Newpipe: iOS version?

[myrmatrix]

Hello,

I used this app on Android in the recent past, and I really loved it. It made YouTube a sincerely enjoyable rather than merely tolerable experience. Thanks to all of you for your work on this app.

I have for various reasons moved away from Android however, and am wondering if there are any plans for an iOS port of NewPipe. It would be really awesome to use it at some point on an iphone or ipad. Are there any plans to create a port? Thanks.

[gkeegan]

As far as I know this would require a complete rebuild of the app. The NewPipe extractor could probably be reused, but aside from that it would need to be redone. This makes it unlikely that it'll happen soon.

[myrmatrix]

Fair enough. Thanks for the response. If/when it does happen, I’ll be looking forward to it.

[Serkan-devel]

Wouldn't this type of app be banned from the Appstore?

[kuaile1993]

Hope to support windows macos and ios

[Serkan-devel]

Possibly will only work when jailbroken, but otherwise https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/1051

[Mercurial]

can anyone explain why it will require jailbreak?

[Stypox]

Because it could not be added to the store

[Mercurial]

Because it could not be added to the store

and why is that?

[gkeegan]

Apple would never allow it into the store.

I believe it breaks some of their terms.

[Mercurial]

Apple would never allow it into the store.

I believe it breaks some of their terms.

why its not pirating or having adult content, I don't understand. this is basically a browser of videos

[JayBrown]

There's always the AltStore: https://altstore.io/

https://github.com/rileytestut/AltStore

[kylemsguy]

Apple would never allow it into the store.
I believe it breaks some of their terms.

why its not pirating or having adult content, I don't understand. this is basically a browser of videos

The same reason why MxTube/McTube and ProTube got removed from the App Store.

[sebma]

@kylemsguy

Apple would never allow it into the store.
I believe it breaks some of their terms.

why its not pirating or having adult content, I don't understand. this is basically a browser of videos

The same reason why MxTube/McTube and ProTube got removed from the App Store.

What does that reason may be ?

[Stypox]

I'm closing this in favour of #1051. Let's keep all of the discussion about ports of NewPipe there.

What does that reason may be ?

The reason is probably that it breaks Google's ToS, and Apple does not want people to break a competitor's ToS for legal reasons (I don't know, though)