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I was searching for any native(non-proxied) YouTube client for Android in kotlin.

I found this which is making me excited, but in the same time I am worried about its security and privacy that make me unable to install it.

Does anyone know the developer and is the app safe and private?

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[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago

I use Tubular, and this fork crashes hard when I import my DB (regardless of if I import the settings as well or not). Guess I'll stay on Tubular since it just works (for now).

[-] jonjuan@programming.dev 3 points 15 hours ago

Tubular works great and has SponsorBlock build in.

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 20 hours ago

I was searching for any native(non-proxied) YouTube client for Android in kotlin.

You can always turn off the proxying in LibreTube

[-] n3cr0@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Dunno, but another fork popped up, recently on F-Droid. And I like it. It's name is PipePipe.

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

PipePipe has been around for quite some time, at least 2 years I believe

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 points 21 hours ago

What do you mean with non-proxied?

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 20 hours ago

Not using the Piped or Invidious API to proxy the video stream, since these tend to get blocked by YouTube really quickly

[-] lps@social.trom.tf 1 points 18 hours ago

@Andromxda @naeap it's odd but the mobile app versions of these proxies services seem to work longer vs the desktop versions... #freetube for example, android app now connects, but desktop says you can't view since you're not logged in.

[-] Joker@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago

Does not use projects like piped.

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Ah, ok, thanks

Was thinking like, opposite of native. Aber that didn't really made sense for me.

[-] LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Asking out of ignorance, is there anything wrong with NewPipe rn?

[-] Joker@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 day ago
[-] mintdaniel42@futurology.today 18 points 1 day ago

I'm sorry but that is really the dumbest argument that I've ever heard. How in the world does that affect the user when it's compiled anyways? If you want to modify the app then just do it in kotlin. They are interoperable

[-] LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 22 hours ago

What's wrong with that?

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 20 hours ago

A good portion of Android itself is written in Java, and is not expected to get ported to Kotlin any time soon

[-] rozlav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

I'm curious, why is kotlin interesting here ?

[-] MinekPo1@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 day ago

the developer has one app on fdroid if that means anything to you

[-] rozlav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[-] Joker@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 day ago

PipePipe is not written in kotlin.

[-] xrtxn@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 day ago
[-] Undertaker@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago

And:

I was searching for any native(non-proxied) YouTube client for Android in kotlin.

this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2024
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