This is why, despite all its shortcomings, Android still is a more open platform compared to iOS. Big thanks to F-Droid and the open source Android community.
Would it be forbidden by Apple to publish a similar app for iOS?
NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
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#242An excellent app. Plays stuff in the background and has a built-in downloader, for those big podcasts on the go.
It is also integrating SponsorBlock in the app. It skips sponsors, patreons and LTT plugins within a video Free and Open Source - https://sponsor.ajay.app/
Wait, did it? The Pull Request is still open and it doesn't really look like it will get to be accepted any time soon:
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#243[flagged]
> I really wonder why so many innocuous, on-topic comments about NewPipe are being downvoted in this thread. Are YouTube employees raiding HN or something? /s At this point pretty much all comments saying that this is bypassing paid features are downvoted into oblivion and grayed out, so what exactly are you talking about?
2 hours ago (when I posted), my comment was more relevant.
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#244This is why, despite all its shortcomings, Android still is a more open platform compared to iOS. Big thanks to F-Droid and the open source Android community.
Would it be forbidden by Apple to publish a similar app for iOS?
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#245Earlier quoted context omitted.
> With, like, borderless floating video (a la Firefox's floating video feature) If your referring to Picture in Picture, it was implemented for Chrome via an official extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/picture-in-picture...
Problem with PiP is that just grabs the stream and not the subtitles overlay. It's why I use a Netflix desktop client.
A good point and also something I'm not a fan of
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#246This is why, despite all its shortcomings, Android still is a more open platform compared to iOS. Big thanks to F-Droid and the open source Android community.
Would it be forbidden by Apple to publish a similar app for iOS?
I had another comment refuting the GP (as you are), but the more I thought about it, I decided to delete the comment.
At the end of the day, you have to pay $99/year to publish on the Apple App Store, and on Android, although Google has had some shady practices around automatically flagging/removing apps from it's store, you have more options in terms of app distribution, such as F-Droid.
To my (now deleted) comment's point though, I don't see much of a relation between F-Droid and NewPipe, besides that F-Droid hosts it.
EDIT: other comment on this thread answers that last point I made and your question, and sums up what NewPipe has to do with the "openness" of the platforms [1]. However, I now wonder, what is stopping Google/YouTube from going after NewPipe & F-Droid?
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#247Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Yes, and if they start identifying Google accounts that share the IP of a device violating YouTube TOS and disabling those accounts, some people will be very sad. If this happens, even more people will take their eggs out of Google's basket. I've already migrated my email to another provider and use Searx[1] for search. [1] https://github.com/asciimoo/searx
Feel free to not use YouTube. If you do use it, please don't violate the TOS, because it increases the chances you'll screw it up for everyone else (me). People who violate TOS are why we can't have nice things.
Nah, I'll use it as I please. Your sensibilities are your own, and not mine.
Re: NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
#248I read a lot of people's experiences here in the thread and I think a lot of you really should give YouTube Premium a try. It solves most of the problems you are describing, while also paying the creators
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#249Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's certainly not a popular opinion, but it's definitely an uninformed opinion. The aim of NewPipe is not to "stick it to the man" or even to advertisers, it's to create a superior viewing experience that removes much of the bloat of Youtube's official app, and also being light on system resources. Whereas the official app used to crash and warm up my Moto G5 Plus, NewPipe has been running like a dream for years.
I think that would be fine - but if that would be true, they could easily check for proof of Premium subscription to provide features that are paid. But they're not - they're like one of those re-released Android Play Store apps which are hacked to provide paid features for free.
I'm really not sure what you mean by this comment. Are you talking about NewPipe?
NewPipe is not a re-release of any Android Play Store app, or like any hacked app (like YouTube Vanced). It provides features beyond even YouTube Premium's featureset, removes perceived anti-features like Google Play Services integration, and is much more lightweight to boot.