1y ago

YouTube redesign tests replacing Library with 'You' tab

YouTube for Android is now testing a somewhat big redesign that replaces the Library tab for “You.” After long...

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Every time I read "YouTube redesign" I hope for a proper Material You design (including adaptive colors). Instead it's always just some menus shifting around.
- It makes me really mad cause YouTube is clearly taking ideas from Material Design 3, and even M3 recommends customizing it, but the way YouTube has done it is to make components smaller and harder to use in comparison to canonical M3. Like the bottom bar which is way thinner than the M3 one in comparison.
  It makes YouTube look like it's using a M3 knockoff
- YouTube has gone far from Material Design long time ago. The thin ugly icons are just one from many of the examples.
- Use LibreTube. It doesn't have ads, it protects your privacy and it has full Material You support. It also has SponsorBlock and DeArrow built in. It's just a superior YouTube experience.

Today I learned there's a library tab. I clicked in on it and am sure I've never seen that before.
- Have you never looked at your history or playlists? Or maybe there's another way to access those.
  
  Yes, I use both pretty heavily. But they're right there in the same menu, what's under Library just seems like a less useful version of what I want.

I've never even looked at the "library" tab in my life and wasn't even aware it existed until reading this post.
- It's basically just for your playlists, favorites, and watch history. "Library" never made much sense for that tab anyway.

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