Neither newpipe nor libretube work for me anymore for a while now. Is there an alternative?

Edit: when using my vpn it is blocked. Without von it works fine

      • Grey Cat@lemmy.world
        11·
        4 months ago

        It’s basically source available with rights to modify and redistribute for non-commercial purposes and without removing the ability to pay for the app.

        Here is the license.

      • it_a_me@literature.cafe
        31·
        4 months ago

        Custom license that doesn’t meet the FSF’s definition. Tldr restrictions on redistribution and minor restrictions on modification. It isn’t on fdroid’s main, but they host a fdroid compatible one with a out of date version of Grayjay

        • Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          4·
          4 months ago

          It’s not on F-Droid, they have their custom F-Droid repository but that doesn’t really mean anything. Anyone can put any app in a custom F-Droid repo, it doesn’t have any meaning in regard to FOSS licensing or user freedom.

    • youmaynotknow@lemmy.ml
      3·
      4 months ago

      It’s been working for me most of the time. Tends to break when Google breaks something, but gets fixed pretty fast. For me it has been working for a couple of weeks after the last update. On TV I use SmartTube, and it has been incredibly solid.

      • scrion@lemmy.world
        12·
        4 months ago

        NewPipe stops working whenever Google updates YouTube with a breaking change that NewPipe needs to integrate then, e. g. renaming parameters, changing URLs and the like.

        NewPipe has been steadily working for years, with the expected interrupts as they have to play catch up with YouTube. That typically only lasts a few days, sometimes hours, though.

        • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
          1·
          4 months ago

          The newest issue is different because YouTube started requiring login more and more often to “prove that you’re not a bot”.

  • Hellfire103@lemmy.caEnglish
    14·
    4 months ago

    I’d say that your best bet is FreeTube, which got ported to Android back in 2020. I’ve only been using it for a few weeks, since I only got ahold of an Android device this month, but it has never let me down.

    It’s available on the IzzyOnDroid repo, and as an APK, so you can install it with F-Droid or Obtainium (or manually).

      • Hellfire103@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        Neither newpipe nor libretube work for me anymore for a while now.

        …except NewPipe doesn’t work.

        • unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          4 months ago

          It works great these past few days, and I’ve used it today. It works. You might not use the latest version.

          Don’t use F-droid official repos, use the NewPipe f-droid repo or the IzzyOnDroid one.

  • yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    4 months ago

    On chromecast I’ve been happy with SmartTube, which includes sponsor block and still allows me to log into YT so I get to keep my history.

    In Firefox I’ve just discovered an extension called Lib Redirect, which works for YT, Reddit, Twitter, and other sites. Highly recommend.

  • zuttoA
    111·
    4 months ago

    Have you tried Grayjay?

  • Unmapped@lemmy.ml
    4·
    4 months ago

    Newpipe is working. Just make sure you are on the latest update. YouTube broke it twice in a row not long ago. But latest update has been working for weeks now. Check the github. Looks like v0.27.2 is the latest.

    • Fisch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      No, the error is coming from YouTube, not Piped. They’re working on a way to get around it, you can follow the progress here.

  • Tundra@lemmy.ml
    74·
    4 months ago

    Ive been using these front ends for a while now and there are constant issues.

    Ive switched to http://odysee.com

    its now ad free, and Ive found that: mental outlaw, Louis Rossman, someordinarygamers, Brodie Robertson, tech lore, switched to linux, the Linux cast and loads of others are also on the platform.

      • Tundra@lemmy.ml
        4·
        4 months ago

        The blockchaim & finance topic doesn’t really affect me, as long as I can use it for watching videos then it works. (and I’m not helping google)

        In regards to the hate content, I would rather have the ability to self censor these things (mute/block) then have the platform itself decide what I am allowed to see.

        • theVerdantOne@beehaw.orgEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          I think the main problem with allowing hate content is how it fosters harassment to those who are against their narratives.

      • Daemon Silverstein@thelemmy.clubEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

        hot spring for hate content

        As with every platform, even Youtube. Bc even the most advanced algorithmic moderation has its limits (i.e. they can’t pick up steganography nor subtle/creative language; in best case scenario, YT algorithms can barely understand a Caesar ciphered text), so it’d need manual reviewing, but there’s the catch: a platform can’t have strict manual reviewing AND be free, because human moderators have their costs. When a platform gets troublesome with excessive ads or oversensitive filters (Tom Scott has an excellent video regarding the problem with “vulgarity filters” when they’re set to pick up any “forbidden” words amidist a text without considering their context; e.g. a content that says about “cumulative sum” (a mathematical and statistical concept) gets blocked because how the three initial letters form a vulgar word, and this could get worse if one’s talking about NumPy’s method), two kinds of people will tend to migrate platforms: those who simply have zero patience with intrusive ads/excessive filtering (imagine a PHP developer not being able to upload/search for a video that uses the PHP function that breaks a string into array, because the function name is “explode()” and it could be seen by filters as “violence”), and those who want to distillate their hatred. If there’s a sufficiently well-known alternative platform, both kinds of people will tend to migrate there, until hate content becomes a gigantic problem and the platform starts to employ human moderators, turning the service into a costly service that’ll either need to be paid or need to have ads (except if they somehow manage to work the services through volunteering, such as GNU). Odysee is one of a myriad of video platforms where anyone can create an account and upload any video. Odysee is not the first only containing “dangerous contents” and neither will be the last.

    • My Good Sir@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      4 months ago

      What if I want to watch something other than the people who always show up at the top of the Youtube technology category page, or venture capitalist-funded yoga videos summoned to create the impression somebody is home?

  • Fisch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    LibreTube uses Piped, which currently is getting blocked by YouTube. They’re working on a way to get around it.

    You can follow the progress here. It seems like they might have found a way.