Good app. Never found if it can/how to play video with screen off though.
NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
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#12Good app. Never found if it can/how to play video with screen off though.
It can, you put the video in background mode
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#13I 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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#14I keep a OneNote page on how to block YouTube Ads:
Desktop: Firefox + uBlock Origin
iOS: Cercube
Android: NewPipe, Vanced
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#15NewPipe 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 vide…
NewPipe is specifically designed to be privacy first. This means no account, no client-side tracking, as few web requests as possible, and everything (e.g. watch history and subscriptions) is saved offline. Thus it is impossible to show non-generically recommended videos or to enable chat.
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#16One 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/
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#17NewPipe 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).
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#18I 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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#19Do 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!) - how much is your time worth?
Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android
#20NewPipe 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