Google forces YouTube Vanced to shut down ‘due to legal reasons’
by Tom Warren from The Verge - All Posts on (#5X2J2)
The popular Vanced YouTube app is being discontinued, after a legal threat from Google. The creators of Vanced have revealed the project will be shut down in the coming days, with download links set to be removed. While the app will continue to work for anyone who currently has it installed on Android, without any future updates it's likely to stop working at some point soon. The Vanced owners say they've had to discontinue the project due to legal reasons."
Google sent the Vanced owners a cease and desist letter recently, which has forced the developers to stop distributing and developing the app. We were asked to remove all references to YouTube', change the logo, and remove all links related to YouTube products," says an admin from...