The ReVanced and Morphe Manager allows User to „patch“ many Apps - including YouTube - to remove Ads and other Annoyances as well as to add functionality and settings.
Why I think this tool should be added
I currently (I say currently because probably there is a reason why they are not recommended which is just not yet written down) think we should add the ReVanced and / or Morphe Manager because they can do things which can‘t be achieved with NewPipe or LibreTube.
These are mostly / only usability and customization improvements, but privacy is of course not the only criteria for recommending a tool (otherwise, there would be only the privacy-wise best tool recommended so in the browsers section for example only the TOR-Browser because it is the best privacy-wise). The only disadvantage that googles tracking is still there can be mitigated by using a DNS-Level ad- and tracker blocker (Control D, Pi-hole, NextDNS) which could be said by a warning. Here are the advantages of using a with ReVanced or Morphe patched YouTube instead of using NewPipe or LibreTube:
Firstly, since ReVanced and Morphe patch the official YouTube app, it also uses the official YouTube API. This makes the traffic look like normal traffic for Google. Advertising blocking is effective at the local app/client level, not by bypassing the official API as with NewPipe and LibreTube. Therefore, a with ReVanced or Morphe patched YouTube app is blocked much less often than NewPipe and LibreTube.
Second, there are much more customization options available than on NewPipe or LibreTube. You can choose a custom app label and a custom app icon. There are also themes available, which are all things which can‘t be achieved with NewPipe or LibreTube.
Third, DeArrow https://dearrow.ajay.app/ can be used without a necessary Piped proxy in between (in NewPipe, DeArrow is not at all supported and in LibreTube only with the Piped proxy enabled).
What is the difference between ReVanced and Morph?
I believe I use ReVanced or ReVanced extended, I can’t remember which. That’s on my old phone, though. I haven’t installed any modded apps on my current phone, because I want to create a anonymous Google account first.
@SYST3M_D3STR0YER I am pretty sure tool suggestions are only allowed to be one suggestion per post. You will need to edit this or its going to end up being marked invalid.
I outlined some of my concerns with Revanced apps in this previous discussion post. Personally I haven’t seen any real mitigation of these concerns, but I would be happy to be proven otherwise.
Either way that previous discussion may be relevant to a potential consideration of Revanced as an actual Privacy Guides recommended application.