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This remains a killer app for me on Android. I don't know if anything equivalent exists on iOS, to enable background playing and video downloads (and you can ch

This remains a killer app for me on Android. I don't know if anything equivalent exists on iOS, to enable background playing and video downloads (and you can choose whether to download them as audio files).

alex_free 6y ago
With iOS Safari you can change the YouTube website setting to always request the desktop site. Then if you press the home button while a video is playing, pull up control center within 5 seconds and press play you have background playback. There is also a ton of ad blockers for Safari which block YouTube ads.
sgloutnikov 6y ago
Musi[1] is what I use for playing in the background on iOS. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/musi-simple-music-streaming/id591560124 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/musi-simple-music-streaming/id...
- noarchy 6y ago
  I'm not sure that Apple would ban it. Do they really care if people bypass YouTube's intended restrictions? Obviously Google cares, so you won't be seeing NewPipe on the Play Store.
  - Nextgrid 6y ago
    Apple is in bed with major scummy companies like Google when it comes to the Apple Store and has removed alternative clients in the past.
- zodiakzz 6y ago
  > #5 in Music > Stream any song from YouTube Wow and it's been up for years! Do they scrape YouTube like NewPipe? How come Google didn't go nuts about taking it down?
- lilsoso 6y ago
  Musi does work well for playing music in the background on iOS. A downside to Musi is that after playing a video a full screen ad will often pop up in a way that feels invasive and can be difficult to avoid inadvertently clicking. The behavior feels like malware, which leaves me concerned that the developers behind the app might hold flexible ethics and engage in practices such as covertly monetizing user data.
drbacon 6y ago
Um. Consider the Official YouTube app, with a paid YouTube Premium subscription. >(and you can choose whether to download them as audio files) Videos with still images (many songs) shouldn't be much data at all over the audio alone.
- noarchy 6y ago
  >Um. Nit: Not sure what this is supposed to mean. Is this an attempt to mimic how you speak aloud? >Consider the Official YouTube app, with a paid YouTube Premium subscription. That is definitely an option, but people who use things like youtube-dl or apps like NewPipe probably aren't in the target audience for YouTube Premium. >Videos with still images (many songs) shouldn't be much data at all over the audio alone. Part of the point is if you never intend to watch the content, but only want to listen to it, there's no point to having video.
  - drbacon 6y ago
    > Is this an attempt to mimic how you speak aloud? Of course. > ...probably aren't in the target audience for YouTube Premium. True. It's unclear if OP fits that description though. Re-read OP's comment. > ...there's no point to having video. Agreed. I think it most cases, there is no video for still image YouTube content. Just, you know, a still image. I don't know the extent this is true, nor do I know OP's use case. Assuming that OP is interested in music, the video component shouldn't be a real issue. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6007071?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6007071?hl=en
  - hombre_fatal 6y ago
    > Nit: Not sure what this is supposed to mean. Is this an attempt to mimic how you speak aloud? It's to add condescension.
    - drbacon 6y ago
      Yes. That is true too. :)
    - 6y ago

alex_free 6y ago

With iOS Safari you can change the YouTube website setting to always request the desktop site. Then if you press the home button while a video is playing, pull up control center within 5 seconds and press play you have background playback. There is also a ton of ad blockers for Safari which block YouTube ads.

sgloutnikov 6y ago

Musi[1] is what I use for playing in the background on iOS. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/musi-simple-music-streaming/id591560124 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/musi-simple-music-streaming/id...

noarchy 6y ago
I'm not sure that Apple would ban it. Do they really care if people bypass YouTube's intended restrictions? Obviously Google cares, so you won't be seeing NewPipe on the Play Store.
- Nextgrid 6y ago
  Apple is in bed with major scummy companies like Google when it comes to the Apple Store and has removed alternative clients in the past.
zodiakzz 6y ago
> #5 in Music > Stream any song from YouTube Wow and it's been up for years! Do they scrape YouTube like NewPipe? How come Google didn't go nuts about taking it down?
lilsoso 6y ago
Musi does work well for playing music in the background on iOS. A downside to Musi is that after playing a video a full screen ad will often pop up in a way that feels invasive and can be difficult to avoid inadvertently clicking. The behavior feels like malware, which leaves me concerned that the developers behind the app might hold flexible ethics and engage in practices such as covertly monetizing user data.

drbacon 6y ago

Um. Consider the Official YouTube app, with a paid YouTube Premium subscription. >(and you can choose whether to download them as audio files) Videos with still images (many songs) shouldn't be much data at all over the audio alone.

noarchy 6y ago
>Um. Nit: Not sure what this is supposed to mean. Is this an attempt to mimic how you speak aloud? >Consider the Official YouTube app, with a paid YouTube Premium subscription. That is definitely an option, but people who use things like youtube-dl or apps like NewPipe probably aren't in the target audience for YouTube Premium. >Videos with still images (many songs) shouldn't be much data at all over the audio alone. Part of the point is if you never intend to watch the content, but only want to listen to it, there's no point to having video.
- drbacon 6y ago
  > Is this an attempt to mimic how you speak aloud? Of course. > ...probably aren't in the target audience for YouTube Premium. True. It's unclear if OP fits that description though. Re-read OP's comment. > ...there's no point to having video. Agreed. I think it most cases, there is no video for still image YouTube content. Just, you know, a still image. I don't know the extent this is true, nor do I know OP's use case. Assuming that OP is interested in music, the video component shouldn't be a real issue. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6007071?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6007071?hl=en
- hombre_fatal 6y ago
  > Nit: Not sure what this is supposed to mean. Is this an attempt to mimic how you speak aloud? It's to add condescension.
  - drbacon 6y ago
    Yes. That is true too. :)
  - 6y ago