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Lightweight YouTube frontend

Also on an unrelated note anyway to remove live from your subscribed channels update field ? Some channels are filling it with live so i have to really scroll down to see my video feeds and can’t find a setting to switch it off. Newpipe didn’t used to add live in your what’s new feed of subscribed channels, related pic .

  • @sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
    4•7 months ago

    Just got a 2nd hand Pixel I am currently tinkering with/thinking about Degoogling. Is there a significant difference between Newpipe vs Revanced?

    • @fl42v@lemmy.ml
      17•7 months ago
      • Newpipe doesn’t let you leave comments (which was the reason I personally switched to it – I used to spend too much time commenting like half of the stuff I watched, and I watched a lot) or login with a Google account;
      • newpipe doesn’t have sponsorblock (which is currently solved by using tubular; note that it may or may not become abandoned like previous attempts by other ppl);
      • newpipe lets you download video/audio (although, admittedly, having yt-dlp in termux is still more than handy for bulk downloads);
      • newpipe has better (imo) background playback: you can either play or enqueue both videos and playlists (note: I haven’t used yt app for a while, so mb it also can do similar stuff)
      • newpipe doesn’t need play services whatsoever;
      • newpipe’s ui takes some time to get used to (imo)
    • foremanguy
      17•7 months ago

      I don’t think revanced is even a bit privacy friendly, it’s just a mod of youtube

    • @Salix@sh.itjust.works
      8•7 months ago

      If you want to actually fully degoogle, you wouldn’t want to use Revanced. Revanced just patches the official YouTube App.

      I personally use NewPipe when watching on my phone, but I do have Revanced YouTube installed as well just for casting to my TV. Convenience for me.

      • deweydecibelEnglish
        2•7 months ago

        Other problems include newpipe having an old material interface

        That’s a selling point for me.

    • Simon Müller :neofox_flag_trans:
      1•7 months ago

      @sigmaklimgrindset well, for one, it is a completely separate app

      No seriously, where ReVanced is a collection of patches for the official YouTube app(s) (and some others)

      NewPipe is a built-from-the-ground, independent, no-Google-Code YouTube client that relies entirely on scraping the website using NewPipeExtractor

      As such, the entire experience apart from the content itself differs.