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

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Post by codeisawesome »

shripadk wrote: post #400
valvar wrote: post #286

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I want to support a content creator, I do so by donating to them directly, not by allowing a massive and (in my personal opinion) evil company to profit both of my and their backs. Not to mention that both seeing ads and using the official YouTube app is quite unpleasant. I am very grateful to the developers of NewPipe for providing me with a painless way to experience the content produced by creators that I like,…

> If I want to support a content creator, I do so by donating to them directly, not by allowing a massive and (in my personal opinion) evil company to profit both of my and their backs. Not to mention that both seeing ads and using the official YouTube app is quite unpleasant. There is a big problem in your model. But before that let me address the reason why the current model is better. You are right that the interm…

All this is a reasoned argument - but advertising really sucks, it’s either overtly irritating you or covertly brainwashing you with visuals and voices you would never naturally care to see.

Plus, the democratised ad platforms have led to random scummy people running their disgusting scams on forex trading or get rich quick schemes, or tech products that don’t work etc. being able to get in my face while I’m at home relaxing. I’d want to see that problem fixed.

Example: I love Apple products, I’ve watched dozens of hours of Apple product reviews - and I often like what I see, and end up buying. But I still “Skip ad” on Apple ads - because ad content really sucks!

So as a modern civilisation we must find a way to sell products better than the current state of the art in the ad industry.

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

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Post by MayeulC »

JulianWasTaken wrote: post #154

NewPipe 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

It does include a built-in "play to kodi" feature, though, which fits my use-case better, personally. But I agree that more options would be beter (Chromecast though I despise it, nymphcast).

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

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Post by MayeulC »

jraph wrote: post #265
de6u99er wrote: post #192

YouTube 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.

Sure. Download the APK from the F-Droid website [1] and install it with adb install. If you want to build it yourself, you can build it like any regular Android app with gradle, or by following the F-Droid recipe [2] (edit: which does not provide much useful information in the case of NewPipe, but it can be a great source of information for apps that are more difficult to build, especially if you want to remove the p…

I've found that the Magisk module for the f-droid priv-ext tends to work better than the OTA for Android 10.

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

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Post by cycloptic »

ehsankia wrote: post #402
toastercat wrote: post #375

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I believe, based on conversations I've had, that the target audience of NewPipe overlaps with the target audience of solutions such as PeerTube, Mastodon, and other FOSS, privacy-centric alternatives.

Does PeerTube pay people? Or is the assumption that creators should get all their revenue from external sources?

PeerTube is not a company, it's an open source implementation of a peer-to-peer video sharing platform. Any person or company that wants to can pick it up and build a commercial platform on top of it. Whether that includes advertising or not is up to them.

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

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Post by II2II »

dmos62 wrote: post #178
drewg123 wrote: post #18

This is the best youtube client, bar none. It keeps local history and "subscriptions" without requiring you to log in to google. I use it on an Amazon Fire Tablet. There seems to be no iOS equivalent, which is one of the things preventing me from upgrading to an iPad. Has anybody used it recently on AndroidTV / FireTV? I've tried it several times in the past, and its always been wonky there. I use SmartYouTubeTV ( ht…

I've had it on my phone for some time, but 75% of the time it fails to play the video, complaining that it failed to parse the video page, or something similar. With youtube-dl, you have to keep it updated for it to not crash with similar errors, so might be a question of updates not being regular enough (I use F-Droid to update it). Also, suggestion capabilities of Youtube are very high. I'll always be coming back f…

Odd.

I know what you're talking about since I have experienced it before, but I have not encountered the problem often in the past year or so. Perhaps you were just using it during a dry spell from the NewPipe developers or F-Droid. A number of useful features have been added during the past year, such as the ability to view live streams. A few quirks also exist, such as feeds displaying videos that are posted in the future.

As for the recommendation engine, I prefer gaming it. NewPipe is wonderful because it does not feed it. I have a special profiles setup on my desktop for when I want to feed it. This approach works wonderfully for discovering new channels, allows for multiple profiles to get recommendations for different viewing interests, avoids polluting recommendations based upon a single odd-ball view, and allows finer grained control over the information that I feed Google.

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

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Post by BlameKaneda »

KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #416

Can someone do a comparison to Vanced? Been using vanced for a long time, what's here that's worth switching.

I use Vanced and if I recall correctly, NewPipe doesn't port your YouTube playlists over. I save music to playlists so not having that feature would've been a huge pain.

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

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Post by jraph »

MayeulC wrote: post #413
jraph wrote: post #265

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure. Download the APK from the F-Droid website [1] and install it with adb install. If you want to build it yourself, you can build it like any regular Android app with gradle, or by following the F-Droid recipe [2] (edit: which does not provide much useful information in the case of NewPipe, but it can be a great source of information for apps that are more difficult to build, especially if you want to remove the p…

I've found that the Magisk module for the f-droid priv-ext tends to work better than the OTA for Android 10.

Exactly. The ota was not yet updated to support android 10 last time I checked and paths have changed.

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

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Post by unleashit »

drewg123 wrote: post #367
unleashit wrote: post #189

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It works well for me on Android TV with Nvidia Shield. At one point I noticed after a Newpipe upgrade I couldn't get the cursor to go down to the list of videos. So I downgraded for a couple of weeks. Then when the next version came out I tried it and it was fine again. One weird thing I noticed was that I used to be able to get a mouse style cursor with the right stick, but that stopped working at some point. Not su…

I have a shield, and I generally just use the TV remote controlling the shield via HDMI CEC. Maybe that's why it doesn't work well for me. I'll have to try it again.

Yeah that could be it. I use the gamepad or sometimes an air mouse. Both work fine. My only gripe is Nvidia doesn't let you put side loaded apps on the homescreen.
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