LibreTube. Uses Piped as backend and has pretty much all the features that NewPipe has, including SponsorBlock.
You can create an account on one of the numerous Piped instances and log in with LibreTube, to have things synced. Since Piped is open source, you can even selfhost it, if you know how. My Lemmy instance (FOSSware) also has a Piped instance.
do I understand correctly that this is not a YouTube frontend, but an app for a federated alternative? (is Piped different from Peertube?) edit: opening it in Fdroid answered my questiond in a second, sorry 😂 how do I delete a comment thru the Thunder app?
For anyone else wondering: This is an alternative YouTube frontend, nothing federated.
You can’t log in with Google, you can log in with your Piped account.
Content is scraped from YouTube’s site the same way NewPipe does it.
Just gonna throw https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe into the discussion - which is NewPipe, with extra features.
This is what I use - ever since the main NewPipe devs refused to implement “Return YouTube Dislike” into the app, not even considering it as a toggleable option.
I don’t think anything except revanced comes close
I think you mean this fork. The one you posted isn’t being updated anymore ^^
If the criteria of comparison is being open source and long-lived, no other YouTuber player app matches NewPipe. There’s Vanced/ReVanced, but they’re on another category and border the illegal.
If you’re asking because you’re tired of NewPipe’s UI, I read that the developers are planning to revamp it to get rid of some technological debt and streamline further development.
I actually am quite happy with Newpipe. I was just curious if there was a dramatically better alternative out there. I don’t plan on switching unless I see something that makes it worth it (like how I put up with YouTube premium until offline play stopped actually playing offline)
“and border the illegal.”
So?
What’s Lemmy for r/LostRedditors? 😛
!lostlemmys@lemmy.world (hope I did the link formatting correctly lol)
Thanks! You DID get the formatting right btw, which is still rare, so good job 😁
“border the illegal”
Blocking ads is illegal? The entire patch system is user based. If you just want to block ads, Revanced is just as legal as everything else you listed.
r/LostRedditors
Certainly it is illegal to distribute Vanced because it’s a modified version of Youtube official app, which is copyrighted.
Re-vanced may have found a workaround so that users modify the app themselves, but Google may claim DMCA’s anti-circunvention rule is being breached, and sue the relevant parties if they wanted to.
Certainly it is illegal to distribute Vanced because it’s a modified version of Youtube official app, which is copyrighted.
Cool, nowhere did I indicate that I should be presenting a link to download the app nor did I tell anyone where to get it. Point moot.
Re-vanced may have found a workaround so that users modify the app themselves, but Google may claim DMCA’s anti-circunvention rule is being breached, and sue the relevant parties if they wanted to.
Okay but if they start using a different method of ad blocking you’re going to just tell them the same answer, that they’re going to get sued into the ground? No the answer was looking for alternatives, and revanced is an alternative whether you like it or not.
Your attitude kind of sucks, especially when you add your comment with a stupid reply with
r/Lostredditors
You sure like being inclusive on this platform, be better.
I’m sorry but I don’t remember typing this LostRedditors stuff. I’m just as confused as you are. (some mod edited my comment?)
And it was never my intention being combative about the NewPipe competitors. I just think Vanced and ReVanced are in a completely different category of apps. As they potentially may step on some DMCA rule, they’re far more vulnerable of being taken out by Google. And most hobbyst devs just abandon their projects at the first sign of a DMCA or Cease and Desist.
For YouTube frontends: On the Linux desktop, there is FreeTube, on IOS there is yattee (IIRC), then there are web based front ends from invideous.
Louis Rossman mentioned the other day that they are in the process of creating an app that will allow you to follow your chosen creators across multiple services, so that you can continue even if their primary platform removes them.
If you’re looking for YouTube alternatives, check out Peertube, Odyssey, and Nebula (I haven’t looked at Peertube or Odyssey in a while, so I can’t comment on how they are doing).
Peertube still has zero discoverability, and Odyssee still has Alex Jones and Russia Today at the top of its news and politics section, so not great on either front, sadly.
There is no competition, we’re all friends 🤗
