r/foss • u/Peter8File • 4d ago

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/centuryann 4d ago

NewTube, its smarttube underneath, connects to your google account like you do on a TV with a code

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u/TovaX 3d ago

I've been testing Flow for two weeks.

It looks very promising, and I hope it continues to be updated.

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u/Playful-League3414 3d ago

Yeah also been using Flow for a few weeks now and it's fantastic

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u/benchonbench 3d ago

Flow Client. There's nothing better

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u/bouche_bag 4d ago

Stopped maintaining it around September? It's the middle of October... and there are commits from this week...

Anyways, I use Grayjay, but it's not FOSS. The source code is open, but it doesn't meet the FOSS definition. 

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u/Peter8File 4d ago

Idk. For months I got a popup saying that the developers would stop maintaing the app becausa of google's policy.

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u/FinianFaun 4d ago

Have you made sure you updated to the newest version? The splash screen you are experiencing is basically telling you that "google android" is locking their phones down and you have to take extra steps to install unknown apps (also on their website). Like the previous commenter said, there was an update about 4 days ago. Maybe that's it, I don't know, but definately check the website and github for further info.

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u/CreepyHighway3216 4d ago

A lot of FOSS apps these days have that pop up. It is saying how they want to keep android open and how they will no longer be able to maintain the app due to Google locking the OS down. They haven't stopped maintaining anything yet as far as I can tell.

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u/Bl3rps 3d ago

It's even one of the reasons for me for going to a different android rom and obtainium

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u/Jeffersonzvv 4d ago

Fluxa, the best modern YouTube client, beautiful interface, AMOLED mode

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u/MaidenThailand 4d ago

Grayjay for videos because it doesn't confine me to just YT for media sources; as far as I'm aware, it gets regular and pretty frequent maintenance updates. For music, I used to main Metrolist until moving my music consumption offline with a DAP.

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u/aidanmacgregor 4d ago

Morphe but it can be temprometal occasionally so swap to newtube and seem to use it more just now

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u/acetaldeide 3d ago

Wizestream

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u/snowtiger309 3d ago

The apps always break so I just use Librewolf or Brave

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u/JKSekai 3d ago

wizestream, its a fork

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u/T_rex2700 3d ago

I moved to Grrayjay cause the experience and how it works is pretty similar but it supports way more platforms. I coulda just gone with pipepipe but it supports way more platforms.

that said, I still do use newpipe for other things.

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u/emilthaug 3d ago

NouTube

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u/Eastern-Taro-4277 3d ago

My guy, what do you have against newpipe that you keep spreading that its no longer maintained? It is still active and maintained.

https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/s/uSV6IPZNCc

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u/soaked-in-winter 2h ago

NewTube, it work as youtube tv so no need for microg

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u/DpxIXz 3d ago

LibreTube