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[โ€“] whileloop@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing is that Revanced follows a new distribution model. Rather than distributing a modified app, they instead distribute patches for the normal YouTube APK so that the user modifies the app on their own device. Thus, ReVanced never distributes any of Google's IP. It's kinda like game modding. ReVanced will be a lot harder for Google to kill.

The one downside for ReVanced is that it's harder for ordinary users to install, so that will limit its popularity.

[โ€“] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True enough, but there are always options.