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Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by xrd »

rjzzleep wrote: post #40
xrd wrote: post #39

Does this or Vanced help with the problem I have: my kids are being brainwashed via Google's algorithms? More specifically, I hate that when they watch YouTube it is pushing really shitty content on them. Is there a way with either of these apps to filter out things I don't want them to watch, or perhaps even have a list of things I only want them to watch? I don't think my kids would notice if they couldn't get Ninj…

What about just removing the youtube app from the tablet you give your child?

There are good things on YouTube. And, their friends watch YouTube.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by hilbert42 »

chrysoprace wrote: post #17

NewPipe is great but it breaks quite frequently due to the use of unofficial YouTube APIs. I tried to get my girlfriend on it because she was annoyed by all the ads but it kept breaking every month. Vanced is nice but a weakness for both is that they can't support casting on a non-jailbroken device (and I suspect the issue won't be solved by jailbreaking).

"NewPipe is great but it breaks quite frequently..."

Despite that, NewPipe is incredibly useful, especially if you don't want to Google to violate your privacy.

Given that it violates Google's TOS and that Google is liable to break it by changing YouTube parameters, etc., then it seems to me that we should be tolerant of its foibles.

Given the situation I'm surprised that it works well as it does.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by DarkCrusader2 »

rjzzleep wrote: post #40
xrd wrote: post #39

Does this or Vanced help with the problem I have: my kids are being brainwashed via Google's algorithms? More specifically, I hate that when they watch YouTube it is pushing really shitty content on them. Is there a way with either of these apps to filter out things I don't want them to watch, or perhaps even have a list of things I only want them to watch? I don't think my kids would notice if they couldn't get Ninj…

What about just removing the youtube app from the tablet you give your child?

Even more "radical" would be not giving the child a tablet at all.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by R0b0t1 »

xrd wrote: post #41
rjzzleep wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about just removing the youtube app from the tablet you give your child?

There are good things on YouTube. And, their friends watch YouTube.

If they're so young they get sucked into those weird meme videos they're probably too young for the device, if they're older than that try impressing upon the importance of viewing useful content.

And take it away if you catch them watching pointless stuff.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by azca »

xrd wrote: post #39

Does this or Vanced help with the problem I have: my kids are being brainwashed via Google's algorithms? More specifically, I hate that when they watch YouTube it is pushing really shitty content on them. Is there a way with either of these apps to filter out things I don't want them to watch, or perhaps even have a list of things I only want them to watch? I don't think my kids would notice if they couldn't get Ninj…

Proactively this is the only thing that worked: get yt premium, download YouTube videos you preselected, and disconnect the child's device.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by genzer »

xrd wrote: post #39

Does this or Vanced help with the problem I have: my kids are being brainwashed via Google's algorithms? More specifically, I hate that when they watch YouTube it is pushing really shitty content on them. Is there a way with either of these apps to filter out things I don't want them to watch, or perhaps even have a list of things I only want them to watch? I don't think my kids would notice if they couldn't get Ninj…

Have you tried YouTube Kids? I allow my daughter using only YouTube Kids (in kid mode) on my Android phone. The suggested content was good enough. Google also allowed you to supervise the content [1].

[1]: https://support.google.com/youtubekids/answer/7178746#block_...

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by thrdbndndn »

scim-knox-twox wrote: post #37

I recommend https://vancedapp.com/

Yeah, last time I tried NewPipe has no login (probably obviously).

I use YTB almost exclusively to watch my subscriptions. Without that it's kinda useless (I'm aware you can import a channel list somehow in NewPipe, but it's very inconvenient if you constantly sub/unsub stuff.)

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

#49

Post by unfamiliar »

wanderingmind wrote: post #22
simon_kun wrote: post #19

Do folks know that 55% of ad revenue goes directly to the creators whose content you are watching? Apps like this sound great, but ultimately damage ecosystems. YT Premium is like $11.99/mo and you never see an ad again. If you think you're getting $12/mo USD value out of YT, then I question why you'd want to go through the hassle of this over just paying not to see ads (ps: premium income also goes to the creators!)…

People can pay the content creators through Patron or other platforms without having Google watching and tracking every online action. Google is pushing tag manager and other options because of ad revenue. Killing ads at every possible opportunity is a noble act and moral responsibility of every tech sophisticated user.

Then they can watch the content through Patreon too, no need for YouTube at all.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by jraph »

chrysoprace wrote: post #17

NewPipe is great but it breaks quite frequently due to the use of unofficial YouTube APIs. I tried to get my girlfriend on it because she was annoyed by all the ads but it kept breaking every month. Vanced is nice but a weakness for both is that they can't support casting on a non-jailbroken device (and I suspect the issue won't be solved by jailbreaking).

Even when using NewPipe's F-Droid repository?

https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/install-add-fdroid-repo/

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