De-Shittify your YouTube Experience with FreeTube (freetubeapp.io)
from Novocirab@feddit.org to degoogle@lemmy.ml on 27 Jun 17:54
https://feddit.org/post/14886403

FreeTube is an open-source standalone YouTube client that gives you control over what to see and what not to see on YouTube. Among my my favourite features are:

If you’re a parent, know that FreeTube also has several child safety features.

#degoogle

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Hellusion@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 18:36 next collapse

It’s a good piece of software, but it breaks every couple of weeks because youtube is trying to block third party clients and the team behind freetube has to find another way to patch around it.

slackness@lemmy.ml on 27 Jun 20:32 next collapse

It doesn’t break that often.

MoonMelon@lemmy.ml on 28 Jun 00:06 next collapse

For the times it is down, the Freetube UI offers an easy way to “open in <video player of choice>” or “open embedded player”, both of which are much better than dealing with the default youtube UI.

Psythik@lemm.ee on 28 Jun 02:19 collapse

Thanks for the info. I’ll be sticking with YouTube ReVanced for mobile and SmartTubeNext for my TV. Both have been working flawlessly for years without issue.

0x520@slrpnk.net on 27 Jun 19:28 next collapse

This is great and I appreciate the push to move content over to Peertube. There are a lot of issues with youtube that go beyond just ads. There is a huge moderation problem. For one, there are so many fake DIY videos now. I used to go on there to learn how to do things, but seeing the devolution into ad-supported content that exists soley for the purpose of monetization, spreading completely false information to people is really sad. You can’t trust anything on there. None of it has been vetted by people who know what they are talking about at all and there is no reasonable process for removal of such videos. At least Peertube, you could change instances or if you run an instance you could defederate from bad actors on the platform. Peer Tube is an amazing platform and is incredibly under-utilized.

cRazi_man@europe.pub on 27 Jun 21:53 next collapse

While you’re at it… Try Newpipe sponsor block on your Android phone.

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Jun 22:42 next collapse

Needs an android version with ATV UI

clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 28 Jun 05:40 collapse

What’s wrong with SmartTube? I use it daily without issues and they’re very good and quick at fixing shit that Google puts in their way.

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 28 Jun 06:06 collapse

Cause having multiple options doesn’t hurt anybody

What happens after the Dev gets tired of trying to fix what Google is purposely breaking?

Never put your eggs in one basket. It’s why there is no longer a modded 3rd party twitch client on Android TV without any ads because the dev (S0und TV) pussied out and wants to put his app on the play store so he’s pleasing Google now by not breaking the TOS

relic4322@lemmy.ml on 28 Jun 00:20 next collapse

Checking it out, thanks for the recommendation.

kixik@lemmy.ml on 28 Jun 03:56 next collapse

I’ve been a long term freetube user, but lately I’m finding pipeline built locally through AUR, formerly known as feetuber, a much better experience at least for me. I’ve set it up to use ytdlp and mpv all the time, so I don’t care about Piped sites. It supports Peertube already, and it’s way light, at least with mpv playing it is

arakhis_@feddit.org on 03 Jul 02:46 collapse

why not just redirect.invidious.io

Novocirab@feddit.org on 03 Jul 12:03 collapse

I didn’t know about the web interfaces of Invidious instances. Definitey looks cool, and this redicrect domain is handy to quickly find a working instance.

Still, FreeTube has a couple of major advantages. One is that even if your go-to Invidious instance becomes unusable, your local FreeTube configuration (subscriptions, blocks, ricings, you name it) remains 100% in effect, because FreeTube just picks a different instance. Even when Google again makes all Invidious instances dysfunctional, FreeTube may still be usable by accessing YouTube directly. Also, FreeTube likely has A LOT more options—the settings page is quite sizeable. Finally, I find it increasingly nice that it’s a standalone client separate from your browser. It makes it more deliberate to start watching videos, so that I’m less likely to go on senseless watching sprees; and conversely, when I’m watching useful videos, I’m less likely to interrupt them by going to some irrelevant website.