Newpipe is great, I tend to spend too much time on youtube. This at least limits it. It does break from time to time.

See also: Tubular

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.polymorphicshade.tubular...

There is a fork called PipePipe[0] too, that also implements SponsorBlock

0: https://github.com/InfinityLoop1308/PipePipe

I've been using and loving NewPipe since 2015 or 2016--whenever it first showed up on Fdroid. Really like the ability to play songs from bandcamp too. Although there's one bug in the bandcamp workflow that I wish was fixed: If you search for an artist then tap the artist page in the results this will take you to the albums screen. Click to the album, then if you either use the back arrow or swipe back you're returned to the search results rather than the list of albums on the artist page.

What's the difference of NewPipe to ReVanced?

I love newpipe I've watched hundreds of hours of videos on my shield tv with it.

There's also Freetube, which is a fantastic desktop client.

https://freetubeapp.io

IME newpipe breaks every few weeks or so, presumably because of some youtube change / obfuscation. Or at least that was the case a few years ago.

I've had more success hosting an invidious instance and using the materialious client for mobile. And a bonus is that it comes with sponsorblock built in.

https://invidious.io/

https://materialio.us/

Editorialized title! Portrait aspect ratio (or "vertical video", as it's described here - at least I assume that's what the term refers to - like, as if the landscape aspect ratio has no Y axis!) is not obviously mentioned anywhere.