Apps don’t need finances to survive. The creator of the app could be working on it entirely because they want to, and not because they get paid. As far as I know, NewPipe is just a front-end. It doesn’t host anything, and just runs as a client to essentially give a new interfwce to YouTube.
How does this app survive economically?
Most open source projects are not financially driven. The bigger projects, such as this, usually function like non-profit organizations.
Apps don’t need finances to survive. The creator of the app could be working on it entirely because they want to, and not because they get paid. As far as I know, NewPipe is just a front-end. It doesn’t host anything, and just runs as a client to essentially give a new interfwce to YouTube.
Labor of love, I suspect