Another reason why Android is the superior phone OS.
NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
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Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly, I do not understand why one should use this. I have recently seen some high quality YT videos, each of a length of 30-60 minutes. In those videos where some sponsors mentioned which took only one or two minutes. Seems perfectly OK for me to support the creators. I guess if many people block sponsor content, this kind of vids will die.
So what are we paying premium for if the creator pushes their own ads? Anyhow, when I was watching TV year's ago, I hardly ever stayed on a channel during the ads break. I won't sacrifice my time being sold on mostly rubbish which I wouldn't buy anyway (vpn, brilliant etc.)
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Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#83Installable via F-Droid, always a good sign.
Absolutely, though the default F-Droid repo is a little slow to update (in case of the twice-a-year "Youtube changed their UI, breaking the world" update), so Newpipe team recommends their own (third party) F-Droid repo[1], where the updates are fresh off the press.
[1]: https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/install-add-fdroid-repo/
Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#84Also, checkout NewPipe with built in SponsorBlock functionality: https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe
Honestly, I do not understand why one should use this. I have recently seen some high quality YT videos, each of a length of 30-60 minutes. In those videos where some sponsors mentioned which took only one or two minutes. Seems perfectly OK for me to support the creators. I guess if many people block sponsor content, this kind of vids will die.
If you watch YouTube enough you'll basically become aware of all the sponsors pretty quickly (and may even be a customer of some already!), so any exposure beyond that is a waste of time for all involved - if I didn't buy the product after seeing it 10 times, I won't buy it after seeing it the 11th either.
Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly, I do not understand why one should use this. I have recently seen some high quality YT videos, each of a length of 30-60 minutes. In those videos where some sponsors mentioned which took only one or two minutes. Seems perfectly OK for me to support the creators. I guess if many people block sponsor content, this kind of vids will die.
People want content without any inconvenience, it’s that simple. If they use ads they will block. If they ask for payment they will pirate. Luckily these people are the minority or there would be no content to begin with
> If they ask for payment they will pirate.
If the price & convenience is right, a significant chunk (enough to offset the impact of freeloaders) will pay.
Movie piracy used to be the norm before Netflix came along, yet movies were still made.
Music piracy was the same until Spotify came along, yet there's more music than ever being produced.
Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is it with the disdain for paying for services people use? People often don't feel like paying for it even if they use YouTube more than other streaming services combined. Maybe the issue is that people got so used to a decade of unlimited high-quality videos for absolutely free?
People will always rationalize their not paying. Tracking, ethics, whatever. Anything other than abstaining from use, lol.
Nope. Thanks to this site i (finally, and only about an hour ago) got newpipe from fdroid, subscribed to all my channels, and sod youtube, I'm not going back. An appropriate ad occasionally, no problem. But recently?? With newpipe there's a way out: i will happily contribute.
Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#87For iOS users, check out “yattee” for a similar setup
Highly recommend using F-Droid-capable phones/mobile support systems. Perhaps one day the iOS ecosystem will recognize the economic value of democratizing the platform, but until that day it's better to use open source software and as open of hardware as possible.
I think they are going to be forced to open the platform soon, per the new Digital Markets Act by the EU.
Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
People want content without any inconvenience, it’s that simple. If they use ads they will block. If they ask for payment they will pirate. Luckily these people are the minority or there would be no content to begin with
> If they ask for payment they will pirate. If the price & convenience is right, a significant chunk (enough to offset the impact of freeloaders) will pay. Movie piracy used to be the norm before Netflix came along, yet movies were still made. Music piracy was the same until Spotify came along, yet there's more music than ever being produced.
> Luckily these people are the minority or there would be no content to begin with
The vast majority of people do not pirate, and most people who pay would probably find piracy unethical to begin with.
Re: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#89Another reason why Android is the superior phone OS.
iOS has Yattee[1].
It's technically a personal video-watching app, not a Youtube app, which you're supposed to link with your own personal video server, but the server APIs it is compatible with are the same APIs that are exposed by Invidious and Newpipe instances. This is not a coincidence.
I'm sure Apple is going to delist it from the App Store at some point (App Store guidelines are just that, guidelines, and there's no getting around them with a weird loophole like you can do with actual laws), but it works for now.