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Why fdroid build is outdated?
NewPipe has their own F-Droid repository for users who want faster updates. https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/install-add-fdroid-repo/
If that is too much hassle then you can install Droidify https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.looker.droidify and simply click on NewPipe in the repository settings of Droidify but beware that Droidify does enable the IzzyOnDroid repo by default.
What is Izzydroid and why is it considered bad?
IzzyOnDroid gets their packages by searching for Apks on github in a semi-automated manner and does basically no filtering on its own, so there may be low quality or malicious apps on there.
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IzzyOnDroid is a popular F-Droid repository. It is not bad at all, but if you don't realize that it gets enabled by default in Droidify you will have a lot more "duplicate" apps to choose from to install, and some people like myself prefer to only use apps from the main F-Droid repo when they can.
F-Droid always lag behind a bit since it needs to build all the apps they distribute from source in their CI servers.
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.