鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoYoutube can detect VPNs now... the fuck?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square235fedilinkarrow-up1792arrow-down120
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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·24 days agohttps://newpipe.net/
minus-squaredefinitemaybe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·24 days agoPipepipe has been more reliable for me, lately. But who knows how long these alternative front-ends will last? It’s a constant cat and mouse game between volunteers and Google.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoHow does this app survive economically?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-224 days agoApps don’t need finances to survive. The creator of the app could be working on it entirely because they want to, and not because they get paid. As far as I know, NewPipe is just a front-end. It doesn’t host anything, and just runs as a client.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoIt seems to do some transcoding and storage. I suspect there are cpu and database costs that aren’t free.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·24 days agoLabor of love, I suspect
minus-squareDragonOracleIX@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoMost open source projects are not financially driven. The bigger projects, such as this, usually function like non-profit organizations.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agohttps://newpipe-ev.de/
https://newpipe.net/
Pipepipe has been more reliable for me, lately.
But who knows how long these alternative front-ends will last? It’s a constant cat and mouse game between volunteers and Google.
How does this app survive economically?
Apps don’t need finances to survive. The creator of the app could be working on it entirely because they want to, and not because they get paid. As far as I know, NewPipe is just a front-end. It doesn’t host anything, and just runs as a client.
It seems to do some transcoding and storage. I suspect there are cpu and database costs that aren’t free.
Labor of love, I suspect
Most open source projects are not financially driven. The bigger projects, such as this, usually function like non-profit organizations.
https://newpipe-ev.de/
https://smarttubeapp.github.io/