A note on the continued usefulness of Brave

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longtimelurkerfirsttimepo said:
I would recommend newpipe, if you are interested in using youtube on android. It has background play (that I suspect takes just the audio, but I haven't confirmed that.) as well as pop-up video display, easy downloading of videos complete or audio only in different format and quality, no age restrictions or subscriptions without an account, a clean interface, custom playlists, no ads of course and is as fast or faster as compared to PC playback.

You'll need to get the f-droid repo but it's a great program.

Edit: grammar.
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I orginally got it through the fdroid repo but I believe you can also get it through github, the new version notifications that you get from the app are served through github, so maybe after the first time you don't need it? Some good open source alternatives on fdroid though it is much smaller than the play store, it has 1000%less dogshit shovel ware. Worth getting on any android device, it's a lot more efficient than the YouTube app, which has been shit for as long as I can remember.
 
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plgfarts said:
Protip for Brave on mobile: there is a setting you can enable which allows you to play audio when the app is in the background or when the screen is off, essentially giving you Youtube pro or whatever the fuck it's called (all with NO ADS).
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Very helpful, thanks.
For android users, it's in settings here.
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Haram Exercise said:
I think this is only true for Android. I'm on IOS and I'm pretty sure it's not available. Brave still blocks youtube ads though.

Edit : Brave is aware its IOS users want a background play option and are looking to add it sometime in the future. However this has been asked for years now. Apparently there's a lot of push back from Apple/youtube to allow browsers and apps to perform background play.
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Musi lets you play YouTube in the background on iOS. It comes and goes on the App Store. It is currently on the App Store right now.
 
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plgfarts said:
Protip for Brave on mobile: there is a setting you can enable which allows you to play audio when the app is in the background or when the screen is off, essentially giving you Youtube pro or whatever the fuck it's called (all with NO ADS).
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You're better off getting YouTube Vanced or NewPipe, since you're getting a dedicated YouTube app with background play and other YouTube related features instead of a one-for-all browser that opens up full HTML websites for your videos.
 
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Null said:
I've tried them all, they're all shit.
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I am curious as to what your grievances with Startpage were. I gave up on Duck Duck Go and Yandex as Google alternatives, but since switching to SP, I have never looked back.
Is there something fucky about the service I should know about, or did you just not like the number/type of results that came up?
 
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Liber Pater said:
I am curious as to what your grievances with Startpage were. I gave up on Duck Duck Go and Yandex as Google alternatives, but since switching to SP, I have never looked back.
Is there something fucky about the service I should know about, or did you just not like the number/type of results that came up?
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I'll try it out again but I don't remember it being any good.
 
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