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Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Twitter won't let you browse more than a handful of tweets before blocking the service demanding you login. I was trying to read an article about gpt-3 and the author had decided to embed tweets with pictures of text on, so not only could I not read the text without right-clicking the image to view on its own then zooming and panning but after a while Twitter would just prevent me from reading any further without log…

https://drewdevault.com/2021/09/23/Nitter-and-other-internet... Use nitter, libreddit, invidious, bibliogram (is that one dead?) and others. It's a shame that these big companies seem to suck at making usable websites. They probably chase "conversion" to new accounts at all costs. And that probably works (A/B tested).

> It's a shame that these big companies seem to suck at making usable websites.

The Reddit and Twitter web apps are actually great on mobile, but they lock you out after a few minutes. I used to use both all the time until three or so years ago when the constant app pushing made both unusable.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Some time ago Google made some changes to age verification, and now you can't watch age restricted videos without logging in, which means you can't watch them using NewPipe. It also means you can't watch them without handing over your phone number to Google, because it seems it's no longer possible to create a YT account without a phone number. This whole thing makes NewPipe a lot less useful than it used to be.

Actually there is a toggle in the settings (under content) to bypass this, seems like this is an issue that Piped avoids as well which I wholehearted recommend for desktop or browser use.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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For those that aren't aware, there is a fork of Newpipe that implements SponsorBlock, which blocks several annoying segments in youtube videos. I honestly can't believe how much of a quality of life difference it makes for YouTube

https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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What does getting YouTube Premium add to that plan? Wouldn't it work just as well without that step?

You need YouTube Premium to be able to download videos to watch offline (plus see no ads)

Newpipe can also download. No need for bloated YouTube-App, Premium subscription or ti hassle with a command line tool (in case CLI's are not your thing).

As also mentioned by others, youtube-dl seems kinda dead. However there is a good fork/successor called "yt-dlp" which, in addition to other nice improvements, also somehow manages to work around the enforced heavy bandwidth limit by YT.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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For those that aren't aware, there is a fork of Newpipe that implements SponsorBlock, which blocks several annoying segments in youtube videos. I honestly can't believe how much of a quality of life difference it makes for YouTube https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe

I enjoy using Vanced, which blocks ads and in a recent update started blocking sponsor segments.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Use SmartTubeNext on Android TV, the integration is incredibly better than NewPipe.

Thanks for the suggestion. Does it support subscriptions? I can't tell from the README...

Yes, it supports connecting with your (or multiple) YouTube account(s). That means it supports subscriptions, history, likes, etc. It just doesn’t handle comments in any way (which is a feature if you ask me :D)

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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It's just a command-line tool to download audio/video from youtube (and many other sites). You'd need to setup the iPad thing yourself, maybe using something like Plex?

Consider Jellyfin instead of Plex (doesn't Plex try to push "free" content in addition to what you add to the server?)

Plex has shifted over time to present their content more prominently. It got to the point that your own media isn't even displayed on the default landing screen. Had to re-teach the kids how to find their movies and whatnot.

I haven't had it running in about a year though, couldn't be bothered after a move.

Jellyfin looks nice. I'll have to give it a go. I am dreading having to set everything up again if I move off of plex, rather than just grab my docker-compose file and get going.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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If you’re using an Android TV, I’d totally recommend SmartTubeNext over NewPipe. I tried both and the experience is way better. STN also embeds SponsorBlock by default. And it supports YouTube accounts so you can still subscribe to channels properly. You can even cast to SmartTubeNext from your smartphone, from the official YouTube application !

Yes, I add my recommendation too for SmartTubeNext for Android TV. Awesome app with frequent updates.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Thanks for the suggestion. Does it support subscriptions? I can't tell from the README...

Yes, it supports connecting with your (or multiple) YouTube account(s). That means it supports subscriptions, history, likes, etc. It just doesn’t handle comments in any way (which is a feature if you ask me :D)

Ah. One-time export or does it actually impersonate YouTube? Not having to use a YouTube account and log in is the best thing about NewPipe on the phone and FreeTube on the desktop IMO.
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