[zingplex]

For YouTube I've used NewPipe, which is absolutely fantastic (apart from occasional breakage due to API changes)

[kiliancs]

NewPipe is awesome... when it works. In my experience of only a few months, "occasional" is an understatement, unfortunately.

[yellowapple]

If you're using F-Droid, it helps to switch to NewPipe's own repo, since the default F-Droid repo tends to be a bit slow with updates.

[scns]

How can i do that?

[crtasm]

Here's their instructions: https://newpipe.schabi.org/blog/announcement/f-droid/pinned/...

I use the app every day - if memory serves they've usually had a new version out within 24hours of breaking changes on youtube.

[scns]

Thank you

[slim]

download apks directly from github

[Throwaway1771]

NewPipe is generally very rarely "down" - I think the youtube-dl upstream issues are impacting them, or they're playing dead for a minute until the RIAA fucks off.

[Mediterraneo10]

NewPipe doesn't use youtube-dl. It uses its own library for downloading from Youtube.

[8note]

playing dead avoids drawing attention to it

[dafoex]

In my experience, NewPipe Legacy is more stable than NewPipe. Its intended for Android versions <5 but it works fine on my Android 9 device.

[older]

AFAIK NewPipe does not even use API, it parses UI, so it breaks when the UI changes.

[zingplex]

I never looked into how NewPipeExtractor worked, I guess a hint was in the name.

[inglor]

NewPipe is also open source and very easy to sideload from F-Droid.

[OOPMan]

NewPipe is okay but I prefer Vanced Youtube

[AntiImperialist]

Careful with that one if you use some other Google service: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21247759

[Abishek_Muthian]

>apart from occasional breakage due to API changes

I agree, but I thought they were just scrapping YT and using YT-DL.

[nextaccountic]

What about Vanced?