A 3rd party YouTube app you use to get all YouTube Premium features for free. It was discontinued officially on March 2022 for legal reasons. Launched initially as a root-based "YouTube hack" for Android devices in 2017, Vanced has seen a massive cult following over the years. Thankfully, many alternatives and replicas of Vanced now exist, the most notable and popular one being ReVanced. Fair warning though, the community surrounding ReVanced seems quite like a circlejerk and is hostile to anyone that doesn't put the project nor its devs on a pedestal.
For Android users there are many ways to get Re-Vanced, which can be a bit confusing (I certainly was). To my knowledge there are only three ways:
▸ First way is to install both ReVanced and MicroG from an apk. You will then be able to use ReVanced as a separate app.
▸ Second way is only for rooted Android devices, which is a magisk module that modifies the existing YouTube app into ReVanced (the "YouTube hack").
▸ A third way—which is what most would recommend—is ReVanced manager. It's sorta like a combination of the first two methods. Within the manager you can either choose to install ReVanced as a separate app, or modify the existing YouTube app for root-privileged users.
Tl;dr 1st is quick and dirty. 2nd is most convenient for rooted users. 3rd is official and has the best of both worlds.
First two are obtained from an unofficial website called revanced.io, the 3rd is obtained from official GitHub.
I did the 2nd way because I was rooted and didn't care for a separate YT or manager app. Don't listen to anyone who says not to try the unofficial site and its methods, they work perfectly. Enough of that "mAlwArE" fearmongering BS. And to be fair, revanced.io is probably the most 'official' unofficial site out there for ReVanced. I would be cautious of other sites though.
▸ First way is to install both ReVanced and MicroG from an apk. You will then be able to use ReVanced as a separate app.
▸ Second way is only for rooted Android devices, which is a magisk module that modifies the existing YouTube app into ReVanced (the "YouTube hack").
▸ A third way—which is what most would recommend—is ReVanced manager. It's sorta like a combination of the first two methods. Within the manager you can either choose to install ReVanced as a separate app, or modify the existing YouTube app for root-privileged users.
Tl;dr 1st is quick and dirty. 2nd is most convenient for rooted users. 3rd is official and has the best of both worlds.
First two are obtained from an unofficial website called revanced.io, the 3rd is obtained from official GitHub.
I did the 2nd way because I was rooted and didn't care for a separate YT or manager app. Don't listen to anyone who says not to try the unofficial site and its methods, they work perfectly. Enough of that "mAlwArE" fearmongering BS. And to be fair, revanced.io is probably the most 'official' unofficial site out there for ReVanced. I would be cautious of other sites though.
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Vanced, also known as "YouTube Vanced" is a custom YouTube application for Android devices which contains zero ads, it removes all kinds of advertisements from YouTube for completely free, without the user having to purchase YouTube Premium, Vanced does it for free! It comes with SponsorBlock, which removes all kinds of annoying parts (paid promotions, self promotions, intros, outros, like/subscribe reminders, and a lot more), it does a great job, and it's 100% safe to use! It's advanced, but without "ad"!
Person 1: Bruh I got double unskippable ads yesterday on YouTube :( I'm heavily thinking about buying premium but I can't really afford it tbh :(
Person 2: Bro, just download YouTube vanced, it does the job for free!
Person 1: Really? Thanks bro!
Person 2: No problem bro!
Person 2: Bro, just download YouTube vanced, it does the job for free!
Person 1: Really? Thanks bro!
Person 2: No problem bro!
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Person 1: Been paying for YouTube Premium for a year now
Person 2: Just get YouTube Vanced, it's better
Person 3: Well fuck CorpTube cause Vanced is no more
Person 2: Oh fuck
Person 2: Just get YouTube Vanced, it's better
Person 3: Well fuck CorpTube cause Vanced is no more
Person 2: Oh fuck
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