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SLaSZT@kbin.social 9 months agoNo, I find it ridiculous that you are recommending that others use such a woefully bloated method simply because you remember it taking 5 minutes and have used it for years.
I don't intend to change your mind, I intend to imply to others reading that this is a silly and bloated way to do it that most people shouldn't follow unless they actually require Bluestacks for something, such as app testing or to use an Android app that contains specific functionality not available on PC.
Also, I remember when NewPipe was ass, so it also took that dev a "really long time" to come up with a functional app. Not really sure what your point is other than to attempt to delegitimize a solution that is better than yours. :b
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Simply to point out your continued inaccuracies.
Someone else working out a solution that works better than your myriad of suggestions really seems to bother you.
You keep pretending that a couple of minutes is some laborious chore that no one would ever be able to work through.
You can keep pretending that installing two programs is difficult, but it isn’t, and I don’t think anyone following your inaccurate and easily disproved claims one after the other is going to believe you.
Evkob@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
No one is saying that setting up NewPipe on Bluestacks is particularly difficult.
Everyone is just trying to tell you that it’s a needlessly convoluted way of watching YouTube videos on desktop, and that there exists many better options to achieve the same end result. Do what works for you, I definitely have some weird workflows and hacky work-arounds too, but expect people to push back if you try to recommend it to others because it’s a pretty bad recommendation.
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I don’t find one-click computer programs convoluted, and by installing an Android environment you have instant single-click access to apps you wouldn’t otherwise be able to use on a computer.
I do appreciate you admitting that bluestacks is not as difficult as you are pretending it is, but pretending that single click access and operation is convoluted is not much better.
Evkob@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Installing an emulator (and an app on that emulator) for something you can achieve more easily either with a native app or a website is already convoluted.
Doing so on a PC when the UI of the emulated app is meant for a mobile phone with touch controls and a fraction of the screen size of a desktop computer? Very convoluted.