Ask HN: NewPipe is being actively blocked. What do you recommend instead?

2 points·p0w3n3d··11 comments

NewPipe stopped playing any videos on YouTube. Always getting `IOS player response is not valid`

Does yt-dlp still work?

The day it doesn't, I will cancel YouTube Premium and leave it behind for good.

Why do you still have YTP?

Good will in combination with nostalgia. I'm having increasingly strong doubts YT is going to survive this decade though. I've already started archiving things I find interesting. When that feels done, I will reevaluate.

https://grayjay.app/

They had about a four or five day blip, but are back up and running. However, like anything else that doesn't use official APIs, it's a cat and mouse game.

Use the newpipe fdroid repo: https://archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/repo

Pay for YouTube Premium.

That's what I do...

Yes, to get Youtube content I can see your point. However, google don't respect your privacy or individuality, even if you pay for a premium service. That's why the alternate front ends exist.

The alternative front ends exist because people want something for nothing. If you don’t like their policies don’t use their product.

> The alternative front ends exist because people want something for nothing. If you don’t like their policies don’t use their product.

Then why am I paying for an alternate front-end instead of YouTube premium?

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