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NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client

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Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client

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Post by 7786655 »

ffpip wrote: post #16
R0b0t1 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The ads are delivered separately for now. You bring up an interesting idea; I guess they aren't able to store the ads in the video stream for now.

They can't personlize ads then, unless they are willing to put extreme load on their servers for every video ever requested

Not necessarily. It's possible to splice together compressed video streams without reencoding them. See https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Concatenate

Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client

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Post by sjroot »

piyush_soni wrote: post #29

Isn't it against Google's terms and conditions to run such an app that plays YouTube videos without playing the ads too? I remember reading about that.

Most likely. I understand the appeal of these types of applications but it really just comes off as entitled IMO. Just watch the ads to support the content creators you care about - it isn’t that hard.

I imagine this will be an unpopular opinion here though.

Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client

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Post by jedimastert »

sjroot wrote: post #32
piyush_soni wrote: post #29

Isn't it against Google's terms and conditions to run such an app that plays YouTube videos without playing the ads too? I remember reading about that.

Most likely. I understand the appeal of these types of applications but it really just comes off as entitled IMO. Just watch the ads to support the content creators you care about - it isn’t that hard. I imagine this will be an unpopular opinion here though.

That's why I'm on YouTube Premium. I definitely watch enough youtube to get $10 out of it.

Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client

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Post by zeta0134 »

sniperjzp wrote: post #17

Watching youtube videos using Google's bandwidth, without watching any ads or paying for sub, I don't see how this could be legit in the long term.

To be fair, I do pay for subscriptions for a few YouTubers. Wintergatan in particular is excellent. Of course, many creatives are using Patreon and other external revenue sources and frankly that's wise, given YouTube's track record with unusual copyright strikes and other platform nonsense.

Even if I were to pay for Youtube Red, this application has a feature that I cannot get with the official app: a lack of dependence on the Google Play store and services. Since I run a build of Android that does not include those services, this app is wonderful to bridge the gap, as it performs much better than playing the videos directly in Firefox. That it happens to include a bunch of extra features the official app does not is just a bonus really.

Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client

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Post by realpanzer »

There are some more options available if it happens that you don't like Newpipe: https://www.layluh.com/ https://freetubeapp.io/ http://omega.gg/MotionBox/ http://www.viewpure.com https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/df-tube-distractio... https://toogl.es

Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client

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Post by noarchy »

sgloutnikov wrote: post #14
noarchy wrote: post #9

This remains a killer app for me on Android. I don't know if anything equivalent exists on iOS, to enable background playing and video downloads (and you can choose whether to download them as audio files).

Musi[1] is what I use for playing in the background on iOS. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/musi-simple-music-streaming/id...

I'm not sure that Apple would ban it. Do they really care if people bypass YouTube's intended restrictions? Obviously Google cares, so you won't be seeing NewPipe on the Play Store.

Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client

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Post by izacus »

sniperjzp wrote: post #17

Watching youtube videos using Google's bandwidth, without watching any ads or paying for sub, I don't see how this could be legit in the long term.

I wonder why this is being downvoted - Google asks for subscription for features that this app hacks for free. In any other context this would be deemed unethical (or even piracy). E.g. think of an application that streams Apple Music without paying Apple or distributors of cracked apps with enabled in-app purchase features.

And yet the HN community happily endorses such apps when it comes to Google. I also wonder why moderators think that this is acceptable in terms of YouTube.

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