[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoYoutube can detect VPNs now... the fuck?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square235fedilinkarrow-up1792arrow-down120
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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·2 months agohttps://newpipe.net/
minus-squaredefinitemaybe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months 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-up3·2 months agoHow does this app survive economically?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 months 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-up1·2 months agoIt seems to do some transcoding and storage. I suspect there are cpu and database costs that aren’t free.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoLabor of love, I suspect
minus-squareDragonOracleIX@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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-up2·2 months agohttps://newpipe-ev.de/
minus-squareXenny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agohttps://smarttubeapp.github.io/
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/