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

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You probably installed from some app store? You need to install from the github repository. Youtube changes interface every once in a while, this is really isnt any app's fault, but youtube's. Same thing happens to youtube-dl all the time.

Yes, F-droid, which NewPipe says they support. If the app crashes with a Java stack backtrace, it's the app's fault.

This app is not for you. Use the mainstream.

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

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Google not displaying relevant ads do NOT in any way make it less wrong. In your case, there are 2 'ethical' options: use premium or avoid the service. Btw I also use adblock so I am a part of the problem.

By paying for premium you support a company whose business model is based on selling emotional manipulation (i.e. ads). You support a company that violates your right to use the software of your choice on your personal property. And you give in to extortion by paying for not being exposed to emotional manipulation. Paying for premium is the unethical option here.

> By paying for premium you support a company whose business model is based on selling emotional manipulation

The corollary of that is that any interaction with such a company is unethical, since it encourages them to continue the manipulation on people who may not be as aware or resistant.

I therefore assume you've routed YouTube.com to :: ?

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

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You might want to consider setting up a Pi-Hole. Not sure how well those work with chromecasts though.

Pi hole cannot block ads inside of YouTube app, only on the web. I suppose that will be similar with Chromecast.

Youtube ads work in a way that domain blocking(pi-hole) cannot block them.

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

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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…

F-droid sometimes lags a couple days behind the latest updates. Usually the parsing errors are fixed within a day or two and made available on the official site before f-droid. As far as I know, those are usually caused by updates to youtube itself.

It's because F-droid builds these every week instead of as soon as it is out.

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

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I hope you realize that apps like these kill the ecosystem for content creators who are paid based on ads. If you don't like YT ads, pay for the premium version. But suggesting that this app is great is not right. Anyways, I trust if this becomes big, YT will kill them anyways. YT API requires keys and they know exactly what is going on here and can shut it down in a heartbeat if they want to. This is exactly what ha…

> hope you realize that apps like these kill the ecosystem for content creators who are paid based on ads. If your only source of revenue is Youtube, you probably have to worry about Google more than this kind of clients taking away your earnings.

Patreon is probably a better source of income for them. Until peertube is good enough atleast.

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

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You can also upload IPA files to your iPhone using older versions of iTunes that supports sideloading saved (but purchased) IPA files. Apple now offers downloads for these older versions of iTunes, see here: https://support.apple.com/downloads/itunes Apple also makes iTunes 12.6.x available for download, but it's hidden on this page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208079 - this is the last Windows version with IPA…

https://twitter.com/appledry05/status/1256316190403764226

FilzaEscaped requires you to be jailbroken.

I should have said that I was asking how users can acquire IPA files without having jailbroken their device first.

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

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Yes. Before youtube we just sent each other video files directly, posted them on our own websites, or found them with p2p software, all of which worked fine. Web services are traps promising ease of use, while actually aiming for lock in based on network effects. That so many people think the centralized third party hosting and bundled viewing software are critical to the general functionality just goes to show how i…

So this is your design ? Have mkbhd zip his file and send it to his million subscribers ?

Like a podcast? It works for audio. As another poster has pointed out torrents could make distribution more efficient.

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

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post #178

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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…

I was experiencing it. Then I realised f-droid just hadn't updated in a while - no doubt it's that Google battery saver feature where the programs I want my phone to run to achieve some background task get banned.

Since updating manually (in f-droid) i have been a happy camper.

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

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>but 75% of the time it fails to play the video I would quibble with that. It's really all or nothing. Youtube changes something, NewPipe breaks entirely. Then NewPipe is updated, and it works perfectly again. I like NewPipe, but in practice this means you just have to accept that there will be stretches, a few days or a week long, where it just doesn't work at all.

Actually, that's the funny thing. I noticed that I could find videos that work, while others didn't.

i think monotised videos die easier than non-monotised ones. leave it long enough and they all die.

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

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>I use an iPhone 6 and have refused to upgrade iOS to the latest version Why not get an Android then?

One less act of defiance to brag about on internet forums?

security updates? i don't need no stinking security updates!
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