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Our Partner Communities:
LibreTube - uses Piped as video source by default. Subscriptions and playlists can be created, all without actually interacting with YouTube.
Clipious - uses Invidious as the video source. Also allows for subscribing and accounts. Lesser known client
NewPipe - Gets the source directly from YT. Allows for subscribing and creating playlists
Additionally, there's also ReVanced that lets you patch the regular YT app to include useful features.
LibreTube is OP but Piped is a joke. Disable that shit.
What's the issue with piped?
...it doesn't work. Like, ever. Same with all of these other frontends like invidious, teddit, rimgo, bibliogram, etc.
I think the issue is that the more users these instances have, the easier it is for them to get throttled/banned by the services they want to use. I self host piped and it works 99% of the times
Also some services are frequently changing stuff or just making it impossible to have an alternative frontends
Doing it wrong.
I didn't do anything but install the app...
Nome of the frontends you mentioned have apps.
Bruh. LibreTube? The app this thread was about? Hello?
This you?
Besides which... it's well understood that all of these apps are brittle as in they stop working every other day when youtube changes whatever thing so they stop working.
In the case of newpipe for example, if you install from the app store or even f-droid the version there will be a few weeks old and just won't work. The best approach is to install the apk and allow it to update itself when a new version is released. I've been using newpipe for several years in this manner and it's very reliable.
Er go, if it doesn't work for you, you're doing it wrong.
...you can't read the username?
What apps?
...so then you agree?
Again, what apk are you referring to?
This is what I do with literally every app on my device. Still doesn't work.
You've just done a great job contradicting this statement...
Good lord. What a tedious and pointless discussion.
Because it is not a pipe
Honestly where's my pipe, this is false advertising
Just find a good instance like piped.adminforge.de or host your own
You mean the default instance? Yeah, doesn't work.
Sure, I'll just pop over to the local university and pick up my software engineering degree.
I imagine you're exaggerating but if not then I'd say that's a tad extreme. That being said, their official setup guide does provide steps on how to install it but I think if I didn't have prior experience with some of the software it mentions I think I'd struggle so maybe a different guide by someone else is better?
However these obviously require having something that this can be run on, like a VPS, which aren't free, so that is another barrier for entry to consider.
Do you think normal people understand the words on this page?
No, which I mentioned in my comment.