A lightweight Android app for watching YouTube and a few other video sites, made by Team NewPipe.

For Android users who still watch YouTube but don't want its ads, tracking permissions or a Google account.

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Why it’s listed

it uses no Google libraries or YouTube API and works on phones without Google services1, it's open source under GPLv32, and donations go to NewPipe e.V., a German association that pays developers3.

The trade-off

The videos still come from YouTube, and the app can break when YouTube changes its site. Android only.

Price

Free.

Sources

  1. f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipe
  2. github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe
  3. newpipe.net/donate

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