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NewPipe (FOSS available on F-Droid) is nice alternative to ads-infested YouTube. I disabled YouTube and YouTube Music apps on my mobile, and I use NewPipe inste

by vee-kay 9mo ago

NewPipe (FOSS available on F-Droid) is nice alternative to ads-infested YouTube. I disabled YouTube and YouTube Music apps on my mobile, and I use NewPipe instead. You can even download YT videos or audio from YT videos using it.

thaumasiotes 9mo ago
What's going on with NewPipe? Their F-droid repository is down. Their domain is down. Their github repository is up, but it links to their domain, which isn't. Are they dying?
- shscs911 9mo ago
  Seems like a DNSSEC screw-up. You can find more details here. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/website/issues/420#issuecomment-3791439828 https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/website/issues/420#issuecomme...
ycombinatrix 9mo ago
I'm using Grayjay at the moment. Somehow still available in the play store (though with reduced feature set).
McDyver 9mo ago
I'm using Pipepipe. I believe it's a fork from NewPipe, and has more features, namely skipping sponsor block, and intros
- vee-kay 9mo ago
  Pipepipe stopped downloading audio or video when I was using it a couple of years back. I switched over to NewPipe as it was better maintained and worked well. Since past few months, NewPipe is not automatically showing latest YT videos, but it opens the video if I type in the video's source url. Downloads are working fine though, which is what I mainly use it for. Will try Pipepipe again next weekend if it fares better. Google is trying to suppress all these FOSS alternatives to its ads-overloaded apps.
Grazester 9mo ago
So entitled. How do you expect Google to pay it's content creators that you watch if they didn't have ads?
- deleted 9mo ago
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- StopDisinfo910 9mo ago
  The issue is obviously one of trade-off. Google pays content creators so little they have all started including ads in their videos. Si technically as long as you are counted they get paid. Meanwhile, Google is more and more aggressive with their own ads interrupting videos and pushing you to subscribe to their expensive offer. Some people, like me, have just stopped watching YouTube. Other are turning to blocking ads. It's the usual tug of war between revenues and UX but I don't think consumers have to feel bad about not playing by Google's rules.
  - vee-kay 9mo ago
    >Some people, like me, have just stopped watching YouTube. Other are turning to blocking ads. Just use viable FOSS alternatives like NewPipe or PipePipe. They are good and clean. They allow to watch or download YT content, without ads.
- shakna 9mo ago
  When Google's ads do all the following, I'll consider guilt: a) Don't throw malware in their ads. b) Don't throw seizure-inducing flashes in their ads. c) Allow turning off gambling in their ads.
- mystifyingpoi 9mo ago
  I will be downvoted, but I'm not fooling myself. I don't care. As long as uBlock and yt-dlp still work, I'll use them. If Google breaks them, I'll resort to some automated screengrabbing + maybe some AI automation to click "skip" in a virtual machine or something. People will use all sorts of excuses, like the ads are about gambling, or contain viruses, or are detrimental to mental health, or whatever. No, don't use these excuses. You just don't want ads, and it is still possible to not see them. That's respectable.

by vee-kay 9mo ago

thaumasiotes 9mo ago

What's going on with NewPipe? Their F-droid repository is down. Their domain is down. Their github repository is up, but it links to their domain, which isn't. Are they dying?

shscs911 9mo ago
Seems like a DNSSEC screw-up. You can find more details here. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/website/issues/420#issuecomment-3791439828 https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/website/issues/420#issuecomme...

ycombinatrix 9mo ago

I'm using Grayjay at the moment. Somehow still available in the play store (though with reduced feature set).

McDyver 9mo ago

I'm using Pipepipe. I believe it's a fork from NewPipe, and has more features, namely skipping sponsor block, and intros

vee-kay 9mo ago
Pipepipe stopped downloading audio or video when I was using it a couple of years back. I switched over to NewPipe as it was better maintained and worked well. Since past few months, NewPipe is not automatically showing latest YT videos, but it opens the video if I type in the video's source url. Downloads are working fine though, which is what I mainly use it for. Will try Pipepipe again next weekend if it fares better. Google is trying to suppress all these FOSS alternatives to its ads-overloaded apps.

Grazester 9mo ago

So entitled. How do you expect Google to pay it's content creators that you watch if they didn't have ads?

deleted 9mo ago
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StopDisinfo910 9mo ago
The issue is obviously one of trade-off. Google pays content creators so little they have all started including ads in their videos. Si technically as long as you are counted they get paid. Meanwhile, Google is more and more aggressive with their own ads interrupting videos and pushing you to subscribe to their expensive offer. Some people, like me, have just stopped watching YouTube. Other are turning to blocking ads. It's the usual tug of war between revenues and UX but I don't think consumers have to feel bad about not playing by Google's rules.
- vee-kay 9mo ago
  >Some people, like me, have just stopped watching YouTube. Other are turning to blocking ads. Just use viable FOSS alternatives like NewPipe or PipePipe. They are good and clean. They allow to watch or download YT content, without ads.
shakna 9mo ago
When Google's ads do all the following, I'll consider guilt: a) Don't throw malware in their ads. b) Don't throw seizure-inducing flashes in their ads. c) Allow turning off gambling in their ads.
mystifyingpoi 9mo ago
I will be downvoted, but I'm not fooling myself. I don't care. As long as uBlock and yt-dlp still work, I'll use them. If Google breaks them, I'll resort to some automated screengrabbing + maybe some AI automation to click "skip" in a virtual machine or something. People will use all sorts of excuses, like the ads are about gambling, or contain viruses, or are detrimental to mental health, or whatever. No, don't use these excuses. You just don't want ads, and it is still possible to not see them. That's respectable.