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		albert_e on Feb 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Andr... other than breaking Google/YT terms ... is there any other downside or risk to installing YT Vanced on your daily driver phone? does it break any other apps like banking/payments? how about devices on which we also have a work profile managed by employer.

S0und on Feb 24, 2022 | [–]

It doesn't breaks anything.

slim on Feb 24, 2022 | [–]

you seem to think it's some sort of malware. this is actually safer than the official youtube app, because it's opensource

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