Subj : Then, once you paid for premium..
To   : Arelor
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Nov 17 2025 11:00:07

  Re: Then, once you paid for premium..
  By: Arelor to Nightfox on Mon Nov 17 2025 06:55 am

 Ar> I find running a local Youtube frontend is much more convenient than
 Ar> paying. If you are on Android you can just install NewPipe and use that
 Ar> instead of the Youtube application. It is every bit as good and it is
 Ar> free, with the bonus point of having integration with other platforms
 Ar> (such as Bandcamp) as well.

Interesting..  I hadn't heard of that.  Often though, I watch YouTube on my Roku TV or Nvidia Shield Pro device, and it looks like NewPipe is not available for either of those.

 Ar> But I also think not paying Youtube a dime is a matter of principle.
 Ar> Paying them is yielding to blackmail. They are selling you a solution to a
 Ar> problem they created, and on top of that their solution has plenty of
 Ar> technical limitations using an adblocking frontend does not suffer.

What is the problem that they created?  They need to make revenue somehow, either by selling (and showing ads) or charing users directly.  I'm not sure what "problem" there is there..

Nightfox

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