Unfortunately not Open Source: https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay/-/blob/master/LICENSE
I’ll keep using NewPipe. Their software seems neat, I’ll happly pay for it, but no way I’ll do if there is licence like that.
Edit: They say the licence is only temporary. Let’s keep an eye which one they’ll choose later.
Louis explains the license in the video. You can fork it and modify it, but if you fill it up with ads, spyware, malware etc., they fill fuck you.
That’s their goal. They have good intentions. But it also means no commercial use.
You can’t do “Hey, can you add this feature to this app, I’ll pay you” or “Here is much improved version you can buy from me” or “We give you paid support and help for this software for your company”. Eventually all improvements bounce back to original creators anyway, see: vital paid Wordpress theme ecosystem, most of them being GPL licenced.
With project getting bigger such restriction can be almost as bad as with propietary app. Like, imagine Linux kernel but only with Linus Torvalds having right to sell computers with it or offer any services making money.
You can not modify the source code.
you are not entitled to use or do anything with the code for any commercial or other purpose, other than review, compilation and non-commercial distribution in accordance with the terms of this license.
“review” means to access, analyse, test and otherwise review the code as a reference, for the sole purpose of analysing it for defects.
doesn’t it allow compilation and non-commercial distribution? I don’t agree with the license (not free or open source), but I’m genuinely curious on what specifically doesn’t allow source code modification.
It does allow compilation and non-commercial distribution, as per the terms my comment above. If you’re curious as to what disallows source code modifications, that is also contained in the terms included in my comment above.
ah, I see. thanks
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Technically open source in what definition? Not by Open Source Initiative definition (https://opensource.org/osd/), not in Wikipedia’s definition (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source)…
Public code on GitLab does not mean open source in the same way public video on YouTube does not mean Creative Commons.
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Technically open source in what definition?
By the literal definition of source code that is open.
But what it mean to be open?
Have you heard of “open” culture or “open” standard that is free to use unless we don’t allow you to?
There is a difference between open source and source available…
Quite unfortunate.
Quite informative. Quite unfortunate.
I sympathise with his reasoning for the license but still, that sucks.
I think I’ll try it anyway, though. It’s trying to solve a real issue.
Is there any way to view live content in New pipe? I love watching the young Turks when it’s on, but I have to use the YouTube app because I cannot figure out how to watch a live broadcast in new pipe.
Better revanced = NewPipe
No algorithms, no Google tracking
User experience Newpipe is absolute trash
It plays videos fine?
i would use directly my phone’s video player if it was what i used youtube for.
I thought youtube is about playing videos 🤷♂️
ye but it has an home page where u can discover a lot of videos that aren’t from what u subscribed. also i don’t want to see EVERY video from the channels i’m subbed to
it’s getting a rewrite/large modifications to the code
Not wrong but it functions the best of them all and is the most reliable. I like LibreTube, but it’ll stop working a lot for me when NewPipe never fails. I just wish I could get my YouTube front page and recommended on there, I like my algos.
I personally find LibreTube even better, since it syncs with your Piped account.
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But you cant cast videos to SmartTube with it. So i think Revanced has the better versatility.
Yeah I’d rather not give all my details for multiple sites to one site…regardless of who’s doing it.
Well actually, your login info never goes to them at all. You log into the sites directly in a webview and it uses the cookie to sync your subs and recommendations locally on your device.
You took the words out of my mouth. I don’t even know who this guy is really, I’ve seen some of his videos, but having access to all of your account stuff is… nah
A 300MB apk file? It is on Google Play. No F(L)OSS license. Other apps by the same developer (futo) seem to contain no trackers. Probably nothing to worry about, but how many video platforms does the average person use? I look at YT and a small handful of peertube instances.
You are trying to download the universal app that contains multi archs libraries. Try to download a specific arch for your device like arm v7 or arm v8. That’s half the size. The Play Store build is even more optimized at 41mb.
Edit: the version listed on their website has more sources compared to playstore which is bland. I would get the site version if I were you.
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Ironic.
The app needs two things: YouTube SponsorBlock, and the ability to tag creators and filter by tag/interest. I’m really hopeful they add those two things, and I’d be a convert.
Oh and an android TV version while you’re at it ^^
Oh and an android TV version while you’re at it
It could hardly get better than SmartTubeNext.
