#NewPipe, I'm getting really tired of your crap. Stop burning up my battery every time I leave a video paused.
I either have to restrict its battery usage (and not be able to listen to videos in the background), or remember to kill the app every time I stop using it.
To be fair, I do kvetch a lot, but #NewPipe is a fantastic piece of kit.
The battery drain and the weird error that pops up every time I connect to my car's BT are annoying, but overall, it's the very best Youtube client on earth.
If the video streaming services are all going to add commercials have we just come full circle and made it back to television before the VCR was popularized except made it more expensive in the process?
@rasterweb I get the analogy of cable:youtube-ads video - Its an interesting way to look at it. But, Streaming via ad-blocker browsers like #bravebrowser is ad-free. Using VPN's and alternatives like #invidious (for web) and #newpipe (for mobile) also help in ad-free experience.
I just got done chatting with a creator that I invited to share on #tilvids and while they were interested, they ultimately decided not to because they didn't want to detract from what they were doing on YT. As a creator myself, I completely understand, but this is why it's so important for everyone in the #fediverse community to reach out to creators and encourage them to share on #PeerTube The message coming from their viewers is so much more powerful than some random instance host. 💙
If you're trying to break a time-wasting habit (say, scrolling on your phone), be sure to have a positive habit to fill the time instead, or you may fall into another equally-bad habit. I've made that mistake a couple times.
@benjaminhollon One surprisingly efficient trick to break software-related time-wasting habits is to use an open source frontend.
I used to be absolutely addicted to YouTube, and I managed to get completely off of it thanks to #NewPipe's lack of support for Google accounts and personalized feeds!
lol... I loaded up my Nokia 6.1 with youtube videos on #NewPipe just so I wouldn't be too traumatized XD
The SIM card started working, but I've got the google crap so locked down that it won't make a phone call XD
Seems to receive texts ok. No bootloader unlock (this should be freaking illegal), so I'm looking at a new phone so I can have that degoogled life again.
I will say that a 5 year old phone is actually usable if you disable all the google crap.
Kann mir jemand sagen, was bei F-Droid ein nicht-quelloffener Netzwerkdienst ist? Das ist doch irgendwie völlig falsch. Quelloffen kann doch nie ein Dienst sein, sonder höchstens Software, die einen Dienst erbringt.
Beim Mastodon-Client Shitter wird offenbar das Fediverse so bezeichnet. Das ist für mich jedenfalls eine Irritation, weil es offenbar an jedem Client steht.
Wow, the #DataFarms are really circling the wagons bigtime. First Titter closing down API access, and then anonymous web access. Then cRedit closing down API access. ThemTube have been wriggling and kicking to stop instances of Invidious and Piped from working. Now they're hammering the devs of youtube-dl:
"Access denied... Due to a ruling of the Hamburg Regional Court, access to this website is blocked."
I loaded up #NewPipe on my dinky tablet with the setup I had before November 2022, when I purged all Youtube channels from my NewPipe setup on my phone, and went #PeerTube-only.
I was expecting to see all kinds of high-quality #YouTube content that I was missing.
EGAD NO!!!
My old feed is full of just nonsense! Silly things people do for attention (even when they're talented and artsy), random clips that I just don't need, just tons and tons of wasted time.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1962643 [https://lemmy.ml/post/1962643] > also on r/Android [https://libreddit.mha.fi/r/Android/comments/14x5cdz/newpipenet_removed_from_google_search_results_due]
🔴 El derecho a la dignidad, a la intimidad y la #Privacidad 🔴
🔸 Empiezo por compartir mi propia reflexión de cuando el Legislativo aprobó el programa de recolección de datos personales por medio de las compañías telefónicas en #México:
Continuando con el tema de la recolección de datos personales y la pérdida de la #dignidad, la #intimidad y la #privacidad, comparto un video de #Snowden sobre el tema.
Explica que todo eso que se cree que no es posible, en realidad lo es. Se cuentan con centros de datos gigantescos que guardan absolutamente toda la información recolectada por siempre, literalmente.
El video tiene subtítulos en español y otros idiomas que pueden activarse.
Les sugiero usar aplicaciones como #NewPipe en sus teléfonos móviles para ver los videos de YouTube, de esta forma, evitan el espionaje. Se puede descargar de F-Droid.
