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0 pointssmichel175y ago0 comments

NewPipe and Simpletask are not available on the Play store but are on F-Droid.

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spoonjim5y ago· 1 in thread

I’ve never heard of those and don’t know why I’d want them. Which gets to one of the main purposes of the official store, which is getting your app in front of people who haven’t heard of it.

heavyset_go5y ago

> I’ve never heard of those and don’t know why I’d want them.

Google generates revenue from YouTube by artificially hindering the YouTube app by preventing it from playing videos in the background or with the screen off unless the user pays for a monthly subscription.

NewPipe removes that artificial barrier.

The Google search term "how do I play YouTube videos in the background" yields over 2 billion results[1]. There is an incredible amount of demand for this feature alone.

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+i+play+youtube+in+the...

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