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• SLaSZT@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why should I use an Android emulator to run an app on PC instead of the many browser front ends for YouTube?

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  • Norgur@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    or an adblocker and tampermonkey for that matter

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  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People keep complaining about frontends and plugins failing and having to switch strategies, but newpipe works flawlessly.

    It’s less work.

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    • SLaSZT@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I've never had that issue with Piped or Invidious, though sometimes I've had a specific instance not load

      However, I've had numerous issues with Bluestacks and it's a huge memory hog, not to mention it's overkill to install an entire OS just for 1 singular purpose that can be done just fine on your native OS.

      It's a layer of abstraction that's almost entirely unnecessary except for 1 use case: watching YouTube without ads.

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      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s five clicks. That’s not a big issue for most people.

        Calling it an entire os or a layer of abstraction doesn’t negate the fact that it takes 5 minutes to set up and five clicks, and then it works perpetually.

        It’s probably more trouble to set up some of these plugins and frontends.

        Also once you have any emulator installed, you can use all of your favorite apps straight on your desktop.

        It’s extremely convenient.

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    • Toribor@corndog.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not if you have to run an entire android emulator to access it.

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      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Haha, an “an entire Android emulator”?

        You click twice to install it.

        Click twice to install any app.

        Click once to use the app perpetually.

        That’s not as much work as you’re pretending it is.

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• Evkob@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ll chose to interpret this comment as a joke, but if anyone wants a desktop app for YouTube, check out FreeTube. No ads, subscriptions without a Google account, Sponsorblock integration, videos can be proxied through Invidious if wanted.

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  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh it’s okay, if your comment is a joke you probably don’t need to write it.

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    • Evkob@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I meant your comment that I replied to. Suggesting emulating an Android app as the easiest way to watch YouTube on desktop is plain old silly.

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      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It takes 5 minutes and works flawlessly, that seems like a pretty solid choice.

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