Gotta really appreciate @newpipe

Google makes some breaking changes and a day later I can already use my favorite video player again

  • whoareu
    6·
    4 months ago

    We need them to free us from Google’s monopoly at least a little bit.

    I don’t understand how using NewPipe could help breaking Google’s monopoly since we are still consuming content from Google’s server. using an alternative service like Peertube, Odysee could help us

    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
      51·
      4 months ago

      Because you consume Google content but you don’t give as much surveillance data to Google as you would with the official YouTube client spyware, you skip advertisement which denies Google revenue, you can do things like listen to music in the background which are only available for pay in the official client - again denying Google revenue…

      And of course you give Google the finger. Spite is also a valid reason.

      It’s not much but it’s something, and at this point anything that hurts Google delays the inevitable dystopia a little bit - and sadly I’m afraid it’s a little too late to hope for much more now.

      • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
        1·
        4 months ago

        Peertube is great but it will never amount to anything until you can perform meaningful video and channel searches on it. At the moment, search is virtually nonexistent: you have to know what you’re looking for exactly to finds something.