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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish23•5 months agoThey still have no app. Viewing anything on that site through your mobile browser sucks ass.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•5 months agoTried that, the interface wasn’t any better. Also, you couldn’t log into an account and get recommendations. I use Revanced extended.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoJust tried it. Tried playing several videos, and the app just crashed every time. Plus, again, there is no youtube account sign in and a bad UI.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•5 months agoNot being identifiable is kinda the point of Piped, so an official YT login will never be a thing, I’d assume
minus-squarekick_out_the_jamslinkfedilink1•5 months agoPiped is based on NewPipe’s extractor. If you want an app it’s available on f-droid or with sponsor block on Izzy’s repo.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•5 months agono. Grayjay is proprietary. Use Newpipe, which is what Piped’s extractor is based on.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoWait, it is? Thanks for the heads up !
minus-squareDem BosainlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•5 months agohttps://github.com/futo-org/grayjay-android Grayjay is open source.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agoNope, the source code is available but it is proprietary software because the license forbids distributing modified versions, among other things
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoShit, why source available then ? What are they trying to accomplish ?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•5 months agoThank God someone finally said something! There was probably a Lemmy user somewhere who hadn’t heard of it yet.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoSo many pipes! https://youtu.be/8g2KKGgK-0w?si=CmYDo3NBZdxgaBNR
minus-square@[email protected]BlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/8g2KKGgK-0w?si=CmYDo3NBZdxgaBNR Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Use piped
They still have no app. Viewing anything on that site through your mobile browser sucks ass.
NewPipe for android
Tried that, the interface wasn’t any better. Also, you couldn’t log into an account and get recommendations. I use Revanced extended.
Libretube
Just tried it. Tried playing several videos, and the app just crashed every time. Plus, again, there is no youtube account sign in and a bad UI.
Not being identifiable is kinda the point of Piped, so an official YT login will never be a thing, I’d assume
Piped is based on NewPipe’s extractor.
If you want an app it’s available on f-droid or with sponsor block on Izzy’s repo.
Grayjay
no.
Grayjay is proprietary. Use Newpipe, which is what Piped’s extractor is based on.
Wait, it is? Thanks for the heads up !
https://github.com/futo-org/grayjay-android
Grayjay is open source.
Nope, the source code is available but it is proprietary software because the license forbids distributing modified versions, among other things
Shit, why source available then ? What are they trying to accomplish ?
Thank God someone finally said something! There was probably a Lemmy user somewhere who hadn’t heard of it yet.
So many pipes! https://youtu.be/8g2KKGgK-0w?si=CmYDo3NBZdxgaBNR
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/8g2KKGgK-0w?si=CmYDo3NBZdxgaBNR
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
🎼 Pipe it up. Pipe it up. 🎶