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On Android if you disable the youtube app then apps like messages start complaining with popups if you receive a youtube link "you need to enable the youtube app in order for this app to work correctly"


Not on my Pixel. YouTube links open in the browser.


On my pixel youtube links also open in the browser but still there is a popup every time I open a chat in messages that contains a youtube link. I literally go and delete the youtube links people have sent me to stop it.


Not if you use the google search bar on your home screen


You can use an alternate SMS app that doesn't try to load YouTube videos.




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