#ReVanced Manager

[river-taxbird]

Just updated my Tumblr Android app to disable Tumblr live, disable the reminder to turn on notifications, get rid of all ads, turn off the reminder to buy gifts, and stop the app from updating on its own using ReVanced manager. Finally this hellsite will be fully usable on my phone.

If you want to do this, should build the APK yourself. Don't try to download pre patched apks from third party websites as they could have been tampered with. Here's a Reddit guide on how to do it for blocking ads on YouTube. You can then do it on Tumblr by downloading a Tumblr apk and going through the same process.

https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/xlcny9/revanced_manager_guide_for_dummies/

[gascoignes-homewrecker]

Ublock Origin

Youtube: SponsorBlock (skips ads within videos), DeArrow (replaces clickbait thumbnails & titles), Blocktube (block channels), Enhancer (Quality of Life features), Youtube-Shorts Block

Youtube Mobile: Youtube Vanced/Revanced Manager

Twitter: Minimal Theme extension

Tumblr: xKit/xKit Rewritten, Dashboard Unfucker, Stylus with "Old Tumblr Dashboard" userstyle

Spotify: xManager (desktop & mobile)

Firefox: High chance you'll love it and curse holding out for so long.

Linux: No whiney search box trying to Edge you, no ads in the start menu, no trending searches reminding you about celebrity gossip & politics.

i would move heaven and earth to avoid hearing one single advertisement

[davepaste]

if u really hate Tumblr, have an android, and love the idea of depriving them of proper ad revenue;

[imhaley]

And the award for ad blocking goes to Tumblr for convincing me to finally sit down and figure out how to patch the Tumblr app to block ads, by repeatedly showing me an advertisement of someone goring their foot on a metal spring.

Even twitters app hasn't annoyed me enough to stop me from my game of blocking every advertiser on that app every time they come up, Tumblr has really gone above and beyond there.

[futomimi]

it's such a beautiful sight

[setup-wizard]

gee, i wonder where these link might take thee, and what forbidden enchantments they may perhaps contain! it is truly impossible for me to know or even recommend this!

My tips for installing Revanced's patches to the Tumblr app [u/yard-sards]

ReVanced Manager guide for dummies

im not buying your stupid premium you racist transphobic assholes. i would be up for having less features if it meant i could drain you faster

[squeakcore]

TUMBLR REVANCED INSTALLED IM SO HAPPY

[hxbrid-sxldier]

You know what. I'm deadass about to make a whole new account for that selfship blog that way it isnt a sideblog. The only problem is constantly signing in and out on the tumblr app :|

[aroaceofthesea]

Ah i had missed my ad free world

[piracyismymiddlename]

Yar har!

I just got described as an "ad hating commie" by someone because I said a minute of youtube ads is unpleasant. fully spent 5 minutes arguing and defending youtube ads. insane stuff

[venomgender]

CAN YOU FUCK OFF?

[savageboar]

oh yeah revanced is also really good, been using that for a while now ever since vanced officially became obsolete.

[worsening-bad-comic-art]

You will go to the official Revanced website on your mobile device. You will download Revanced. You will install the recommended YouTube APK. You will patch it with Revanced Manager. You will enjoy ad-free YouTube on your mobile device, plus other conveniences such as Sponsorblock and automatic tracking tag stripping. I haven't seen a YouTube ad in years, and I'll never be able to go back. Fuck the advertisers and long live open source.

[voidpiano143]

genuinely revanced youtube and tumblr is so nice to have

I use revanced extended for yt but also use newpipe if j want to download songs, but there is also revanced Spotify for everyone who uses that

Reminder that you can block most ads on Android. yes, including youtube ads.

Steps: Download Firefox -> Install uBlock Origin extension.

That's literally it. Enjoy ad free web browsing while we still (barely) have it!

[mesetacadre]

Hey. Do you want to stop seeing ads on the tumblr app?

ReVanced Manager

34.9.1.100 tumblr apk (before the app got significantly more unstable)

here's a guide

Now go forth. be free of almost all dumbass UI changes and all ads (except blaze).

[sexhaver]

can you tell us all the plugins / ad blockers you use

on desktop, uBlock Origin (NOT Adblock Plus! they sold out years ago! they literally take money from advertisers to make sure their ads get through their filters!) and SponsorBlock for Firefox. if you still see ads on youtube specifically check out this page. if it's green, then the problem is with your specific installation and you should check out this reddit megathread. if it's red, then tough luck, wait a few hours for uBlock's crack team of hackers to catch back up in their constant arms race with Youtube.

for Android, get ReVanced Manager from here and use that + an .apk download of the latest Youtube release (just google "youtube apk") to patch yourself together a version of the Youtube app that acts like you paid for Advanced even though you didn't, which means no ads. also, side tangent, that's where the name comes from: originally it was just "Youtube Vanced" because it was "Advanced" without the "ad"s. then the Vanced team got slapped with a C&D for being dumbasses and minting NFTs of the Vanced logo, which was literally just the Youtube logo, so ReVanced rose from the ashes to continue its legacy. oh also there are a shitload of boxes you can check off during the patching process and one of them just integrates Sponsorblock for you, so that's nice.

i should also mention here, for no reason in particular, that the Vanced Manager app lets you patch a number of other apps in the same way, removing ads and adding "premium" features without you having to pay. one of these apps may or may not be Tumblr itself.

as long as you're fucking with your Android, download xManager and use it to get ad-free Spotify without paying for it. iirc the app auto-downloads the apk for you but it's been months since i last fucked with it so i might be misremembering.

honorary mention goes to NewPipe for being a way easier to install alternative to all of the above if you don't care about logging in. it's an alternate frontend for youtube that lets you watch it ad-free right out of the box. the main drawbacks are that the UI is a little ugly (especially compared to the official/ReVanced version), you can't use Sponsorblock, and it doesn't sync with your Google account (this could be a plus for you if you're big into privacy but personally i like having my likes and watch history synced across desktop and mobile). although now that i just did some research to make sure i wasn't talking out my ass, it looks like the original dev is working on a forked version of the app named Tubular that does have Sponsorblock and is apparently trying to get google account stuff working, so that's cool. oh and it can also browse/play Soundcloud ad-free, if you still use Soundcloud in 2024