Google could kill certain kinds of YouTube Vanced alternatives for good
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Google’s experimental Android WebView Media Integrity API could patch a loophole used by Vanced alternatives once and for all

Google could kill YouTube Vanced for good::The company is exploring an integrity API that could lock down WebViews with DRM

  • @GissaMittJobb@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2•6 months ago

    Wow, this article is just like 100% wrong. I’m surprised no one has mentioned this yet.

    To get why this could be a problem for YouTube Vanced’s successors, we need to understand how they work. Rather than modding the YouTube app itself, Vanced apps are essentially tweaked and modded browsers that display videos via a WebView that shows YouTube, adding extra features to the experience like adblock and other YouTube Premium perks. If YouTube was able to check which apps or devices are trying to access its servers before displaying content, this would be an easy route to stop Vanced successors from working.

    The YouTube-app, and Revanced in turn, does not utilize a WebView to display video. They are most certainly not ‘modded browsers’.

    Seriously, who wrote this shit? An AI? It’s baffling.