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Like all third-party youtube apps and downloaders, you should use a dummy account that's subscribed to all the same channels as your real one.

djeiasbsbo 6y ago
I don't think that NewPipe even allows logging in... I think it is an alternative to that because it allows one to subscribe to channels without an account. What he probably meant is that people who are logged into the Google Services with their google account got im trouble for using NewPipe, which to me seems unlikely. I doubt that Google got away with something like that!
- literallycancer 6y ago
  Been using it for years with no issues whatsoever. Ad revenue must be down more than expected or something so now comes the FUD.
- glenstein 6y ago
  Yeah, I'm confused about what people even talking about with logins. That's not a thing. There's no option to login with Google/Youtube on Newpipe, and that's by design. The value proposition, in addition to being a wonderfully designed, lightweight app, is the ability to subscribe, follow channels, view, download video without any Google/Youtube connection.
  - causality0 6y ago
    I wasn't aware of that at the time. Having used it a bit now, some of the choices do baffle me. It has such wonderfully granular control over bitrate and background behavior, but no option to play the videos you tap on without having to hit a separate "play" button after the video is open? Very odd.
e12e 6y ago
How about playlists and history, though? Personally I don't use subscriptions, and have no use for them. I suppose and app like this could provide a third party (self host able api) account service - recording history and managing/syncing playlists? Maybe with an option to merge in entries from Google account playlists from time to time? Playlists are nice not just for playing/listening, but also downloading for offline use/backup/archive. Ed: i see that it has local history and playlists, with option to export data - but apparently no option to load data (whether from youtube/Google or an earlier export).
- causality0 6y ago
  It does have the option to load data from an exported XML subscription list.

djeiasbsbo 6y ago

I don't think that NewPipe even allows logging in... I think it is an alternative to that because it allows one to subscribe to channels without an account. What he probably meant is that people who are logged into the Google Services with their google account got im trouble for using NewPipe, which to me seems unlikely. I doubt that Google got away with something like that!

literallycancer 6y ago
Been using it for years with no issues whatsoever. Ad revenue must be down more than expected or something so now comes the FUD.
glenstein 6y ago
Yeah, I'm confused about what people even talking about with logins. That's not a thing. There's no option to login with Google/Youtube on Newpipe, and that's by design. The value proposition, in addition to being a wonderfully designed, lightweight app, is the ability to subscribe, follow channels, view, download video without any Google/Youtube connection.
- causality0 6y ago
  I wasn't aware of that at the time. Having used it a bit now, some of the choices do baffle me. It has such wonderfully granular control over bitrate and background behavior, but no option to play the videos you tap on without having to hit a separate "play" button after the video is open? Very odd.

e12e 6y ago

How about playlists and history, though? Personally I don't use subscriptions, and have no use for them. I suppose and app like this could provide a third party (self host able api) account service - recording history and managing/syncing playlists? Maybe with an option to merge in entries from Google account playlists from time to time? Playlists are nice not just for playing/listening, but also downloading for offline use/backup/archive. Ed: i see that it has local history and playlists, with option to export data - but apparently no option to load data (whether from youtube/Google or an earlier export).

causality0 6y ago
It does have the option to load data from an exported XML subscription list.