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Also check out a FOSS Android app LibreTube[1]. No ads, SponsorBlock, ReturnYouTubeDislike, can proxy all the videos through a Piped instance, subscription sync with a Piped account, offline and online playlists are supported

[1]: https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube

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NewPipe+Sponsorblock is also nice. No logins.

You can use LibreTube without a Piped account as well - the subscriptions will be saved locally

What's different is that NewPipe connects to YouTube servers directy while LibreTube doesn't. Also, LT has MD3.

How do you get a YouTube video without connecting to YouTube?

Through Piped, which proxies all requests through it's server

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