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You have to frequently do some shenanigans to get things working because shit keeps breaking. I still do it, but it's honestly annoying AF that i need to tinker with my apps like that all the time.
Shenanigans like, downloading an update? 😱
No, like fiddling with proxies to find a working one...if only it was just updating then I wouldn't mind.
I've never had to do that on all three devices I watch YouTube on.
YouTube wasn't loading videos on my phone Today so I opened Revanced. It said there was an update available to I clicked the update button. It installed the update and YouTube plays again.
Not exactly rocket science.
I've been using freetube for a little over a year, and I have to change something all the time (like every third time i open the app or something) otherwise videos just throw an error and won't load. Same goes for my laptop (also freetube). Newpipe and revanced are even worse for me and some I never got working.
My PC is just Firefox with uBlock. I don't remember the last time I had an issue. Maybe last summer?
My phone is Revanced. As I said videos weren't loading. I went into the manager and it said there was an update available. I clicked Download. It asked if I wanted to install it. I clicked Install. Videos now load perfectly fine on my phone.
I use SmartTube on my Firestick for my TV. I've had one issue since I downloaded it last fall. A quick google/reddit search brought up an update a day or two before. Someone had the Downloader number. Open firestick, open Downloader app, put in number, download updated Smarttube, youtube worked perfectly.
Nothing I've done has taken more than a couple minutes at most to update if anything went awry. I think in the little over 8 months I've been using these I've maybe had a grand total of 4 times I had to update something. I'd have spent more time watching an unskippable ad than it took to update my phone's Revanced this morning.
Revanced took me a little bit to get working on my phone the first time I was trying to get it set up. I watched a youtube tutorial (Ironic I know) how to get it set up and once it was working all I've had to do was update the manager from time to time, which I can do in-app.
Ok so we just have starkly dissimilar experiences, unfortunately for me it has been way more hassle than what you have experienced.
FreeTube has been going strong for me.