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I've switched to it maybe two months ago and use it in foreground and background mode, tried pip mode once or twice. But I'm using it almost every day. I had ma
by iforgotpassword 3y ago
I've switched to it maybe two months ago and use it in foreground and background mode, tried pip mode once or twice. But I'm using it almost every day. I had maybe four or five crashes so far, nothing that comes even close to the annoyance of YouTube's ad rate nowadays.
- imglorp 3y agoSolid for me. Also it's not just the ad rate but also the recommendation drek: it's hard to follow subscriptions even, in the yt app or Web client.
- kzrdude 3y agoWhy I cope with youtube: adblocker ensures no ads and addon enables background play. Firefox on Android.
- ekianjo 3y agoNewpipe is much nicer in interface than youtube in firefox
- kzrdude 3y agoWith the new version I think it's a contender. Now the playlists per channel are available, which is essential.
- iforgotpassword 3y agoI didn't really like having YouTube be just another tab in my browser on mobile, it seemed too clunky. So until I switched, I didn't want to bother with 3rd party apps, since the experience a few years ago was horrible (forgot which ones I tried though). Also I had that little bit of respect to support creators by not blocking ads. But when there's two unskippable 15 second ads before a 7 second shitpost video, at some point enough is enough. So while I mostly just switched because of the ads, what really was a huge improvement to me was how every time I tap a YouTube link now (messenger, browser, mail), I get a nice pop-up from NewPipe asking whether I want to play it right away in the app, play it right away but just audio in the background, or enqueue it (if something's already playing). It's a small detail but it's such an improvement over "just interrupt the current video without asking".