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Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by MonaroVXR »

elric wrote: post #91

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.

How does age restriction work? I wanted to watch a video (I forgot which one and no, it was a normal video.) But I got an age verification in my face. I'm 27 years old.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by thiht »

moogly wrote: post #200
thiht wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Nope it’s a full YouTube account integration. I actually prefer it because this way I can subscribe to new channels on the go from the official YouTube app, and it synchronizes directly with my Android Tv.

What’s wrong with using a YouTube account? Is it just the ca t that it’s a Google account (which I could understand)? Or is there something more?

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by tentacleuno »

nxtbl wrote: post #117
jjbinx007 wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/sew1rn/twitte... For now, this removes the login pop-ups. For mobile use, there's Fritter.

There's also [0] and [1], which are more mobile-friendly but present less information.

[0]: https://i.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/sew1rn/twitterc... [1]: https://reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/sew1rn/twittercom... (.compact does the exact same thing)

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by tentacleuno »

sebow wrote: post #102
elric wrote: post #91

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.

Unless things changed in the past year or so, i remember creating a google account without a phone number.However you might be right, because they recently stated they want to start forcing people info 2FA.What is more interesting(especially for people who don't understand how google operates behind the scenes) is that the markers they use for requiring phone numbers/id verification/etc is to train their bot detectio…

> Unless things changed in the past year or so, i remember creating a google account without a phone number.

I believe you can create a Google account without a phone number by setting it up on Android's (stock ROM) setup screen. This won't bypass YouTube's nagging though, sadly.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by mastazi »

elric wrote: post #91

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.

Freetube can play age restricted videos (it has worked for me so far). I'm not sure how they do it, I suspect it has to do with the Invidious API somehow.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by chrysoprace »

kzrdude wrote: post #179
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).

Firefox + ublock origin on android is currently an ad-free experience of youtube. Using it in the website, not the app.

Doesn't allow me to cast though, which is the feature I miss most about using these alternative apps.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by chrysoprace »

xchip wrote: post #122
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).

This is not true, it broke in the last year only once and they fixed it in a week. Not bad for a free app!

That may have been your experience, but it certainly was not mine.

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by [deleted] »

Markoff wrote: post #183
johnisgood wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They blocked my account and refused to unblock until I verified myself through phone. I got my account unblocked because I found a workaround for it. It was not supposed to unblock me or let me off the hook, but it did. Screw them. :D I rarely use it anyways.

do you mind sharing how did you unlock it without sharing phone number? i am in same situation

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Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by chrysoprace »

tremarley wrote: post #20
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).

Me and all of my friends and family have Vanced, I've never heard anyone of them mentioning a casting issue

I'm not the only person with this issue. The maintainer of Vanced said it'll likely never be fixed. [0]

[0] https://github.com/YTVanced/Vanced/issues/688#issuecomment-9...

Re: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android

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Post by moogly »

thiht wrote: post #202
moogly wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Nope it’s a full YouTube account integration. I actually prefer it because this way I can subscribe to new channels on the go from the official YouTube app, and it synchronizes directly with my Android Tv. What’s wrong with using a YouTube account? Is it just the ca t that it’s a Google account (which I could understand)? Or is there something more?

Yeah, I'm de-googling my life as much as I can. "Only" Android left now...
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