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Yet on Google's own platform, NewPipe, OGYoutube, SkyTube, etc all exist mainly because 3rd party installations on Android rely solely on an "allow installation
by problems 9y ago
Yet on Google's own platform, NewPipe, OGYoutube, SkyTube, etc all exist mainly because 3rd party installations on Android rely solely on an "allow installations from non-Market sources" checkbox.
Quite worrisome that they've simply given up because people have so little control over their own devices on Apple's platform now.
- userbinator 9y agoThat's because the amount of control Google has over Android is far less than Apple and iOS, and it's been said many times, for better or worse, that the policing of their own Play Store is still rather lax. But given the way things are going, and Google's own desire to emulate Apple, I only expect things to get worse for freedom on mobile devices in the future.
- bitmapbrother 9y agoAndroid or Google's control of it has nothing to do with this whatsoever. As soon as Google detects a third party YouTube app exceeding its allowed API usage quotas it can shut it down anytime it likes.
- bubblethink 9y agoIt's a bit more subtle than that. Newpipe and youtube-dl don't use the youtube api. They emulate browser behaviour AFAIK. That's probably the biggest reason they haven't received some form of a letter in general. That they won't be allowed on google's own store is actually not that interesting. The fact that newpipe managed to make a more functional app in a lot of ways than the official youtube app (and I don't mean just the RED functionality) without using the youtube API is quite commendable.