What just happened? Folks behind the famous YouTube Vanced app have announced that they're discontinuing the project due to "legal reasons." The decision follows a cease and desist letter from Google ...

There’s perhaps no third-party YouTube app more popular than YouTube Vanced, bringing a variety of features to the table compared to the stock app. Unfortunately, the app was shut down by its creators ...

Google is developing an experimental Android WebView Media Integrity API that could potentially stop third-party YouTube apps that use WebView to prevent ads. The API allows websites embedded in ...

YouTube Vanced has been discontinued, its developers announced. The unofficial app offered background listening, ad-free playback, and more. The team has since confirmed that Vanced was shut down due ...

Decidedly a non-zero chance. Piracy - which technically that app sort of is? - is a market reaction at the end of the day. The reason YT Vanced even has traction is due to the main YT app not having ...