• Monomate@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      “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.

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        1 year ago

        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.

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          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.

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            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.

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      1 year ago

      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)