Preferably it has SponsorBlock, and supports other platforms like Peertube
EDIT: this is for Android
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Hmm, seems that nobody has yet mentioned Grayjay.
One marketable advantage is that the sources there are deployed as plugins, instead of being precompiled into the app (like newpipe). That mainly means that if a streaming platform breaks the apps, an update is pushed faster, and you don’t have to update the whole app to get that either.
The youtube source has sponsorblock integration, and allows you to login to bypass bot checks if you get fragged too much (not required).
And yes, sources, it’s not only for youtube, but also a couple of other streaming services, togglable, again, as plugins. There is a peertube plugin also, but my concern is that i don’t see a way to change the instance URL in it’s settings, which does seem to matter since there’s login functionality (why bother? for example to avoid defederation walls of the main instance perhaps? i dunno)
There’s also an interesting feature with serverless sync of your playlists and history, should you want that, and not any less interesting integration with a closely related Polycentric project - essentially off-platform comment feed for all videos. But that’s more bells and whistles
This is a bit niche, but for anything Linux that uses a controller to operate VacuumTube is great.
Android TV (YouTube Only):
NewPipe all the way. Alternatively, Termux+yt-dlp is a more utilitarian solution.
Does VLC still work?
I remember that you used to be able to just paste YT url in it and it would play the video.
Though that was on the computer, not the face rectangle.
I currently use Librewolf, ad guard, and pihole. It does not use SponsorBlock, at least not that I know, as I currently run it on a pi 5 attached to my TV.
Use the normal YouTube app, and patch it with reVanced (on your phone). Doesn’t directly support peer tube, but it’s an ad free experience that you can tailor to your needs (including sponsor block and more).
One doesn’t need to resort to a proprietary app when there are actual FOSS alternatives IMO. This is a FOSS community so we should be sharing and promoting FOSS, not proprietary.
ReVanced is a FOSS project, including the patches.
The YouTube app that you recommended is proprietary, and patches don’t make it FOSS. There are real FOSS apps being recommended in this thread and I don’t think it’s fair to the FOSS community to promote proprietary apps in competition with FOSS.
