Re:NewPipe – The lightweight YouTube experience for Android
by lolinder on Saturday November 04, 2023 @07:47PM
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> I'm sure Apple is going to delist it from the App Store at some point (App Store guidelines are just that, guidelines, and there's no getting around them with a weird loophole like you can do with actual laws), but it works for now.
Hence F-Droid, which cannot exist on iOS.
Re:NewPipe – The lightweight YouTube experience for Android
by lxgr on Saturday November 04, 2023 @08:03PM
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Not yet! The EU’s Digital Markets Act will go into force soon.
Re:NewPipe – The lightweight YouTube experience for Android
by lolinder on Saturday November 04, 2023 @08:33PM
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True! Unfortunately, I fully expect Apple to keep alternate app stores locked out in other locales. I'll be happy if I'm proven wrong, but they've been so determined in fighting this that it seems likely they'll consider it to be worth the extra work.
Re:NewPipe – The lightweight YouTube experience for Android
by chii on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:59PM
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a 30% profit margin business for barely any real work/capital investment, this is a business they will fight for.
Re:NewPipe – The lightweight YouTube experience for Android
by miki123211 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @12:21PM
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We don't know how the DMA will actually be interpreted.
There are three aspects that people often conflate, the ability to install apps from outside Apple's App Store, the ability to install apps that Apple hasn't notarized, and the ability for developers to skip paying a percentage of app sales to Apple.
We might get all three of these, but we might also get just one or two. I can imagine a world where you'll be free to install a .ipa from any website and pay for in-app purchases with your credit card, but where the .ipa will have to go through App Review and the developer will be audited to ensure that the necessary fees go to Apple.
Re:NewPipe – The lightweight YouTube experience for Android
by idle_zealot on Saturday November 04, 2023 @08:43PM
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Does this actually work? I've tried a couple of times but it nearly always hangs on loading videos, and when it does load it gets stuck buffering every few seconds. Perhaps the Piped instance I'm connected too is overloaded?
It's technically a personal video-watching app, not a Youtube app, which you're supposed to link with your own personal video server, but the server APIs it is compatible with are the same APIs that are exposed by Invidious and Newpipe instances. This is not a coincidence.
I'm sure Apple is going to delist it from the App Store at some point (App Store guidelines are just that, guidelines, and there's no getting around them with a weird loophole like you can do with actual laws), but it works for now.