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I was searching for any native(non-proxied) YouTube client for Android in kotlin.

I found this which is making me excited, but in the same time I am worried about its security and privacy that make me unable to install it.

Does anyone know the developer and is the app safe and private?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Asking out of ignorance, is there anything wrong with NewPipe rn?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Just the UI

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

PipePipe is not written in kotlin.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

And:

I was searching for any native(non-proxied) YouTube client for Android in kotlin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I use Tubular, and this fork crashes hard when I import my DB (regardless of if I import the settings as well or not). Guess I'll stay on Tubular since it just works (for now).

[–] jonjuan 5 points 1 month ago

Tubular works great and has SponsorBlock build in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

the developer has one app on fdroid if that means anything to you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What do you mean with non-proxied?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not using the Piped or Invidious API to proxy the video stream, since these tend to get blocked by YouTube really quickly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@Andromxda @naeap it's odd but the mobile app versions of these proxies services seem to work longer vs the desktop versions... #freetube for example, android app now connects, but desktop says you can't view since you're not logged in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does not use projects like piped.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ah, ok, thanks

Was thinking like, opposite of native. Aber that didn't really made sense for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dunno, but another fork popped up, recently on F-Droid. And I like it. It's name is PipePipe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

PipePipe has been around for quite some time, at least 2 years I believe

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I was searching for any native(non-proxied) YouTube client for Android in kotlin.

You can always turn off the proxying in LibreTube