ElectricalTears's comments

On: Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled

[ElectricalTears]

Revanced is the best UX for Android, can remove a lot of things as well (like shorts).

[clearleaf → ElectricalTears]

I stopped using apps like this because they were always getting broken by youtube. Obviously it's intentional sabotage but still. It felt like I had to update those apps every time I used them and sometimes there was no update at that time at all. The mobile site never breaks and you have full access to extensions if you use firefox.

[NooneAtAll3 → ElectricalTears]

I never managed to install it

it complains about youtube app being separated into parts or smth like that

[bcraven → NooneAtAll3]

That's a feature: if you can't work out which YouTube apk to patch them you'll never work out the rest of the installation process.

[NooneAtAll3 → bcraven]

Its a bold strategy, Cotton, lets see if it pays off for em

[nhumrich → ElectricalTears]

It also contains more ads then you tube itself.

[vitorgrs → nhumrich]

There's no ads on Revanced...

[charcircuit → vitorgrs]

Yes, there are. But there is a toggle to switch them on and off.

[1bpp → charcircuit]

You're using a fake version that probably also has malware. https://revanced.app

[vitorgrs → charcircuit]

Not sure why mine there's no ads... Never had to toggle, as far I remember. I used Revanced Manager.

[spaqin → vitorgrs]

Possibly they installed it from one of the scam sites that pop up when you search for YouTube Revanced.

[pjc50 → spaqin]

It's scams all the way down!

On: Eleven Music

[ElectricalTears]

A while ago (maybe a year) I asked chatgpt to make a guitar tab from a song that had no available tabs and it worked surprisingly well.

On: What will enter the public domain in 2025?

[ElectricalTears]

We'd just end up with Seinfeld and Friends reruns on every channel.

[coldtea → ElectricalTears]

Probably even less so than today.

When something is available for every channel to rerun, it would be even less of a differentiator than a channel getting the rights to Friends or Seinfield today.

So Channels wanting to attract people would need to come out with new material still - as Seinfeld and Friends would be able to be played by any other channel.

On: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2024)

[ElectricalTears]

Hi Matt, I'm really interested in the Platform Engineering position - do you have a referral URL for that?

[ElectricalTears → ElectricalTears]

I've applied - hope to hear from your team! - Eden