Not even speaking about all the ads in the default YouTube app without a subscription.

The app is basically useless in my opinion. It defaults to freaking 240p for every video. My phone is definitively not the problem, also not the Internet connection. Watching in Firefox on the same connection gives me normal expected quality.

This was better on some “feature phones” without touchscreen!!! YouTube app works and playback is in 720p / 1080p

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    1 year ago

    You default to 240 because your internet sucks or you need to change the default setting. I get 720 all the time and could go higher if I wanted. I never see 240.

    This is a you issue and not an app issue.

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      1 year ago

      Tbf my official YouTube also defaults to some shitty quality even on wifi, on my desktop and tv it always goes to 4k. I’ve also configured it to high picture quality or whatever.

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        1 year ago

        If you go to settings>advanced>you can straight up choose the quality video will play at.

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          My settings are set to the highest quality.

          I’m using revamped now anyway, and it works flawlessly.

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        But this is a real issue. Video playback on my phone usually starts at 480p but on my laptop it starts at 1080p. Both are connected to the same network.

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          And how many pixels wide is your phone in the direction you watch videos?

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            1 year ago

            Its a full HD screen same as my laptop (similar number of pixels but much higher pixel density for the phone)