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Just use NewPipe. It's just a better Youtube client even if it had ads. https://newpipe.net/ https://newpipe.net/

by BadHumans 2y ago

avtolik 2y ago
Does it show the same video adds as YouTube?
- S0y 2y ago
  There are no ads.
- cmeacham98 2y ago
  No, but this is entirely YouTube's fault as they don't offer any sort of API or method for third party apps to display ads.
  - extraduder_ire 2y ago
    I'm sure they don't out of concern about ad-fraud, but it would be funny if they had such an API, demanded third-parties used it, and didn't charge for/track those ad views.
S0y 2y ago
I'm also quite a big fan of NewPipe. I just wish you could sort videos by views.
CornCobs 2y ago
Seconding NewPipe. Though recently it's been unable to load comments and the error banner keeps popping up as a result (no comments may actually be a plus?) I still use the regular Youtube app for shorts but NewPipe is definitely a better experience overall. My main gripes with the official Android Youtube client: - They made it so annoying to choose your video resolution (Seriously, who tested this and found it better than the old method?) - I can accept not being able to play in the background, but if you lock your screen while in fullscreen mode and then unlock it, there is a very noticeable lag before the app exits fullscreen mode, and in this period you cannot resume playback.
- hagbard_c 2y ago
  Youtube seems to be doing some A/B testing with the comment system which has made proxies like Invidious and yt-dlp/Newpipe unable to load comments. There is a patch for Invidious [1] which solves this problem but it is not in master yet. I tested it on my own instance and it does solve the problem. [1] https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4576 https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4576
jiehong 2y ago
Equivalent on iOS? Just hoping I’ll be able to use ublock origin on Firefox once it’s available on an I dependent App Store…
- NegativeLatency 2y ago
  Not a direct equal but https://github.com/iv-org/invidious https://github.com/iv-org/invidious is nice
- bluish29 2y ago
  > Equivalent on iOS? Try Yattee [1] [1] https://github.com/yattee/yattee https://github.com/yattee/yattee
dyingkneepad 2y ago
I tried using it for a while, but it always took forever to start loading the videos. It was significantly slower to the point of being annoying. I gave up.
- nalinidash 2y ago
  Though in some cases it may take little longer time, it is very rare that the video never loads.If an issue like that happens, you can submit a proper bug report in GitHub with details, or from their in-app bug reporting process. I remember once that the video never loaded.I went to their gh repo to find that the issue is already known, there were some api changes from google side.
- crtasm 2y ago
  Worth trying again, I use it daily and have never experienced that.
Cipater 2y ago
My experience with Newpipe has been disappointing. It freezes about 1/3 of the way into every video It fails to display comments. It crashes constantly.
1vuio0pswjnm7 2y ago
For me, the less-complicated client called "DVD" is more reliable for downloading than the client called "Newpipe"; the later stops working intermittently. YMMV. Neither are as reliable as using own custom command line programs on desktop, or mobile via Termux. If Google makes a change I can fix/workaround immediately. No waiting for app developers. For me, Newpipe works well as a Soundcloud client. From the Kotlin source for "dvd": Video downloader app powered by yt-dlp (formerly youtube-dl). Features Download video/audio from 1000+ sites supported by yt-dlp. Run custom yt-dlp commands. Update yt-dlp version from settings. Share link via other apps. References dvd - https://github.com/yausername/dvd https://github.com/yausername/dvd youtubedl-android - https://github.com/yausername/youtubedl-android https://github.com/yausername/youtubedl-android yt-dlp - https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp (formerly youtube-dl - https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)

Just use NewPipe. It's just a better Youtube client even if it had ads. https://newpipe.net/ https://newpipe.net/

avtolik 2y ago

Does it show the same video adds as YouTube?

S0y 2y ago
There are no ads.
cmeacham98 2y ago
No, but this is entirely YouTube's fault as they don't offer any sort of API or method for third party apps to display ads.
- extraduder_ire 2y ago
  I'm sure they don't out of concern about ad-fraud, but it would be funny if they had such an API, demanded third-parties used it, and didn't charge for/track those ad views.

S0y 2y ago

I'm also quite a big fan of NewPipe. I just wish you could sort videos by views.

CornCobs 2y ago

Seconding NewPipe. Though recently it's been unable to load comments and the error banner keeps popping up as a result (no comments may actually be a plus?) I still use the regular Youtube app for shorts but NewPipe is definitely a better experience overall. My main gripes with the official Android Youtube client: - They made it so annoying to choose your video resolution (Seriously, who tested this and found it better than the old method?) - I can accept not being able to play in the background, but if you lock your screen while in fullscreen mode and then unlock it, there is a very noticeable lag before the app exits fullscreen mode, and in this period you cannot resume playback.

hagbard_c 2y ago
Youtube seems to be doing some A/B testing with the comment system which has made proxies like Invidious and yt-dlp/Newpipe unable to load comments. There is a patch for Invidious [1] which solves this problem but it is not in master yet. I tested it on my own instance and it does solve the problem. [1] https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4576 https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4576

jiehong 2y ago

Equivalent on iOS? Just hoping I’ll be able to use ublock origin on Firefox once it’s available on an I dependent App Store…

NegativeLatency 2y ago
Not a direct equal but https://github.com/iv-org/invidious https://github.com/iv-org/invidious is nice
bluish29 2y ago
> Equivalent on iOS? Try Yattee [1] [1] https://github.com/yattee/yattee https://github.com/yattee/yattee

dyingkneepad 2y ago

I tried using it for a while, but it always took forever to start loading the videos. It was significantly slower to the point of being annoying. I gave up.

nalinidash 2y ago
Though in some cases it may take little longer time, it is very rare that the video never loads.If an issue like that happens, you can submit a proper bug report in GitHub with details, or from their in-app bug reporting process. I remember once that the video never loaded.I went to their gh repo to find that the issue is already known, there were some api changes from google side.
crtasm 2y ago
Worth trying again, I use it daily and have never experienced that.

Cipater 2y ago

My experience with Newpipe has been disappointing. It freezes about 1/3 of the way into every video It fails to display comments. It crashes constantly.

1vuio0pswjnm7 2y ago

For me, the less-complicated client called "DVD" is more reliable for downloading than the client called "Newpipe"; the later stops working intermittently. YMMV. Neither are as reliable as using own custom command line programs on desktop, or mobile via Termux. If Google makes a change I can fix/workaround immediately. No waiting for app developers. For me, Newpipe works well as a Soundcloud client. From the Kotlin source for "dvd": Video downloader app powered by yt-dlp (formerly youtube-dl). Features Download video/audio from 1000+ sites supported by yt-dlp. Run custom yt-dlp commands. Update yt-dlp version from settings. Share link via other apps. References dvd - https://github.com/yausername/dvd https://github.com/yausername/dvd youtubedl-android - https://github.com/yausername/youtubedl-android https://github.com/yausername/youtubedl-android yt-dlp - https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp (formerly youtube-dl - https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)