It’s by the devloper of New Pipe x Sponsorblock which is no longer maintained.
As an avid NewPipe user I like that it’s an approximately identical tool with more functionality!
It seems like a fork where (I wish) a plugin could (ideally) be in NewPipe. It may also be a nice nod to the original devs to change the default color scheme of the fork so nobody gets confused as to who forked from who.
Overall very cool work! I hope they continue to have success and make progress.
The fork was originally created because upstream NewPipe elected not to include sponsor block functionality.
Why?
Because sponsoring doesn’t infringe on privacy, is usually controlled by the channel, and is often relevant.
Great! Looks like it might be coming to Fdroid soon. I will wait until then.
Worth noting that you can always use Obtanium to “subscribe” to apps released through github.
It is already available on F-Droid through Izzyondroid repo.
Okay cool. For those that don’t know already, you can add a repository by going into settings under repositories and paste in the following: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo
It’s available through a 3rd party repository which you can add to the F-droid app but not in F-droid the distro. Izzy’s repo has its value but it’s not the same as or even really comparable to F-droid.
If its by the developer of NPxSB why not just update that one, or am I misunderstanding something in the title?
iirc NPxSP was getting messy internally, the author went and rewrote a lot of things
Thank you for sharing 😁 just migrated my data over from Newpipe x SponsorBlock.
For anyone wondering how to:
In NewPipe x SponsorBlock go to Settings > Content > Export Database, save it, then open Tubular, go to Settings > Content > Import Database, click the ZIP, and it will import all your data from NewPipe (playlists, subs, watched videos, and settings)
What’s up with the in-app tracking? Is it just related to likes/dislikes?
It’s a crash report thingy. https://www.acra.ch/
Didn’t know about Sponsorblock, cool!
