Yeah, try to force sign in, annoying with functionality for no reason (can't lock phone if you don't pay, wtf), ads up the yinyang, hide comments, push slop, ...
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Network effects are insane. I can’t believe how hard it’s been for rumble to take away some of their users.
I only go there for like music I can't find elsewhere. Hate the app and behavior. Google is hopefully getting some overdue humbling as LLMs eat away their search dominance
Have you tried NewPipe?
No...does it deliver what I think youre saying it does? Couple aps in past I've tried, to for example allow me to lock my phone, never worked reliably
Are you on android or iOS?
iOS 🏃♂️💨
Found because nostr:npub1rzg96zjavgatsx5ch2vvtq4atatly5rvdwqgjp0utxw45zeznvyqfdkxve shared!
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/tube-pip-pip-for-youtube/id6476895094
Yeah tried that a while back and wasn't consistent for me.
Solution for now has been brave browser, signed in (sadly required), with setting in brave to play when minimized
Still kind of a pain and don't always do it
I think an update was made. It’s very reliable now. All you have to do is put the video in Picture in Picture or full screen and get out of the app: it will keep playing
FWIW, this interaction, and a few others recently, have got me thinking it may be time to consider android for next phone. Don't bring up graphebe though, not gonna happen (tried it few years ago)
I won't bring up graphene lol!
I've seen troubling news of android authorities making g it so it's difficult to download apks directly from sources. Instead that have to be licensed with googleplay. I'll see if I can find it
I was gonna switch to graphene. Is it really that bad? 😭
It's apparently way better than in 2021/2 when I last tried it. I mostly got discouraged cuz I wanted a nokyc spy phone, but after buying cash blah blah blah I had to connect to my home WiFi to set it up. And then, it was a pretty shit experience too. Gather it's way better now, but as daily driver it's gonna be a lot of effort imo. I'm not a real cypherpunk shrug
You don't need an app to lock your phone. Just switch to desktop mode.
Dummy here. What is desktop mode on iPhone? Google is stumped too
Request desktop website setting menu in safari but turns out you don't need it anymore. Just don't use the YT app. Use TY mobile website in safari, change app and push play in the dock menu.
nostr:npub18fwvl8c7emfg7w35mvtkq4830c87y4yj5v7hxj6vqjp2px38tm9qsysz6n helped me sort it out using brave and adjusting a setting. Think I'm good to go. Glorious day!!
This 🎯
Brave browser fixes the lock phone issue
Feel like I tried this once, and can't remember if it worked or not. Let's find out...
But I do find interfacing via browser slightly annoying vs app (even though I hate the ap). Brb
No ads, can block all distracting elements within the media settings, plays in background. It’s superior to the YouTube app 🤙🏼 I think so anyway
No dice. Had to log in. Can't even minimize browser and have a song keep playing.
Login was just a nuisance. But on iPhone, have to leave browser up at least for me right now
That’s strange, background playing working for me. Did you check the enable background audio setting in Brave?
Settings, media, enable background audio. To get past the log in issue, keep changing VPN location and refreshing. Both work for me anyway on iOS, Brave and Mullvad
Ahh, the Brave settings! Found it, and it works now!! Thanks slimmer!! 🦠🦠🦠
Where is this setting?
Inside brave there's a cog icon. Follow the cog
Follow it where? I’m not sure what you even adjusted
Yes
I don't recall, but literally the things mentioned above is all you need. Toggle background on, done
Looks like I already had it on. You’re trying to listen to music on YouTube through brave like it’s a Spotify app?
Yes, most of the time that's how I end up there. A lot of music isn't on the streaming apps once you go a bit niche.
In this particular case I wanted to have a podcast I got a link to play. Sure I could prob find it outside YouTube, but that's work.
Brave, three dots bottom right, all settings, media, enable background audio setting