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What is the better Youtube frontend for Android? NewPipe or LibreTube?
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Here's a dumb question:
What are the benefits of a YouTube front end?
No yt ads, no tracking, no algorithmic shit suggestion feed pushed down your throat (NewPipe)
Having control over the UI helps. I never want to see "shorts" on start-up but its also nice to have control over share/cast buttons, do I care about up/down votes? Auto play or next video recommendations?
Then there are options to skips youtube ads (by just not loading them) and sponsor segments (by using sponsor block).
Continued playback with a locked screen can be handy sometimes too.
A lot of the UI is designed to encourage user engagement and monetize that engagement. My priorities differ.
Some of these features are available with YouTube Premium but that's comically over priced (and still doesn't offer as much control). The Family plan is currently around 150% the price of Netflix Premium :/