SmartTube is the shizz on TV.
If only it could talk to my Piped server, it’d be perfect.
I will keep a eye on it but till the license changes I will stick with my tried and true Newpipe and Libretube apps. Both of those are “improved revanced” to me already but the idea of multiple sources is a cool one, not new but certainly cool and I haven’t seen Nebula in other attempts but I just wish people could agree on a addon standard to implement services for various of those apps and media centers at once!
Can you cast videos to SmartTube/TV?
That’s the thing im missing from those apps and it seems its not possible.
You can, I do it every week. Just link your TV to your phones YouTube app and cast.
That’s something I am also very much interested in but I haven’t looked it up or tried yet so no clue!
Does LibreTube still work for you?
Mine wasn’t for a while then I realised the other say the v0.19 was available on the izzydroid repo but not yet on fdroid and that resolved some issues for me
Thank you so much!
It uses Piped servers to proxie the videos which hide your IP address but those servers are run by volunteers and aren’t always perfect so it’s more of a hit or miss but if one doesn’t work I usually switch and doing that between kavin.rocks, libre.kavin.rocks and adminforge.de usually works very well for me, I just wish there was a proper way to store my subscriptions locally beside not using a Piped account at all!
Yeah, I know those things. But the App crashed constantly, only working for one video or two if I was lucky.
Updating solved the issue.
Yea, it’s crashy enough already but one of the last few updates was a fucking mess!
Brand new alpha video player app already has background play, Floatplane devs in shambles
dope app
Neat idea. I’m going to watch how this develops but I don’t see it ever becoming much of a thing until there is iOS support. I’m not an iPhone user. Just realistic.
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Third party frontends of all kinds are forbidden on the Play and App store but we Android users have F-Droid and if the license is changed at some point (it’s supposed to be temporary as far as I understand) it will probably land there, till then Obtanium is probably your best bet I guess.
It is on the Google Play Store.
Very interesting, I doubt it’s going to stay there long because this is literally the first third party frontend of all kinds I as privacy enthusiast have ever seen accepted and I really wonder how they did that!
Almost no third party frontend supports iOS because of their absolutely shitty sideloading limitations and they still work great…
This is something I always wonder about—is there a good source for realistic market share of mobile os?
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These could be a mix of smart watches, cheap phones, and maybe house appliances like smart TVs.
Wild, so understandably android is a much greater share, given the wide variety of phones it can run on… I’m guessing iOS is a favored app market because it’s more monolithic or stable? Or put another way the android share is fragmented all over the place?
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Mainly just the USA from looking at that really.
Also iOS users spend more money on average.
Interesting, thanks for the share!
Love the aggregation idea! Gonna check back onto it after some months, until then I’m sticking with good ol’ Revanced.
I use inotia00’s version of ReVanced, ReVanced Extended. It adds way more options for fine tuning
Something about Louis just strikes me as extremely untrustworthy. I’m not sure what it is, but it’s definitely there.
everything I’ve ever seen about the guy is legit. he works for consumer rights, if you want untrustworthy look at Apple.
New York accent? I’ve occasionally watched his videos for years, and he seems to be a decent guy. He may be an asshole IRL for all I know, but generally supports stuff like right to repair, privacy, ad-blockers, etc. He’s a business owner, so he’s pro-business biased when consumers aren’t being completely shafted. He’s YouTuber, so he likely has narcissistic tendencies.
Met him IRL. Super nice, but he’s got a hard edge which might put people off.
He might come off as edgy but honestly he’s one of the few people I trust online. Dude did amaizing stuff with right to repair stuff too.
And if it ever gains much popularity, Youtube will find ways to break its ability to source videos from their platform.
Hmm. It works very well on my old Samsung phone but it crashes immediately on my current 1+ phone. It literally opens directly to the crash dump screen. Lmao. That said, using this on my old phone, it’s already extremely well done. Having all of my video sources in one app is a great idea. Hope they fix the current issue so I can use it on my current phone.
I wonder what’s the business model?
Its effectively unlimited trialware, like WinRar. Its provided free and has no payment verification, but if you use it regularly, you’re expected to pay the approximately $10 price tag.
There is an optional “purchase” in app which is interestingly difficult to find.
It doesn’t actually effect any functionality but I’m willing to bet it will in future once we’re all hooked.
You should try the app it’s actually very good
