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Great list! NewPipe is really good, far better than the proprietary YouTube app. K9 is also a superb app and holds up very well against the proprietary options.
by Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
Great list! NewPipe is really good, far better than the proprietary YouTube app. K9 is also a superb app and holds up very well against the proprietary options. I have to recommend andOTP over FreeOTP, though, it's more featureful and does some important things like backups.
- drewmol 9y agoThanks for the intro to NewPipe. K9 is superbe, used it as a reliable email client for several years.
- glenstein 9y agoAgreed completely on NewPipe. I have installed NewPipe, and it's not a case of me tolerating a second-tier app because I want something free. I actually like NewPipe better than the Youtube app.
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoNewPipe lets me play audio of YouTube videos in the background, allowing me to turn off my display. While Google's official YouTube app stops the video entirely when turn off the display, and pesters me to upgrade to "YouTube Red" so that I can pay money to do what NewPipe already does for free.
- SSLy 9y ago>and pesters me to upgrade to "YouTube Red" so that I can pay money to do what NewPipe already does for free. It's even worse if you're supposed to have YT Red as a Google Play Music subscriber, but they don't enable that functionality in almost any country.
- drcharris 9y agoI used NewPipe for a while and then switched to SkyTube - anecdotally I found it had fewer issues with higher-res formats and audio than NewPipe did. It uses the Youtube APIs though, so isn't as Google-free as NewPipe. Anyway, worth a look if you just want to ditch the Youtube app. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/free.rm.skytube.oss/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/free.rm.skytube.oss/