something I've always wondered: why hasn't anyone built a fully-featured desktop Youtube front-end experience? With, like, borderless floating video (a la Firefox's floating video feature), dimming the desktop, a search experience that doesn't bombard you with clickbait garbage, etc? it seems like Youtube.com is really just a fancy mp4 player, targeting static video content. does Youtube actively do anything to preve…
NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
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It really is great! Been using it for years. Tends to break sometimes, but lately not. Especially great for audio as background sound
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#133Incredible. The idea that YouTube artificially limits the function to get you to do stuff is really annoying. I love that you can send the audio to the background. I've wanted that for years.
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The official app doesn't support 3x speed playback.
My brain doesn't either :)
Hah, it depends on the video/podcast I'm watching/listening to for sure, but sometimes 2.5x/3x is very nice.
I think I sort of built it up over time though, I remember not being able to do 2x previously because it seemed to fast, but I guess I got used to it.
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That's not piracy. Youtube is sending you packets, out of their own choice. It's my own right to save those packets(without re-distributing) them and watch them in any form I like. Playing in the background is not a "feature", it's a basic device capability, the fact that YouTube went out of their way to prevent it does not make it right, imagine if the browser client had stopped playing when you went out of focus -…
No, that's not how any of this works. Google has terms of use on their service. You are violating those terms of service. This is completely cut and dry.
> Google has terms of use on their service.
> You are violating those terms of service.
That's not what piracy means, and that's not how the law works. If I state that the terms of service of reading this comment are that you must hop on one leg for the rest of your life, and you continue to walk on two, you won't be violating any laws.
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#136The app is great, but wasn't google recently banning user accounts for it? Youtube account and google account is same thing, so this app is useful only for othwerwise ungoogled users
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YouTube Premium will not show any Ads. You just need to pay for the service you're receiving. Since when is that an unreasonable ask?
The entitlement among the general population is a little nuts. We expect things for free, without ads, and with high reliability. In this case we also want additional features like not logging in, downloads and background playback. Side note: Is it any wonder that journalism is dying when no one wants to pay for it (or be subject to advertising)? YouTube is asking that their users either watch ads or pay money. That'…
I doubt Google is in any danger of not making outrageously huge sums of money off youtube.
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#138something I've always wondered: why hasn't anyone built a fully-featured desktop Youtube front-end experience? With, like, borderless floating video (a la Firefox's floating video feature), dimming the desktop, a search experience that doesn't bombard you with clickbait garbage, etc? it seems like Youtube.com is really just a fancy mp4 player, targeting static video content. does Youtube actively do anything to preve…
> With, like, borderless floating video (a la Firefox's floating video feature) If your referring to Picture in Picture, it was implemented for Chrome via an official extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/picture-in-picture...
Problem with PiP is that just grabs the stream and not the subtitles overlay. It's why I use a Netflix desktop client.
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#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, that's not how any of this works. Google has terms of use on their service. You are violating those terms of service. This is completely cut and dry.
Which part of the terms does it violate?
https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms#ad6952fd3c
Under the heading, "Permissions and Restrictions":
> The following restrictions apply to your use of the Service. You are not allowed to:
> 1. access, reproduce, download, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, alter, modify or otherwise use any part of the Service or any Content except: (a) as expressly authorized by the Service; or (b) with prior written permission from YouTube and, if applicable, the respective rights holders;
> 2. circumvent, disable, fraudulently engage with, or otherwise interfere with any part of the Service (or attempt to do any of these things), including security-related features or features that (a) prevent or restrict the copying or other use of Content or (b) limit the use of the Service or Content;
> 3. access the Service using any automated means (such as robots, botnets or scrapers) except (a) in the case of public search engines, in accordance with YouTube’s robots.txt file; or (b) with YouTube’s prior written permission;
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#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
YouTube Premium will not show any Ads. You just need to pay for the service you're receiving. Since when is that an unreasonable ask?
Well, if you want an example, the premium subscription is not available in my country. I send a small sum (small by Western standards and pretty substantial to me) once or twice a year directly to the creators of two channels I am interested in.
Yeah, I think it's fine if you can't pay because the service provider is being dumb.
It's a whole different matter when you can pay, the service provider asks you to pay and then you release an app that deliberately bypasses that ask.