• ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    5 months ago

    Newpipe is great, if only it worked on unix instead of only on Google’s shitty Linux fork.

      • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        edit-2
        5 months ago

        Electron is yuck, and not ported to my preferred OS. Pipe-viewer (or youtube-viewer if you want to log in to youtube and use your own api key for some reason) is just as feature-complete with a fraction of the dependencies.

      • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        5 months ago

        I’m an OpenBSD user, not a Linux user, and Waydroid isn’t ported. find /usr/ports -type f -name DESCR -exec grep -li android {} + | awk -F/ '{printf "%s ", $5}' | sed 's/ $//'; echo gives me fdk-aac musikcube opencore-amr adb apktool jadx kf5 py-filebytes clearsans roboto-fonts chiaki libgdx libgdx kdeconnect-kde ntfs-3g selfoss, none of which seem to be an android emulator.

        Either way, using a youtube client through an android emulator seems silly, especially when there are native clients like minitube and pipe-viewer that work on any platform.

        • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          5 months ago

          It’s not run through a specific port, but through binderfs, a filesystem which indeed seems to be not ported to BSD.

      • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        edit-2
        5 months ago

        I use qutebrowser, and even with userscripts and DNS blocking I can’t for sure reliably block all of google’s spyware and fingerprinting (and that’s not even mentioning how bloated the default webclient is). Also google looks like it’s pushing out server-side ads like twitch does, and using the browser client is playing in their ballpark.

          • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            5 months ago

            Invidious playback is unreliable in my experience, and 3rd party clients have the advantage of selecting from multiple invidious hosts, and falling back if one doesn’t work.

      • prole@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        5 months ago

        As someone who’s (re) vanced stopped working today, one thing about using my browser instead was the inability to switch to a different app or lock my screen without pausing.

        I fucking hate that shit. Made solely so they could sell it as a “bonus feature” for subscribing to their pay service.

        • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          5 months ago

          While ssm’s concerns above probably still stand, you can use “Enhancer for YouTube” for background playback.

        • Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          5 months ago

          Mhh thats weird, i actually downloaded revanced today because newpipe/tubular (and libretube, to some extend) stopped working. Runs without issue, though i still prefer newpipe, so im happy about these news

          • prole@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            5 months ago

            I literally had the opposite experience lol. Just got NewPipe and it seems to work fine.

            Suck shit, Google.