src VS NewPipe

Where is their source repo? Is it not this https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src? Which last commit was 4 months ago?

This is really cool, thanks for pointing it out! I have used Eruda and keep it in Tampermonkey in Firefox for use in a pinch but it's hacky. It's impressive that it works at all, but it's very difficult to do any actual work.

I already had Kiwi installed and it's neat to pop it open and see this feature hiding in plain sight. I won't use it as a daily driver though since it selectively blocks adblockers on a hardcoded list of domains which is just untrustworthy. https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src/blob/master/extensions/re...

You can try this: https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src/blob/master/.github/workflows/build_apk.yml

GitHub - kiwibrowser/src: Source-code used in Kiwi Browser for Android

Kiwi browser is a good alternative, it supports Chrome extention in Android and also half often source. Get it here https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwibrowser.browser

Yup > https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src

Their GitHub does claim that it's "fully open-source": https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src

It is fully open source since 17th April 2020 https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src

Just use NewPipe. It's just a better Youtube client even if it had ads.

https://newpipe.net/

I have a 3G device still able to watch YT and a very old Kindle Fire that has NewPipe [1] installed for watching YT in bed (whilst my phone is on charge).

I don't see why not either - if the device was capable of H264 when it was released, why not now?

[1] https://newpipe.net/

There is nothing you can do yourself as an app user, see https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/9764. The current situation will be improved by https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/pull/10580.

NewPipe

NewPipe on Android is also unaffected.