Yep. I was using it on Vivaldi for Android until I couldn’t anymore. Now I’m switching to GreyJay.
It still works in Firefox if you switch to the desktop site. You can also use uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock with it to get rid of the ads.
Don’t forget shorts block. It’s like the YouTube of my youth. Lol
But watch how this doesn’t put a dent in their viewership. I swear, YouTubers are a perfect example of cultural Stockholm syndrome.
NewPipe still seems to be working (thankfully)
I’ve had a week of “content unavailable” in newpipe. Does not seem to be working at all anymore.
I got sick of the cat and mouse with updates and youtube making changes.
I tried Grayjay from f-droid and I’m never going back. Getting all my video platforms on one amazing app with excellent queueing, background play, pop-out player, etc. It even has ad-blocking and sponsorblock built in. I’ve happily paid for this app and set it up ok my PC too. Highly recommended.
Update it. Version 0.28.2 fixes this
We need a real YouTube alternative.
Won’t happen. Google ran YouTube at a net loss for a decade before turning a profit. Very few companies have the kind of money to invest like that. Video hosting is crazy expensive, especially when it’s free.
Given the number of porn video websites now, I don’t think the cost of video hosting is the major issue.
The bigger issue is likely having to moderate the site. Twitch focused on live streaming as a way to reduce exposure to copyrighted content and TikTok kept videos short enough that it could skate around fair use by not being able to air longer form copyrighted content.
It’ll never happen, until they make YT premium so prohibitively expensive that a majority of users no longer want to pay. If they’re smart, they’ll keep it at the current price until it starts losing money, because their effective monopoly is YouTube’S most valuable asset. Once they get any kind of decent competition, the whole house of cards tumbles.
“You will buy youtube premium, damn it!!!”
Orion still does background playback and also blocks ads ! I only tested it on an iPhone though :/
See this article for an analysis.
They tested that when logged in with an account without YouTube premium, locking the screen paused playback and caused the playback notification to disappear. The notification didn’t disappear with an YouTube Premium subscription (althrough playback still paused). This was a few days ago, before this confirmation.
