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    • thejevans@lemmy.ml
      3·
      1 year ago

      I don’t understand why people are calling grayjay a “better revanced” they have pretty different feature sets and solve different problems.

      • vinyl@lemmy.world
        13·
        1 year ago

        The only different thing about grayjay is the polycentric account instead of having your YouTube account other than that all the features are the same or even better. What is there not to understand.

        • thejevans@lemmy.ml
          3·
          1 year ago

          Grayjay does not have sponsorblock. Grayjay does not sync my subscriptions across my other devices. Grayjay will not have YouTube features as they roll out. Etc.

          Grayjay is basically newpipe (youtube scraper) + casting + centralized, unmoderated comments + other services.

          YouTube Revanced is a patched, debloated version of YouTube itself.

          Grayjay does a lot of cool stuff, but they are different tools for different problems. Youtube Revanced allows users to have a better Youtube experience on their phone without losing any functionality. Grayjay is asking users to change a lot about how they watch Youtube.

          • vinyl@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            Nvm on building revanced! There is Revanced Manager, a couple clicks now to download and install, no need to use grayjay now.

    • somedaysoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      It isn’t better right now… there is a subscription rate limit and a few other issues. Revanced is far more polished and reliable right now. Grayjay might mature into a better app in the future, but it is far from better right now. I’m subscribed to Rossman, so I tried it when he announced it on the channel… gave it a fair shake, but then uninstalled it. I’ll check in on it every few months, but for YouTube specifically Revanced > grayjay.