How can i debloat android reddit and youtube app ? The vanilla apps are constantly making bloat connections. (Atleast 8k-10k on adguard app per day).

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    Imo debloating the apps itself is not possible. To do that, you would need to somehow decomplie them, change the code, repackage them and install them as custom applications. This might be possible in theory, but is not feasible in a real-world scenario.

    I recommend the following two options:

    1. Use different clients where possible. For youtube F-Droid has some alternatives. For reddit I don’t know the current status.
    2. Use a VPN based solution such as AdAway. It can block requests based on target IP or Domain. But keep in mind that blocking certain requests can prevent the app from working.
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    They’re not really debloatable but you can use alternatives. Newpipe can handle YouTube. Invidious instances in the browser. Something like libredirect can send you to alternate front ends for Reddit.

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      How do you edit anything with that App Manager app? I can see them listed for each app on their respective tabs, but nothing happens when I tap or hold any of them.

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      I tried it but the revanced edition only eliminates ads but all tracking and bloat is still included.

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          Removing all bloat (unnecessary connections and telemetry) while still allowed to use the essential features like login, comment, result filtering, etc.

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            NewPipe (or Tubular if you like the sponsor skipping that is also available in revanced) might be something for you? Although it might be too little bloat for you as you can only read comments and not comment yourself

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            Well then u gotta fight a case with google itself i guess cuz it isn’t possible to deblaot specifics connections and telemetry because without those i don’t think youtube would even work

            U can still use newpipe tho

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    I find that disabling the youtube app and run youtube.com in Firefox (or whatever fork you prefer, I’m using Fennec) with uBlock Origin active gives the best experience in Android.
    edit: For the few times I browse reddit I use https://old.reddit.com/ in Fennec and have used the element picker in uBlock Origin to remove most of the page bloat.

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    i fucking love that this exact problem was solved until Reddit unsolved it by charging exorbitant API fees and effectively killed 3rd party apps and forced everyone onto their shitty app.

    e n s h i t t i f i c a t i o n

  • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Hit the uninstall button, no need for the apps.

    Reddit works fine in a browser, especially with Redlib as a frontend.

    Youtube also works great in a browser, use Firefox or Ironfox with uBlock Origin.