Comment on YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button
avater@lemmy.world 6 months agowhy installing something when you just can use your browser and get basically the same experience?
these apps do not use any official API. if they used it, they would be obliged to comply with the terms of services that most likely force them to show ads or track the users or some other bullshit.
of course these unofficial viewers break from time to time, but in my experience they have been super quick releasing patches fixing it and the user experience is way way better than the official web or app. Fast UI without bloat, no ads, no algorithms, etc.
ok
They don’t realise that it just looks like the app if you use Firefox or similar on your phone.
They probably imagine some clunky browsing experience in desktop mode.
Or they’re personally invested in all those apps that I wouldn’t trust my password to.
same for me. I wouldn’t trust my password to another app if I could use just my browser for the same experience.
Because the browser sucks more
A dedicated app is prettier, more functional, and (feels) faster than Firefox + Ublock or Newpipe, actually plays in the background (seamlessly, I might add… looking at you, Newpipe), and allows for more player options.
that’s maybe your opinion. I have absolute no problems with the look and feel of youtube in safari and I have all the functionality I need (play videos with screen off and on).
why installing something
I don’t watch YT a lot on my phone, but Freetube for desktop and Newpipe for android (F-Droid) support offline subscriptions, playlists, history and downloads of video or audio, background playback and you can sync both apps.
I hate web apps and electron for performance (incl. memory) reasons and the gestures are simply better in the app, not to mention Haptic Touch on iOS
On the API, that’s why I use a patched client. YouTube isn’t that aggressive with pushing new versions so you install a patched version of the old version like uYouPlusExtra
How’s add blocking on the browser? Can you get sponsor block?
Seems to be doing fine, I’m having no problems with it.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Because it’s absolutely not the same experience?
They break all the time but they always fix them. LibreTube has been broken for the past few days but they’ll fix it soon enough.
avater@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It looks pretty much like the app, I get recommendations like in the app, can watch my subscriptions like in the app, can see comments, video or fullscreen mode. Don’t k is but for this just feels like the app.
That just sounds awful and would be a reason for me to stay far away from these apps