The application is only available for devices with Android operating system.
Sometimes I am quite stuck by the frequency of advertisements that appear in YouTube so I said to try.I started somehow wrong in this adventure and installed the application directly on my personal phone, without looking for details about who created it, if it is legal, etc.
Why I say this, because it is better to research a third -party application, which is not found in the official Google Play applications market.There are many cases where even applications in Google Play, which are carefully verified in theory, contain malicious software.The danger of an application from third sources can be even greater.The correct attitude when it comes to any application you install on your device must be zero trust - zero trust.Zero Trust is a security concept focused on the belief that organizations should not trust anything inside or outside its perimeters and, in contrast, must verify anything and everything they try to connect to its systems before grantingaccession.Zero Trust starts from the business environment, where any mistake can cost extremely expensive, but it is valid for individuals.
Before you tell about how it works and what are the newpipe features to talk about the origin of the application.This was created by the German programmer Christian Schabesberger.There is not much information about Christian (Thescrabi), his site does not work, but I found this page and his message in 2019, related to the fact that he lost the money from donations through a scam with Bitcoin.
I checked newpipe.net from where the Newpipe application is downloaded on Scamadviser and it turned out to be 85% reliable.Why not 100 %?For three reasons:
Of the 3, only the first raises a question mark.
Let's go back to the application, this is free and open source, which means that any person with programming skills can understand how the application works and does.If you understand, you can check here.
You can download Newpipe from the F-Droid application market.I also found it in the Huawei App Gallery.A company, Isaal LTD, appears in the specifications of the application from the Huawei Square.It has an address in London and a registration number."Isaal LTD is an active company with a 5 -month history, set up on December 30, 2020 with its registered office in Kemp House, 160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX."
Is the legal application?It's hard to say, but as it has been online for so many years, yes.I discovered a whole discussion, in 2018, on this topic on the Github forum.The comment that includes the most information on this topic is: "This application is at least in Germany and the Netherlands. Google cannot sue the developers, because we are protected by LPG (General Public License). This application violates Tos Play StoreSo you can't load this application there. "
At this moment I think I have provided you all the information to decide in the knowledge if you want to use the application.The decision belongs to you and I cannot be held responsible if you use it and something unpleasant happens after its use.I use it.
Let's talk about the application.Let's start with the description of her creators: "Newpipe was created for the purpose of getting the original Youtube experience on your smartphone without any annoying ads and permissions."
In the press section of the site we also have about Newpipe: “Newpipe is a streaming open source client for Android. Our goal is to offer a friendly access to existing streaming services, such as YouTube. The application is designed inso as to carry only the information needed to play the media on external servers and thus protect the confidentiality of its users.
O experienţă bună pentru utilizator este importantă pentru dezvoltatorii NewPipe. Prin urmare, aplicaţia oferă multe soluţii pentru toate situaţiile posibile. În acest fel, rezoluţia şi codecurile video şi audio pot fi setate pentru a economisi volumul de date în reţelele mobile. La fel, ferestrele pop-up video şi playerele de fundal ale NewPipe fac posibilă integrarea perfectă a videoclipurilor şi muzicii în utilizarea zilnică a telefonului mobil."Supported services: YouTube, Castube, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Media.ccc.de.The application is available in about 80 languages, including in Romanian.
As I said I initially installed it on a personal smartphone.A Huawei without Google services.I also installed it in an Android emulator, in Bluestack, see on the right.
What does Android emulator mean?It is a virtual machine, an application for Widows, in which you can install a version included by Android (Android 7 Nougat 32 Bits).You can treat this version of Android as a smartphone with certain limitations.You can install and test applications in it greater than on your own intelligent device.Or you can use it for games.
Aplicaţia deschisă în emulator arată aşa.And the command panel of Newpipe.
For screenshots and tests I installed on two more smartphone terminals.
Most likely most people who will use the application will do it directly on your personal phone, here are the steps for installation:
Am făcut şi un scurt video în care fac o instalarea pas cu pas, pentru a fi mai uşor de înţeles.These are the installation steps of Newpipe, but they can work in the installation of any APK.What is apk?
The simplest formulated is the equivalent of the computers with Windows.An application for Android, which is installed manually.More details here.
What makes the Newpipe application interesting and can be used:
- does not need an account, does not have a web trackers, so she is friendly with confidentiality;
- there are no advertisements in it;
- run in the background / background;
- offers the possibility to keep the player open in a small window over other applications;
- allows you to download the contents of the platforms supported at the resolutions that you set manually;
- It is supported by donations.
In order to run over other applications, you must give the permission to set.
Video information about Newpipe from other sources: here, here and here.
If you know other applications that do the same, write in the comments.