It actually isn’t the only alternative. For example, SkyTube also exists (and is IMO also decent).
But yeah, Google killed off third-party YouTube apps on Android shortly before they released YouTube Premium. And with the official app deliberately lacking features, a competitor doesn’t have to be extraordinarily good to be appreciated.
NewPipe isn’t the only option as others have mentioned, and it isn’t a bad app, quite the opposite, specially if you use the platform just to watch videos and not to comment :)
This is one of those rare cases where I’d say the hype is justified. When the official client is absolute dogshit, then of course better alternatives would be welcomed with open arms.
Sometime i experience really slow dl speed on newpipe.
I imagine it’s being rate limited because Google definitely doesn’t want you to be doing that.
How would they know that i’m using newpipe instead of a browser?
Youtube-dl doesn’t have that issue.
newpipe is just overhyped because it’s the only open source alternative to the native app
It actually isn’t the only alternative. For example, SkyTube also exists (and is IMO also decent).
But yeah, Google killed off third-party YouTube apps on Android shortly before they released YouTube Premium. And with the official app deliberately lacking features, a competitor doesn’t have to be extraordinarily good to be appreciated.
NewPipe isn’t the only option as others have mentioned, and it isn’t a bad app, quite the opposite, specially if you use the platform just to watch videos and not to comment :)
This is one of those rare cases where I’d say the hype is justified. When the official client is absolute dogshit, then of course better alternatives would be welcomed with open arms.
Isn’t invidious open source
All front ends and clients mencio ned in this thread are OpenSource
Yup!