Hello #Mastodon, I am seeking comments from the community to include in my next newsletter about #Google's change in their privacy policy. (They now say that anything you post online will be used to train their AI models.)
I am especially interested of thoughts from #writers and #artists.
How do you feel about this move? What do you think about placing your content behind a wall to protect it? And will this change how you post online in the future?
This was inevitable. Google already made it impossible to block #YouTube ads on mobile and Android TV, this was just the next logical step. :thisIsFine:
As for #tilvids we don't have ads, don't know what extensions you have installed, and never will because that's none of anyone's business. Just come over and enjoy some great #edutainment content! And if you need a mobile experience, #newpipe does a pretty good job! 💙
I believe you are correct about not having the ability to log in. #NewPipe makes a great viewer, but not great for engagement, following channels, etc.
Yet another question people are asking me: "How can I, a common person, help hasten the demise of #Meta through #ActivityPub?"
Again, I want to re-emphasize this. #Fediblock is not an all-purpose tool. It's useful as a hammer. But in this scenario, we don't just need a hammer. We need drills, pliers, saws, and blowtorches.
That said, we must protect communities that choose to defederate from Meta. Which means that if those servers don't want to receive messages from any Meta-owned services, we must not only be respectful of that, we should make damn sure that those servers are quarantined from Meta. So much of the success of fighting Meta will require safe spaces from Meta.
The next thing we need is lots and lots of nodes. Currently, we only have ~25,000 nodes on the Fediverse but we need more. Preferably, these nodes should be small, agile, and well-moderated. If you have the finances and/or skill to run a node, it's important that you do so. To compete with Meta, we need to build scale -- and the easiest way to build scale is by adding more nodes to the Fediverse.
What will also be key is lobby servers. These will be servers specifically set up for migrants from Meta-owned services to help onboard them towards the rest of the Fediverse. To run such a lobby server, they need to be welcoming, moderated well, and free of the elitists and gatekeepers that poison so much of the Fediverse currently.
How to get people from Meta to try out the rest of the Fediverse? We need people willing to be ambassadors on #P92 who are ready and willing to evangelize the rest of the Fediverse. Folks like @tchambers are very good at this on Twitter, and I have no doubt that we can do the same with P92. Except this time we'll have the benefit of federation already happening 😉
Now if there's one thing I've learned about the growth of the Fediverse it's that bad corporate decisions pay dividends. We've already experienced waves of migration from Tumblr, Twitter, and Reddit. And I have no doubt that it's only a matter of time before Meta makes another corporate mistake -- as they tend to do.
In which case, we need to strike fast. When another Cambridge Analytica happens, we need to remind everyone on Meta about the lobby servers that are on standby, and ready to take them on. Unlike previous migrations, let's not be unprepared for this. Let's be especially prepared since Meta plans to join the Fediverse.
Finally, we need more devs. Specifically, we need devs willing to build innovative server and client software that takes aim at Meta. And to do that, we need to support the devs that currently exist -- show evergreen devs pondering whether they should invest here that we, as a community, are appreciative of our current devs.
If you like #Mastodon, #Calckey, #Kbin, #Friendica, etc., it's important that you open up your hearts as well as your wallets and fund the next stage of Fediverse development.
This will take a lot of work. But if you want to fight Meta, challenge their dominance of social media, this is what must be done.
Personally, I'm hyped about the future of the Fediverse -- regardless of whether Meta eventually lives to tell the tale.
I have a very good friend. We were chilling and listening to music on YouTube. I got annoyed with the constant adverts and need the to keep searching for songs. I explained to him that he could use #NewPipe to solve these problems. He let me install fdroid and NewPipe. We made a playlist. I showed him how he could make it play in the background whilst he did other things. I evangelised about it and #FOSS in general. I asked him the other day if he was still using NewPipe: No, not at all.
Most people are scared of non commercial tech. NewPipe looks like the YouTube app. It has more and better functionality. It still won't be adopted by the vast majority of people because we have all been trained to treat devices like a mysterious black box that we have no control over. I don't see large number's of people migrating from P92 because friendly techies say, "look, here is the same service only better". It needs more, but I don't know what that is
newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request - Lemmy (lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1962643 [https://lemmy.ml/post/1962643] > also on r/Android [https://libreddit.mha.fi/r/Android/comments/14x5cdz/newpipenet_removed_from_google_search_results_due]