With Reddit shutting down its API setting a precedent in the corporate tech world (and Reddit was a major outlier in that a ton of their users are technical minded and support third party clients, YouTube does not have that kind of userbase and will not get backlash for it), Twitter doing whatever the fuck they’re doing, and Google already hellbent on destroying ad blockers, the days of Newpipe, Invidious, and Freetube are numbered. Wouldn’t be surprised if they implement Netflix level DRM tomorrow that makes alt clients impossible. I say savour your alt clients while you can guys, you won’t be able to soon.

  • Worthstream@lemmy.one
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    11 months ago

    Thanks, I was looking for something like this and banging my head against using Newpipe.

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      11 months ago

      Do you mean it’s giving your problems downloading or using? Or do you mean you are resisting using it for some other reason? I’m using it right now and I am not techy in any way (I only resisted it because I thought downloading it would take some kind of technical prowess).