Nothing, I this person I know of just had FF and adblock set up already for other reasons, so all I they had to do was stop the youtube app hijacking its own links.

        • chepox@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          No need for side loading apps. So works on all phones. Phones that are remotely admin have this feature off.

          • LukeMedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Firefox can’t load plugins on iPhones anyway. If you’re on Android, and it’s a personal device, ReVanced is a better experience.

    • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
      17·
      2 years 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.

      • Bappity@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        OBS was victim to this a while back. it was almost indistinguishable from the real sites so pretty dangerous

        • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          Mostly a windows issue there though, Linux and OSX have app stores to install that. Revanced is able to, and just doesn’t for some reason. It’s a massive security issue for many reasons, and this is a prime example of it. Especially given the app needs a ton of access on your device to operate. It’s mind-blowing to me that people recommend this at all, and why there’s no repo for it.