paradox2011

I've never had NewPipe present me with a sign in prompt or any bot challenges, that's a very strange scenario to be facing.

Not the OP, but I believe they're talking about the upgrade from 128 bit AES to 256 bit AES. It created some compatibility issues between clients for a few days as the ones that weren't updated yet couldn't decrypt the newer 256 AES encrypted notes. That was my experience anyways. It's a great app/server from my personal experience.

It does, you can turn it on in the YouTube plugin settings.

I like it 👏

Currently in the middle of a few:

A Schilling For Candles - Josephine Tey The Art Of Thinking - Ernest Dimnet Titus Groan - Mervyn Peake The Pillow Book - Sei Shonagon

I see what you did there 😏👏

This is a very meta answer to give 😄

Short answer I think you may be out of luck. Firebase/MicroG, websocket (must be included as a part of the app itself by the developer) or some NTFY workaround are really the only options that I'm aware of at this point.

Not the original commenter, but just a +1 for Calyx from me.

It is very easy to install and it clears away a lot of low level Google tracking within the OS itself. It also comes with some nice additions like a firewall system for blocking internet access for that one google app (like keyboard or camera) you still need for whatever reason. Can't recommend it enough.

Makes me consider changing launchers just for the icons 😅

That's a great flat icon style, I love it.

No it does not increase subscriber count unfortunately. It basically treats that channel like an RSS feed for you. Views are also not counted due to the way newpipe accesses the video content.

My thoughts exactly