Worthwhile checking YouTube Vanced too. It looks and acts more like youtube, but newpipe has it's benefits too
Vanced is a modded YouTube official app. Some premium features enabled and removed ads.
NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
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Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#192YouTube is one of the worst Android apps in regards of usability, accidental clicks, and anoying ads.
It would be great if there was a way installing the app without allowing third party sources.
Haven't developed on Android since years. Does anyone know if I can build it and upload it via ADB without enabling apps from 3rd party sources.
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#193Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, and if they start identifying Google accounts that share the IP of a device violating YouTube TOS and disabling those accounts, some people will be very sad. They should at least consider the possibility. Go in with open eyes, so to say. This story comes to mind: https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/239728-google-suspends-ac...
> Yes, and if they start identifying Google accounts that share the IP of a device violating YouTube TOS and disabling those accounts, some people will be very sad. If this happens, even more people will take their eggs out of Google's basket. I've already migrated my email to another provider and use Searx[1] for search. [1] https://github.com/asciimoo/searx
Feel free to not use YouTube.
If you do use it, please don't violate the TOS, because it increases the chances you'll screw it up for everyone else (me). People who violate TOS are why we can't have nice things.
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#194Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you please not mention adblock. Last thing we want is google banning adblock users
Fun story: adblock does NOT block youtube ads. It would be almost impossible to - they are served from the same inscrutable urls as real videos. Instead youtube detects adblock and does not show ads to adblock users on purpose. So next time you see a YouTube employee, thank them for that
Actually, no.
> they are served from the same inscrutable urls as real video
This may be right, so host based adblocking may not work.
However, uBlock origin etc definitely block youtube ads and it works as a browser extension so they have access to the DOM and probably do something there.
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#195Youtube might be the only place I actually don't mind ads. Some creators on youtube are extremely good at providing valuable content in short form - I use it primarily as a learning platform, whether I am doing wood work, learning how to fix something at home, or learning about a new topic. I would rather continue to support these creators by watching ads on their own channel than paying for a subscription that cover…
You should buy youtube premium.
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#196NewPipe is fantastic, but worth mentioning since I don't see it so far, that the one killer downside is "no support for Chromecasting/DLNA" [1] [2], which means I continue to keep the official YouTube app around for occasional use when I want a bigger screen. [1]: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/105 [2]: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/668
PipeCast [0] is pretty recently active, and the first sentence of the readme has a certain... certainty... to it, so there's hope!
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#197YouTube is one of the worst Android apps in regards of usability, accidental clicks, and anoying ads. It would be great if there was a way installing the app without allowing third party sources. Haven't developed on Android since years. Does anyone know if I can build it and upload it via ADB without enabling apps from 3rd party sources.
As a YouTube Premium user it's a lot less annoying, but what's frustrating for me is it not being simple to go back to a video after accidentally exiting it (where in a browser you would just go back to that tab, or press back or whatever).
Also the application crashes all the time, especially when switching to play in the background (locking the screen, switching apps, etc.); and as of Android 10 on my device it introduces a delay when switching to background play, which interrupts the audio (it didn't do this on Android 9).
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#198YouTube is one of the worst Android apps in regards of usability, accidental clicks, and anoying ads. It would be great if there was a way installing the app without allowing third party sources. Haven't developed on Android since years. Does anyone know if I can build it and upload it via ADB without enabling apps from 3rd party sources.
The ads in youtube this past year have been a bit scary. I'm assuming some weird ads are getting past the moderators because I'm in Sweden, and it's not a big ad market maybe.
Either way, I get misspelled ads, or ads that just say "18 YEAR OLD WOMEN" in some shitty 1999 font that is barely legible.
Edit: I'm talking about the clickable ads interspersed between videos in the UI.
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#199Watching 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 wh…
I don't want those features and I don't want to be asked if I want those features everyday.
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#200This is why, despite all its shortcomings, Android still is a more open platform compared to iOS. Big thanks to F-Droid and the open source Android community.