I thought the app was being rewritten and that this version was only gonna receive fixes until the rewrite is over.
That’s correct. The “New” and “Improved” changes are mostly from pull requests that were opened before the rewrite announcement, or are important quality of life improvements.
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Where do you find images that you could get a link to? I don’t understand that feature
The app now shows links to images that NewPipe fetches like thumbnails, avatars and banners. You can find them in the video descriptions and in the ‘About’ channel tab.
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Never thought of it that way. That does make me more positive towards their monetization and pricing, as it’s much preferable to an IPO in my eyes. I’m afraid they might eventually do one regardless, though.
Your question has been mostly answered, though if you’re wondering why v0.26.0 is missing as well, it’s because of some issues with reproducible builds that should hopefully have been resolved now.