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Post by wolvesechoes »

LeonM wrote: post #120
dejawu wrote: post #55

Every so often, YouTube changes something on their site that causes NewPipe to stop working. Usually within a few days, NewPipe pushes an update that fixes this, and we're back in business. Every time this happens, I donate to their Liberapay. https://newpipe.net/donate/

NewPipe has a few features that I like, but let's be real: most people use NewPipe for the 'privacy' feature AKA: blocking ads. At the risk of being downvoted for having an unpopular opinion: but if circumventing ads is your goal, then just get Youtube Premium in instead of paying for piracy. Because contrary to popular belief, the majority of that subscription fee is actually distributed amongst the content creators…

instead of paying for piracy

I am not paying for piracy, I am paying for an app that makes YT experience somewhat bearable, and lack of ads is only one aspect of it.

If you want to support your favorite creators, do it through different channels than by feeding the corporate beast.

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Post by Disposal8433 »

LeonM wrote: post #120
dejawu wrote: post #55

Every so often, YouTube changes something on their site that causes NewPipe to stop working. Usually within a few days, NewPipe pushes an update that fixes this, and we're back in business. Every time this happens, I donate to their Liberapay. https://newpipe.net/donate/

NewPipe has a few features that I like, but let's be real: most people use NewPipe for the 'privacy' feature AKA: blocking ads. At the risk of being downvoted for having an unpopular opinion: but if circumventing ads is your goal, then just get Youtube Premium in instead of paying for piracy. Because contrary to popular belief, the majority of that subscription fee is actually distributed amongst the content creators…

Google is an evil corporation that I'd rather not mingle with. Blocking ads is a side-effect but it's not the main feature for me.

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Post by atlasunshrugged »

fodmap wrote: post #114
raydenvm wrote: post #7

I live in Ukraine. So I donate to lots of funds like United24 and Come Back Alive Foundation. I believe it helps stop the war and the aggressor. Thousands die every day...

I also suggest NAFO ( https://www.help99.co/ ) and Car for Ukraine ( https://car4ukraine.com ).

+1 to help99 (I used to live in Estonia and know the folks behind it and can confirm everything donated makes its way directly to the units)

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Post by pirvjxpasio »

LeonM wrote: post #120
dejawu wrote: post #55

Every so often, YouTube changes something on their site that causes NewPipe to stop working. Usually within a few days, NewPipe pushes an update that fixes this, and we're back in business. Every time this happens, I donate to their Liberapay. https://newpipe.net/donate/

NewPipe has a few features that I like, but let's be real: most people use NewPipe for the 'privacy' feature AKA: blocking ads. At the risk of being downvoted for having an unpopular opinion: but if circumventing ads is your goal, then just get Youtube Premium in instead of paying for piracy. Because contrary to popular belief, the majority of that subscription fee is actually distributed amongst the content creators…

I think the privacy is more about not giving google a comprehensive view of everything you do on the platform than just not seeing ads. If you didn't want ads, you could just watch regular youtube website with ublock origin, even on android firefox supports it.

Re: Ask HN: What projects do you donate to?

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Post by vishnumohandas »

shelled wrote: post #95

It's mostly what I use daily or a lot (except one these are not recurring; I will try to make these recurring once I am financially there again): - https://objective-see.org/support.html (For https://github.com/objective-see/LuLu et al) - https://www.thunderbird.net/donate (I hope none of it goes to Mozilla or Firefox. I also hope https://thundermail.com brings something than I can instead pay for, if I can or will d…

Hey, one of the folks working on Ente here, thanks for supporting us!

Are there any interactions that you find annoying within the app? It'd be great if you could specifics, we'd like to explore what is feasible within the bounds of Flutter.

Thanks again!

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