Sad day
https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe
A fork of NewPipe with SponsorBlock functionality.
I'm gonna come out and say I don't mind sponsors half as much as actual ads. I'm mostly happy to just skip forward til they're gone. But I respect the fork
The Vanced one let you choose autoskip or a skip button, also highlighted the scrub bar with different colors to show sponsored segments, intros, self sponsorship, and outtros
I'll keep newpipe in mind but apparently you can't log in to youtube on it? So does that mean I have to see the default feed which is just crammed with obnoxious thumbnails and stuff?
Tbh I'm rooted and have adaway anyways so I think I'm usually pretty good to go on yt anyways. But this definitely stings.
Ah cool that's fine with me since I only have a few subs I care about. Thanks for clearing that up
You can import your subscriptions. It just won't be synced with your YouTube account which sucks. It's still better than using the official app.
I just view my subscriptions in my browser at https://m.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions and open the links in Newpipe.
No login, no recommendations and no comments, right?
How am I supposed to find slop or get angry at strangers and their dumb opinions
Youtube is honestly unusable without recommendations, without logging in looking at the main page is like staring into the Ark of the Covenant
If there's a few channels you already like to watch and get suggested videolinks elsewhere you don't really need them. At least that's how I've used youtube for years now.
yes, it helps not being addicted, also manual refresh when you a free is less stressful
You can see the comments and the default recommendations the video has, you just can't post your own bad takes or get personalized recommendations.
I recommend getting newpipe with sponsorblock, an unofficial fork with sponsorblock.
:desolate:
Fuck no, I won't go back to ads, you can't make me
Any alternate solutions? Firefox Android+ Adblock + some other extensions to replicate Vanced features?
Oh fuck, there's still no way to get YT notifications, right :agony-shivering:
Have you heard the good word of Newpipe w/ Sponsorblock? https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe
really? at least for the stuff I'm interested in (movies, game, creative software) it's never been easier or faster
shit, I've been able to download and play multiplayer games on official servers instead of private servers like I had to in the 2000s
I wouldn't be surprised if they took a butcher's knife to VPNs or something in the future but at least for now shit is fuckin great
tbf vanced existing and dying flew past the radar for anyone already using newpipe lol, it wasn't open source and it shat out NFTs so honestly I have a hard time caring too much
scene groups retire all the time, the peeps working at codex don't just disappear either, plus their stated reason for retiring was they got bored bc reloaded wasn't being a good anime rival anymore lmao
I haven't heard about any tangible attacks on VPNs but if they are dang that sucks
how do i find videos on newpipe? no recommendations is a strange design choice, i basically just let yt algorithm figure out what i watch and dont bother with subscriptions
you can still find recommended videos from a certain video, so if you want to find garfield videos just search for one, click on any of them, then go on a journey
it's part of its design choice to remain completely disconnected from YouTube algorithms (at least in my experience I get pretty consistent garbage from youtube recommendations so i don't miss it lol)
best option in your case is prolly to keep using vanced for now, and then swap over to going to youtube on your browser and opening links in newpipe once the compatibility stops
i put quite a bit of work into training my yt to only feed me what i want, lots of clicking "not interested" and "dont recommend channel" and youll eventually have it kinda ok
i can see that. i always did it a few times and shrugged when it seemed to not improve anything, it makes sense that it would need a bigger chunk of data to work well
the more you do it the longer you can scroll before you start seeing generic youtube nonsense, i still get random stuff at the bottom and just click not interested on a few things then refresh
I wonder if Google trying to go with their own chip is sign of things to come when it comes to Android
Nooo, I can't go back to mid ASMR video Falun Gong adverts about how Communism killed 4 trillion people :doomer:
Locally I only get the same ads you'd get on TV, but they still make me :monke-rage:
https://nitter.net/dvrkplayer/status/1503056648860053505
lol, what was this about
I honestly never enjoyed this app. I just use firefox + background play extension.
smfh why did google come by and offer to eat their ass if they stopped
It probably just means that once YouTube breaks compatibility for the millionth time that the app won't be fixed.
I used the same version of vanced for like forever now without updating, and it still works fine, will that change?
probably update to the latest one so it lasts as long as possible, also the adblocking got a lot better, i used to see ads on the home screen that looked half broken by vanced but not completely removed, in the latest i dont see any anymore, also its got sponsorblock now
