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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by McDyver on Sunday January 25, 2026 @03:33AM (#46751965)
I'm using Pipepipe. I believe it's a fork from NewPipe, and has more features, namely skipping sponsor block, and intros
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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by vee-kay on Sunday January 25, 2026 @05:34PM (#46759245)
Pipepipe stopped downloading audio or video when I was using it a couple of years back.

I switched over to NewPipe as it was better maintained and worked well.

Since past few months, NewPipe is not automatically showing latest YT videos, but it opens the video if I type in the video's source url. Downloads are working fine though, which is what I mainly use it for.

Will try Pipepipe again next weekend if it fares better.

Google is trying to suppress all these FOSS alternatives to its ads-overloaded apps.

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