Newpipe: Blacklist videos, channels and keywords

Created on 14 Oct 2018 · 20Comments · Source: TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

Block channels and videos

Will there be a channel blocking feature because this feature is really important in my opinion so we won't get any videos from the channels we don't want.

Block keywords (@brigglybaile #3571)

I exclusively use this app to avoid spoilers on YouTube however even then it is possible to get the ending/spoilers video no matter how careful I get. Which essentially means that I have to use Chrome YouTube Blocker extension on my pc if I want to watch gameplay or stuff. Is it possible to add a features which blocks videos that have a certain keyword(s)?
Avoiding spoilers is one of the main features of this app and this certainly make it the best YouTube app to use on mobile.

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okan35

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I don't see any reason not to allow blocking channels. It's a lot harder to create "filter bubbles" by allowing users to manually block channels than any sort of automated filtering on server side. I don't see any reason not to do it, and I'm not quite sure what @TobiGr is trying to describe...

TheAssassin on 24 Oct 2018

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Well, that's a difficult question. A feature like this has always two sides.
One one hand, this would allow to block these spam YouTuber's who do nothing else then click-bait and and so on. IMO a good reason to have a feature like this.
On the other hand, this is pretty dangerous. As soon as I block channels because of a different view or opinion, we create something NewPipe tries to avoid: the well know filter-bubble. Diversity is important in all parts of our live.
So I'd say, in case someone implements this, there must always be a note that a video has been removed and the ability to show it, must be given. Furthermore, a warning about the risks should be shown when the feature is enabled in the settings.
But IMO we should not implement this because this allows to suppress different opinions.
@TheAssassin @theScrabi @All what do you think?

TobiGr on 24 Oct 2018

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Any feature can be abused if given to the wrong hands. I think we should allow this feature.

Let's assume the best out of people instead of the worse. It's not productive otherwise in my opinion.

lionirdeadman on 24 Oct 2018

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I think people should be free to watch what they want and what they don't want. For example I against those unnecessary make up videos, I don't like them so I block those channels or I am not into football so I don't want to see anything related to football and so on. I implemented the base of this feature in Skytube and I love it. It is definitely a necessary feature. In my opinion this feature is definitely not about blocking ideas that we don't like, it would be like that if I said "let's block anything from Germany".

okan35 on 24 Oct 2018

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TheAssassin on 24 Oct 2018

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@TobiGr I think OP is talking about a local block, as in "I don't like seeing videos from (x), I will block them" instead of some global block as in "NewPipe devs don't like (x) so it's blocked"

vynmera on 25 Oct 2018

Of course I definitely didn't mean to block server wide. I wanted it to be done locally for personal preferences.

okan35 on 25 Oct 2018

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Of course I definitely didn't mean to block server wide. I wanted it to be done locally for personal preferences.

Yeah, I mixed this up. My fault. Sure we can do this. But maybe we should add an option to show hidden videos.

TobiGr on 25 Oct 2018

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Yeah that is the way to go. It can be a blocking preference with unblocking option.

okan35 on 25 Oct 2018

ghost on 3 Nov 2018

What about just hiding the thumbnail of videos from blocked channels? Most of the times the title is not so "clickbaity", while the thumbnail is. This would not close users in a bubble, rather it would prevent them from getting distracted and lose their time.

Stypox on 24 Apr 2019

@Stypox You still have so scroll past them / read the titles though. While thumbnail hiding would be nice, it wouldn't save as much time and distraction as just scrubbing them completely.

GoatPlushie on 14 Jun 2019

Would love to see a whitelist version of this, great for setting up a tablet for kids to use without them getting to all the garbage on YT.

Ecksters on 29 Aug 2019

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@drji3m came up with the idea of creating a blacklist for videos, too (see #2596). I think this would be a nice addition, especially when you listen to music using the background player with autoplay enabled.

TobiGr on 9 Sep 2019

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I main want it as a way to "weed the garden" for personal use. You tube has a high percentage of "vanity videos" published by folk who don't care if its useless or annoying. I typically search for instructional "how to " videos and am totally frustrated when the search is full of useless videos that I've already rejected. Also I want to remove videos I've already watched but want to work through a large number to watch (e.g. TV series)

BTW, I can't figure out how "up next" videos are chosen. They are usually completely unrelated.

drji3m on 10 Sep 2019

Let's not call it a personal blacklist. Let's just call it "Been there, seen this" so we can search for stuff we haven't watched. Just a negative playlist.

drji3m on 10 Sep 2019

Channel Block feature is much needed, I don't know in other countries, but in Brazil, Trending video list is full of channels for kids and teens, not to mention click-bait videos, I would love to block them. That's the only reason I still use SkyTube. Please implement Channel Block!

hamiltonrn on 28 Sep 2019

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My problems are multiple. I need some way of marking/blocking videos I have
watched since most TV series episodes are not sorted. Also need to somehow
block videos by idiots who add nothing to 5he universe. Sometimes its a
channel block but often it's single videos.

I don't know if search results are filtered by Google ( I would hope not
since Google thinks I'm insane).

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Channel Block feature is much needed, I don't know in other countries,
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only reason I still use SkyTube. Please implement Channel Block!

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drji3m on 28 Sep 2019

I main want it as a way to "weed the garden" for personal use. You tube has a high percentage of "vanity videos" published by folk who don't care if its useless or annoying. I typically search for instructional "how to " videos and am totally frustrated when the search is full of useless videos that I've already rejected. Also I want to remove videos I've already watched but want to work through a large number to watch (e.g. TV series)

BTW, I can't figure out how "up next" videos are chosen. They are usually completely unrelated.

YT also adds your rejections into their data harvesting.

Would love to see a whitelist version of this, great for setting up a tablet for kids to use without them getting to all the garbage on YT.

This would make it better than YoutubeKids as that requires you to have an account/sign in - more tracking (of kids) for Youtube/Google.

MalakymR on 16 Dec 2019

@drji3m Google's algorithms choose the next video for you. NewPipe has nothing to do with that. It could, though, switch to another video from suggestions if "Up next" is blacklisted.