One less reason to use Google for search.
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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Ya. Duckduckgo is ok and Brave search is great
I donβt understand why people recommend duckduckgo. Its not open source, still includes ads (sure theyβre no as invasive), theyβre a for profit company who will do who knows what with our data when the investors want to increase their profits, and the search results arenβt very good causing people to use the !g google shortcut anyways.
If anything people should recommend a searx instance that uses google and other engines so you still get the good search results and dont feed google your data
Well I dislike Google more
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Google is unusable now. Google images is the worst.
The enshittification is complete.
Been looking for this word, it's so perfectly succinct and evocative of the Web 3.0 sludgeworld.
Search engines are almost entirely useless now. As much as I'd love an indie alternative, sending out millions of webcrawlers seems prohibitively expensive.
I love how Google's original intent of simply cataloging the net has now turned them into a net nanny whose job it is to prohibit vile copyright scofflaws from infesting others with their demented thinking.
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=newpipe -> top result is newpipe.net
The takedown request on google.com was submitted by Because Music : Home of Christine and the Queens, Manu Chao, Justice, Metronomy, Parcels, Ed Banger Recordsβ¦
Home of Christine and the Queens, Manu Chao, Justice, Metronomy, Parcels, Ed Banger Recordsβ¦
I've never heard of any of those artists...
neither have I, but it's who is listed on their website and perhaps who they're worried about people downloading via newpipe?
If download is what they're worried about, they should also have a look at yt-dlp then. Something that Google themselves have tried blocking before, but gave in because a lot of folks had pretty genuine use cases for yt-dlp
Christine and the Queens is amazing tho.
Is it finally time to switch to DuckDuckGo?
Newpipe is still on Google for me, but I recommend DDG anyway because of its bangs support.
IKR! The bangs feature is so frickin awesome! Idk if Brave Search has that, because I'm interested in using Brave, but I'm addicted to banging my way across the internet.
This french copyright troll doesn't hold any rights on YouTube (the website) so the DMCA removal request is invalid
No content hosted on newpipe.net is owned by that copyright troll, nor there are instructions or links to pirate that exact content so I don't understand how it it can be considered valid. I should be rejected, together with all the subsequent requests
Because it's a YouTube clone android app that removes most ads. So sounds like googly is just using the take down request as an excuse to get try and get ride of the app.
Google can 100% just send a request by themselves, they don't need to rely on third party copyright trolls
True but this way Google still look like the good guy while throwing the french company that posted the DMCA under the bus as the reason for the delisting. Just my observation but could be completely wrong.
Wow, this is such shit. The request itself is so overly broad, it's a shame that google chose (or was forced) to honor it. I see the following listed in the request:
- addons.mozilla.org
- www.microsoft.com
- play.google.com
- en.wikipedia.org
- chrome.google.com
- www.trustpilot
- soundcloud.com
- www.facebook.com
Top result on Google is newpipe.net for me. Perhaps NewPipe has already submitted a counter notice and it has been restored? That's how the DMCA is supposed to work.
Definitely think this has been corrected because a search for "NewPipe" in an incognito window yields NewPipe.net as the first result with the Github, reddit, and F-Droid pages following.
I saw a Louis Rossmann video on this. Honestly, corporations don't even have to hide their intentions anymore. It's really sad that they can do shit plain in sight for everyone to see, but blind only to the legal system.
Kind of surprised that Google didn't already remove it considering it is an application that circumvents it's own products But you know, it was bound to happen eventually
Took longer than I thought.
If the DMCA was sent by YouTube, ok. But in this case it has been sent by a french copyright troll that has nothing to do with YouTube
Yeah, Google has been weirdly tolerant of NewPipe and other YT-scraping apps for a while. I wonder what changed.
Interest rates? Reddit/Twitter/YouTube can't just exist perpetually being unprofitable now, they have to actually have a pathway to revenue, since Venture Capitalists won't just throw money at a hundred different projects, hoping one is successful...
It's funny how every company's goto to make more money is becoming an asshole.
Should we fix our algorithm, filter out the Nazis, stop malicious ads, and make premium a reasonable price? π€ No, let's go crack down on newpipe and adblockers instead!
I wonder what changed.
There is a link at the top of this page that will give you the answer.
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Feckin' gobshite!
Google is unusable now. Google images is the worst.
How's newpipe compared to sometime like revanced? Anyone given both a go?
With the newpipe sponsorblock fork, it's perfect. Simple and very functional. Supports more than just youtube too.
NewPipe is better for playing a playlist in the background, ReVanced is better for active watching and browsing
I prefer revanced but newpipe is my backup
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I thought Newpipe stopped working a long time ago. I could never get it to work. Time to give it another try. If it wasn't for Google blocking the site, I would have forgotten about Newpipe :-D
Works fine, but I often have to go to the website to get the latest update. F-Droid takes a while to catch up.
That could have been the prob before. Well I'm back on with all my subscriptions. YouTube is bearable!
Don't forget that NewPipe Γ SponsorBlock is a fork that adds SponsorBlock. Also there's ReVanced to make YouTube bearable while still having access to your curated feed.
If you can find a copy, the original Vanced app still works great too. I never switched from it when the project died.
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Wow, this is such shit. The request itself is so overly broad, it's a shame that google chose (or was forced) to honor it. I see the following listed in the request:
10. addons.mozilla.org
15. www.microsoft.com
16. play.google.com
40. en.wikipedia.org
45. chrome.google.com
58. www.trustpilot
64. soundcloud.com
65. www.facebook.com
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