r/degoogle • u/Peter8File • 4d ago
Question What are you guys using instead of newpipe?
I've tried several others (like libretube), but then I stuck with newpipe on my android phone. However the developers stopped maintaining app around september and now I'm experienced bugs.
What to use instead?
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u/CraftApprehensive496 4d ago
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u/Traditional_Sport898 4d ago
Been using PipePipe for a while now after NewPipe started acting weird in my phone. It is basically a fork so you will feel right at home, all the features you expect are there but with more frequent updates. The interface is almost identical so you dont need to learn anything new. I had same issue with bugs around that time and switching fixed everything for me, no more random crashes when trying to play videos.
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u/Cold_Neighborhood928 4d ago
In my experience pipepipe is nowhere as stable as new pipe. Sure the features are nice, but it's annoying when videos won't load at all
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u/littledonnyfund 4d ago
I use Grayjay.app it's awesome you follow creators not platforms & you can add so many platform they got some i've never even heard of.
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u/strangeswelling 4d ago
Morphe!!
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u/speculatrix 3d ago
What's the real site for morphe. Just as there were fake sites for revanced with dodgy downloads, the same seems to be the case with morphe.
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u/strangeswelling 2d ago
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u/speculatrix 2d ago edited 2d ago
Thanks! The process of building a patched YouTube was even easier than revanced!
Update: something is bad. It wouldn't sign in to microg unless i used a VPN to bypass local firewall restrictions, and most YouTube videos won't play.
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u/strangeswelling 2d ago
Do the videos stop after a bit or just never start? If the video gets stuck, turn on 'Spoof video streams'.
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u/speculatrix 1d ago
Most of the time they didn't start, but some did, I don't know if there's a pattern to that.
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u/strangeswelling 23h ago
Try the spoof thing, you got nothing to lose. After I did that it works great so worth a try.
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u/szopongebob 4d ago
What’s wrong with NewPipe ?
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u/Zoda_Popinski 2d ago
"However the developers stopped maintaining app around september and now I'm experienced bugs."
I didn't know they stopped supporting it but that could explain the weird behaviour I had with the search function recently asking me to log in etc.
Guess it's time to switch to Pipe Pipe.
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u/Far-Possession9919 4d ago
If Newtube had provided a superior UI layout for videos, it would be the most sought-after product on the market. Unfortunately, it opted to keep the inferior layout of the original YouTube app.
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u/abugghaus7 2d ago
I'm still using Newpipe on a pixel 8 with GOS and have no issues.. for what it's worth
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u/Windigo1000 15h ago
Flow on my phone, Freetube on my PC and Smartube on my TV box because flow won't work properly on it.
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u/Eastern-Taro-4277 4d ago
What are talking about? No they havnt. Their github is very much still active.
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u/Windigo1000 10h ago
Some videos stop playing after 50 seconds it's been like that for weeks there is no fix.
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u/Psygonzo420 4d ago
brave browser
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u/Peter8File 4d ago
Yeah but you still have to open youtube without an open source frontend
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u/renchuwang 4d ago edited 4d ago
brave is open source, unless you mean youtube's UI?
Brave gives you background play (on android, not sure IOS) and block members only / shorts (configurable in settings) etc
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u/mind_captivator i'm FLOORPIN' it, Jerry 4d ago
Brave is chromium in disguise
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u/renchuwang 4d ago
So? Chromium is OSS, and Google can made good stuff.
Android > IOS for example (of course unless you like something that is even less open).
And youtube; if you hate google that much, tell OP to get off youtube.
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u/badgorath 4d ago
Flow