Newpipe doesn’t let you leave comments (which was the reason I personally switched to it – I used to spend too much time commenting like half of the stuff I watched, and I watched a lot) or login with a Google account;
newpipe it doesn’t have sponsorblock (which is currently solved by using tubular; note that it may or may not become abandoned as previous attempts by other ppl);
newpipe lets you download video/audio (although, admittedly, having yt-dlp in termux is still more than handy for bulk downloads);
newpipe has better (imo) background playback: you can either play or enqueue both videos and playlists (note: I haven’t used yt app for a while, so mb it also can do similar stuff)
One problem I have with all piped clients is that piped is considerably slower in internet speed compared to any Google site since google is given a higher speed by my ISP (along with other commonly used sites)
And this affects the watching experience by a lot
Other problems include newpipe having an old material interface, libretube often crashing, subscriptions porting being a hell of a process, and losing a bunch of official features… etc
That doesn’t mean I hate it. I still love piped concept and clients
Just got a 2nd hand Pixel I am currently tinkering with/thinking about Degoogling. Is there a significant difference between Newpipe vs Revanced?
I don’t think revanced is even a bit privacy friendly, it’s just a mod of youtube
Thank you for this thorough breakdown!
If you want to actually fully degoogle, you wouldn’t want to use Revanced. Revanced just patches the official YouTube App.
I personally use NewPipe when watching on my phone, but I do have Revanced YouTube installed as well just for casting to my TV. Convenience for me.
One problem I have with all piped clients is that piped is considerably slower in internet speed compared to any Google site since google is given a higher speed by my ISP (along with other commonly used sites)
And this affects the watching experience by a lot
Other problems include newpipe having an old material interface, libretube often crashing, subscriptions porting being a hell of a process, and losing a bunch of official features… etc
That doesn’t mean I hate it. I still love piped concept and clients
That’s a selling point for me.
@sigmaklimgrindset well, for one, it is a completely separate app
No seriously, where ReVanced is a collection of patches for the official YouTube app(s) (and some others)
NewPipe is a built-from-the-ground, independent, no-Google-Code YouTube client that relies entirely on scraping the website using NewPipeExtractor
As such, the entire experience apart from the content itself differs.