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On mobile it's annoying yes, but there is always a working solution around. On TV however the app "SmartTubeNext" seems to update faster than YouTube patches. (Afaik there are multiple Vanced clones like revanced in case you are using the original)

If you have a solution on mobile, please do DM me :) I've tried multiple workarounds and none of them seem to permanently fix the problem

Firefox for Android + Ublock? Throw in Background Video fixer too.

The only missing feature is casting at that point

Revanced with a client version spoof works for me.

Brave?

Actually it lives again in the form of Revanced.

You do have to build an APK yourself by applying patches to an official YT APK but it's pretty easy to so with the CLI tool and works a treat.

Also legally much safer than Vance's.

There's now revanced which works just fine though.