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NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
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Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#52Proactively this is the only thing that worked: get yt premium, download YouTube videos you preselected, and disconnect the child's device.
> Proactively this is the only thing that worked: get yt premium, download YouTube videos you preselected, and disconnect the child's device.
YT Premium only makes the problem worse by still allowing native ads and requiring you to log in using an account that is tied to your real world identity (for payment processing).
You just end up giving more data points to Google to track and don't get rid of all ads.
Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#53Do 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.
What piece of the pie does Patreon take and why do we want to pay their slice?
Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#54Better than Vanced
I was thinking of installing vanced, but then realised I do banking on my phone, and thought, yeah, I must be crazy to think about installing something not on the App store. The only thing I would install not on the app store would be something opensource like NewPipe.
Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
They can take it or they can leave it, because they must adapt or die.
You can pay for YouTube premium for no ads. You already get to choose between free, with ads or paid without. The "adaptation" you're calling for is what exactly? YouTube hosting and serving video content as a charity?
I used to allow ads, but they've made their ads unbearable.
If they work out how to stop me from blocking ads, I won't watch.
It's that simple.
Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#56I keep a OneNote page on how to block YouTube Ads: Desktop: Firefox + uBlock Origin iOS: Cercube Android: NewPipe, Vanced I would like to know a good non-jailbreak method of blocking YouTube ads on iOS if anyone knows how.
Using an Invidious instance probably solves the issue. That's what I use on my Linux laptop now. SponsorBlock is also compatible with it.
I now have my own install of Invidious on which I manage my subscriptions (without any Google account) but there are quite a few readily available Invidious instances.
Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#57Do 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!)…
> then I question why you'd want to go through the hassle of this over just paying not to see ads
Can I set the YouTube app to open directly to my list of subscriptions rather than the YouTube home page?
Can I hide the thumbnails from all videos on the YouTube app?
Can I skip annoying sponsored segments? (I usually end up blocking the entire channel which has annoying sposnored segments on my browser with BlockTube)
Can I turn off comments?
Can I turn off suggestions for videos to watch?
If the answer to any of these questions is no, I don't wanna use the official YouTube app, even if there are no ads after paying for Premium.
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#58Does 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.
What does getting YouTube Premium add to that plan? Wouldn't it work just as well without that step?
Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#59NewPipe 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).
Me and all of my friends and family have Vanced, I've never heard anyone of them mentioning a casting issue
Yes, I too use Vanced frequently and casting works fine.
It also detects and casts to the smartyoutubetv app on my firetv.
Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#60Do 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!)…
No matter how much I can pay, why should I when I am getting a vastly superior experience with these options? This is just downloading and installing an app, wayy less of a "hassle" than setting up payment and exposing yourself to Youtube's abhorrent feed on the front page. These ideals don't work in the free market; if I can take something for free I'll take it as I see fit, as will all rational consumers across the world if they can.