What does HackerNews think of NewPipe?

Alternatively you host your videos on both your own Peertube site as well as Youtube and direct Youtube-visitors to either Peertube, Invidious [2] or - if they're using Android - NewPipe. If they are command-line savvy they can use youtube-dl or one of the mediaplayers which make use of its functionality (mpv, VLC, smplayer etc). In other words there are many ways to both have your cake and eat it here. Self-hosted Peertube with Youtube as CDN and discovery network gives you the best of both worlds. If Google ever decides your videos don't fit the desired narrative you won't be left out in the cold. By self-hosting you also avoid being branded -ist or -phobe just because you happen to use some alternative video platform (Odysee etc) which also hosts content made by others.

[1] https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube

[2] https://github.com/iv-org/invidious

[3] https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

YouTube algorithm recommends videos that violate its own policies: study | Jul 2021

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https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/

Turn off recommendations, comments, autoplay etc. I only see exactly who I've subscribed to and nothing more.

YouTube Will Monetize Videos Without Paying Content Creators | May 2021

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I love Newpipe.

https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

And libgen. And private trackers.

YouTube is largely shit tier mental junk food anyway.

Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube, WTF? | Mar 2021

https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

2020 Q4 Alphabet Earnings Release [pdf] | Feb 2021

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NewPipe

https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

The Internet Is Starting to Turn on MLMs - TikTok first major platform to ban | Dec 2020

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With a locked down OS like iOS I don't know.

On Android there's plenty of choice. NewPipe is a dream[1]. Firefox with uBlock Origin works well. There's Kiwi (Chromium) with uBlock Origin too.

[1] https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/

YouTube adds ads but won't pay all content-makers | Nov 2020

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Newpipe is pretty good.

https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platforms and Pirate Sites | Oct 2020

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There Github[0] page is still active so I'm assuming they may have dodged the take downs. I believe they integrated youtube-dl into the application, but because they don't outright mention it on the page they may have dodged attention from the RIAA. This is just a wild guess from me.

[0]https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video] | Sep 2020

We need to support alternative platforms and projects for reasons like this.

NewPipe is one of my recently discovered favourites. It pretty much scrapes Youtube and strips the horrid ads. You don't get any of the recommendation rubbish either and is far better from a privacy and data tracking point of view. FOSS for Android devices.

https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

Mozilla project exposes YouTube's recommendation 'bubbles' | Jul 2020

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https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

Introducing Facebook Shops | May 2020

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NewPipe blocks Youtube ads on mobile https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

YouTube needs to chill with its annoying Premium spam | Nov 2019

If you want to get rid of pop-ups, ads, and other annoyances, try Newpipe on Android, and SmartYouTubeTV on FireTV / Android TV

https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

https://smartyoutubetv.github.io/

Latest Firefox Brings Privacy Protections Front and Center | Oct 2019

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Another solution - block the recommendations altogether. On PC, you can use specialized extension, or just Stylus (the latter works especially well with old Youtube layout). On Android, use NewPipe[0] or Youtube Vanced[1]. On iOS, perhaps Ivory[2] will do. Or at least delete your watch & search history[3], so the recommendations will be related only to the video you are currently watching.

If you are subscribed to enough good channels, you won't notice anything aside of suddenly having much more free time. And whenever you're bored, unlock recommendations for a while to learn about new channels (I do it once every few months).

[0] https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

[1] https://vanced.app/ , beware of scam sites

[2] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-video-player/id129434748...

[3] https://www.youtube.com/feed/history (on old YT layout)

Freeing My Phone from Google | Jun 2019

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Check out NewPipe (https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe) to replace the proprietary YouTube client on Android. For Maps, thankfully it still works in Firefox, which entirely relieves me of Google Play Services and their proprietary apps on my phone.

Continuing our work to improve recommendations on YouTube | Jan 2019

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If you're on mobile there's alternative ways of watching Youtube videos, at least if you're on Android:

https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

No ads, no direct tracking [1], just videos.

[1] Google can still watch your device downloading videos of course...

YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay for Music | Mar 2018

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NewPipe also supports most, if not all, of these features, and it's open source. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

Google Blocks YouTube Access from Amazon's Streaming Devices | Dec 2017

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There are clients like Newpipe[1] that directly parse the Youtube website instead of using the API.

[1]: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/

Richard Stallman Explains [video] | Aug 2017

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You can use youtube-dl[1] to download videos from YouTube (and transcode them to free formats) without runnning their proprietary JavaScript. There's even a free software Android project[2] that lets you stream videos without running their proprietary JavaScript -- and in my opinion it's much better than the proprietary YouTube app.

RMS's concern with YouTube is that they use proprietary JavaScript and they use patented media formats. However, RMS has always made it clear that if you have the ability "at hand" to rip DVDs then purchasing a DVD is not unethical. Both of the pieces of software I mentioned allow you to avoid running proprietary software.

His other concern is that RMS wants people to publish things he appears in in a way that is much easier to access with only free software. The Internet Archive and CCC provide video hosting that is completely free software, with non-patented formats like VP9, and is easy to use. The idea is to make those forms of publishing more widely known about.

[1]: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl [2]: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

Firefox Roadmap for Flash End-Of-Life | Jul 2017

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And on Android there's a free software app that implements a similar thing (without needing any proprietary libraries), and actually is much better than the official app. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

Show HN: Simple Minimal YouTube Alternative Player (no ads...with powers) | Nov 2016

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Which is also free software, and available in FDroid. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe