Strange, months-old versions work fine for me, and the update is not too difficult either. On an ARM64 device, you open RVX Manager, check for the recommended YouTube version, download it from APKMirror, optionally check its hash, pick it in RVX Manager, and patch it (takes 2-5 minutes). You can also press the 💾 icon to save the trusted APK you made so you can share it to other devices, including ARMv7 ones.
Yeah, there's a option to hide shorts in the feed as well as to hide the shorts button from the bottom bar. Can't even remember the last time I saw any shorts lol
I do think it's funny that the one company that won't let you solve a problem Google created, is Apple. Meanwhile Android has had sideloaded apps for ages.
So, un-jailbroken iPhones can run uYouPlus, or similar apps through AltStore. You can sign into your account, view/post comments, see dislikes, auto-skip ads, intros, outros, etc., completely disable Shorts, and so many more things…
The only problem is you have to re-sign the app by tethering it to a computer once every year (if you have an Apple Developer account) or every week for everyone else.
yeah i know about that, i had it but removed it since sideloading with linux is a bit of a mess. i don't know if you can disable shorts and community posts there though, i never checked
Ehh not really. I can't even read comment replies, and as far as I know, you can't make any comments yourself. Syncing your subscriptions is a giant mess. Tho I still use it for downloading purposes, best option for that on mobile imo.
Huh, I never use any of those features anyway so I guess I never thought about it.
I don't really comment or read comments and never bothered syncing my subscriptions. I just went through my YouTube subs list and added them on new pipe, took like 3 ish minutes.