I installed the lasted recommended version on my fresh install of android 14 (custom rom of course, with nikgapps if it matters), and it auto-updated the app, losing the patches and what not. Auto update was off and still is, i had to double check because I made the mistake once. What gives? Did something change with google? I remember some script to separate the app from the play store back in the day but not sure if that's the silver bullet to do right now, as it had been working so far just disabling the auto update. If anyone encountered this and/or fixed already, let me know.

Edit: Since the response from the team, as you can see below, was vague and didn't offer an actual solution for the problem, I'm doing my part for root/magisk users: I'm using now the magisk module of revanced youtube with the detach module from github.com/j-hc/. It's not official, I can't guarantee it's safe. So far it hasn't updated itself, and it's working as expected. Which is what we all wanted right, no need to make a scene out of this.

Well..i just update the yt app and now the app doesn't let me in. I keep clicking on it and it sends me back every time. What's going on..what do i do with this..