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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by rakoo on Thursday June 29, 2023 @06:43AM (#36518721)
> new pipe just sucks

What's wrong with newpipe ?

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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by pwdisswordfishc on Thursday June 29, 2023 @06:48AM (#36518756)
Incessant crashing, for one.
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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by galkk on Thursday June 29, 2023 @04:50PM (#36526520)
It was crashing like all the time on stock Galaxy Note 9. Also downloads somehow were much slower than native youtube.
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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by rakoo on Thursday June 29, 2023 @07:36PM (#36528322)
Newpipe has to use workarounds to the limitations put in place by youtube; I find it expected that downloads will be slower, since they won't be using secret shibboleth done by youtube on the backend and on the app but standard web access.

It has been crashing for me as well but since it's so stateless it has never been an issue: playback continues, playlists remain, ads ana tracking stay nonexistent.

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