NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
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#2I love the feature that you can have subscribe to channels without an account. However, there is a bug with a screen not going full screen having to pause and unpause video playback in order to go full screen. A bug that's been around for quite some time that is annoying.
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#3I am glad that I found it yesterday.
I have been using YouTube Vanced[0] app for some time now. After ads got out of hands and especially after the decision that YouTube would put ads to unmonetized video as well[1].
But with that app, after a recent YouTube update, it was impossible to download a video beyond 320p.
So, I was downloading 1080p/2k video manually with youtube-dl and loading them on my phone manually. For trips and such. Now I won't have to do that!
(I support individual, indie-type YouTubers by buying Patreon memberships, and buying merch if they are cool.)
[1]: https://9to5google.com/2020/11/20/youtube-to-begin-putting-a...
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#4One of the biggest strengths of Vanced over NewPipe when i tried them both was SponsorBlock [0]
Is there a similar feature available in Newpipe now?
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#5been using newpipe exclusively on android for the past around 3 years. i have basically never used the stock youtube app, before it was ios and then newpipe. i cant stand "ads".
been using sponsorblock newpipe since the original team got scared after youtube-dl dmca and they refused to accept MR of the sponsorblock developer. the fork is basically perfect. sure it has bugs but i can live with that as opposed to "a word from our sponsor"
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#6NewPipe not having essential features like the home tab (recommended videos) or My Mix make the app almost useless to me. Not supporting livestream chat or being able to watch member streams (or videos) is also another big deal breaker for me. NewPipe also can't show community posts or give me notifications when a creator uploads a video or makes a community post.
I keep the app installed as a quick way to watch videos in incognito mode.
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#7One of the biggest strengths of Vanced over NewPipe when i tried them both was SponsorBlock [0] Is there a similar feature available in Newpipe now? [0]: https://sponsor.ajay.app/
yep. https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/
a fork of newpipe for sponsorblock specific functionality. i use this now
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#8One of the biggest strengths of Vanced over NewPipe when i tried them both was SponsorBlock [0] Is there a similar feature available in Newpipe now? [0]: https://sponsor.ajay.app/
I will say, at first I was skeptical Sponsorblock would work, but after trying it, I'm really surprised by how good it is. Even videos from smaller channels generally have annotations. I also really enjoy the other types of annotations, such as "highlight" which is often used to annotate when the important part of a video is. For example, during the 3 hour long launch broadcast for JWST, it was used to mark where the countdown starts.
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#9One of the biggest strengths of Vanced over NewPipe when i tried them both was SponsorBlock [0] Is there a similar feature available in Newpipe now? [0]: https://sponsor.ajay.app/
NewPipe does not see themselves as a project focused on blocking ads but as a privacy first project.
See their reasoning for rejecting the sponsor block PR here: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/pull/3205
One can disagree with their decision but I can understand why they did this and since somebody offers builds, I don't understand why people are often angry towards the NewPipe maintainers.
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#10One of the biggest strengths of Vanced over NewPipe when i tried them both was SponsorBlock [0] Is there a similar feature available in Newpipe now? [0]: https://sponsor.ajay.app/
A few YouTubers are circumventing SponsorBlock by namedropping their favorite VPN sporadically throughout their content. Not long before creators end up sounding like the Secretary of State from Idiocracy.