Anyone who primarily uses #YouTube for just listening to music (like I do) should consider trying out an app like @newpipe (NewPip (mastodon.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by doctorLURK@mastodon.social to c/newpipe@lemmy.ml

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Anyone who primarily uses #YouTube for just listening to music (like I do) should consider trying out an app like @newpipe (NewPipe). I haven't dealt with an ad or interstitial break since I switched, and the mobile app plays sound while my phone is locked without missing a beat. I don't know if it'll be around forever, but I do know I'm never going back to just "www dot youtube dot com" for online videos again.

Edit: Android DL link for those who want to try NewPipe: https://newpipe.net/#download

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[-] doctorLURK@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@lurch Sure! I went here with my mobile browser and directly downloaded it: https://newpipe.net/#download

I've had my phone open to non-Play Store APKs for a long time, so I don't know if your mileage will vary, but it was pretty painless for me.

[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, i tried it, but it's just a frontend for youtube. I need a replacement for youtube (the site), because its shit

[-] doctorLURK@mastodon.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@lurch Yes, it's a YouTube front-end. It suits my purposes because I can listen to my old playlists of game music, etc. (stuff not typically available on streaming music platforms) without having to plow through a thousand ads every hour, but it's not a competing service to YouTube, per se.

If you want to completely get away from YouTube, I don't have any personal experience yet, but I've heard nice things about the federated video tool, @peertube ! (NewPipe will also integrate with PeerTube.)