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A simple network sniffer is enough to figure out what sites the app is connecting to, then you can just block them on the router.

If you are using Android, you can do that easily right on your phone with PCAPdroid, it's on the play store. No root required.

Filter is not block though, if you open the instance on your browser, you still see them. Only if you actually block them, they are gone.

Yep, confirmed. Not working for me either in Beta 30.

I can't tell, I have a youtube account.

Workplace policy leading to inherent familiarity with the system.

Plus most people aren't heavy users or particularly tech-savvy. Installing an OS from scratch is already too much to ask for most.

https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext is the only app you'll need on a TV. It's designed for it and fully syncs with your original youtube account.

Direct download: https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext/releases/download/latest/smarttube_beta.apk

Um, no. It flags it for the user to review and urges a removal, that you can ignore. That's it.

I live in China and have a Xiaomi phone as a work device, and use all sorts of apps the powers that be don't like on it.

Maybe put it on the github tracker as a feature request so you can be certain to get a reply?

https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-lemmy/issues/new/choose

They have pirated apps? That's news to me.

The quick block is there, under "filter".

It doesn't work in China, if that's any indication.

You might want to sign up with astrill. Greetings from China, we've been dealing with this shit for decades.