I’m using this all the time myself. There is no login to YouTube required and it supports adding subscriptions and doing everything important you can do on YouTube.
And the best part is no ads whatsoever.
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Am I the only one that hates third-party clients for Desktop? They all have terrible UI and UX. Firefox + UBlock + Youtube is the way to go. For the phone it’s NewPipe or Grayjay.
I use Firefox with ublock on desktop, works like a charm. My favourite on android is YouTube revanced
Revanced app had the superior UI/UX.
Not because if taste, but because it is the YouTube UI that then allows you to add and remove stuff from the UI, getting away from all the user-hostile stuff. If you want to.
Why had?
Has. Autocorrect fail :)
LOL the only terrible UI is the YouTube one. I dunno how people deal with all the garbage content and vertical videos that are relentlessly crammed down your throat. Not to mention the completely fucked search function.
Firefox + UBlock + Youtube is the way to go.
Unless you don’t like Google tracking everything you watch on youtube, that is.
Let’s be real, no matter how you’re watching YouTube, if you’re accessing the video directly and not cached through a third party server, Google is still tracking you.
I think the point is basically having free YouTube premium (no ads).
If you use ublock origin and watch a lot, they’ll eventually put your ip address on a list where you have to log in to watch anything. Newpipe seems to be able to circumvent this but yt-dlp can’t. I haven’t tried freetube but maybe freetube can circumvent that.
I used to think it is redundant too, but now see it as a quality-of-life difference. Because I can track my subscriptions and watch history, as well as have playlists. That is a massive improvement over folders of bookmarks.
I use the same combo on my phone without any issues or ads. Why use a client on the phone?
For me, Newpipe is faster. Plus I can track my subscriptions, playlists and watch history.
Personally I still use the Firefox + uBlock + SponsorBlock + YouTube combo on my phone too. Maybe if I watched more YouTube on my phone it’d be worth figuring out an app with a better mobile UI, but I like that it’s a consistent experience anywhere I watch from.
You forgot sponserblock, it’s amazing!
I tried it there but my browser works better is my first impression, I’m using thorium with Ublock, YouTube enhanced and some other addons.
Did honestly just give this a test but I kept getting videos just freezing up for no reason.
Why does it want me to scan my ID? Wtf?
I would like Freetube 100x more if it had a web UI instead of a non-browser interface. A web UI with a companion extension to automatically redirect YT video links to it could be so seamless.
If it’s hosting a server on the local network that would also provide a perfect solution to not having any way for view history or settings to automatically sync between different devices.
you might like Piped or Invidious with Libredirect addon.
The recommendation algorithm is the reason I use YouTube. Well over half of the videos I’m watching are from channels I’m not even subscribed to. Ads can be blocked as always.
The recommendation algorithm is the reason I use YouTube.
This is an unpopular opinion on Lemmy (since it means Google has to track you) but I agree. I’ve discovered so many great channels, both small and large, through YouTube recommendations.
Using it for years yes
No ios not cool
More like using iOS is not cool. At least in the EU they get some more things, but I was trying the other day to show a workmate how to install an ad blocker and it turns out you can’t even install firefox extensions on iOS!
Skill issue
Apparently there’s a browser called Orion that support both Firefox and Chrome extensions
Because outside of the EU all browsers are just safari cosplaying. Inside EU at least Firefox is still just safari
On iOS I’ve been using
Vinegar - Tube Cleanerby developer And a Dinosaur. It doesn’t replace YouTube as a whole - only the video player. Better interface, no ads.ytliteplus or uyou is great for ios
yeah I agree! My wife would hear bitchin me if we would watch something on her iphone as i would constantly point out the fucking ads… I use in on my Fedora but sometimes (like once a month) I have a problem with the invidous instances. I wish there would be something similar to use on android, bu fortunately with Firefox& SponsorBlock it seems to block most of them…
I downloaded Newpipe from the Fdroid app store and it works very similar go freetube
I am copying every single url from browser and paste it to Celluloid. That’s how I watch youtube on PC.
I enjoy the Android app. Wish the ui was a bit better tho, hard to navigate sometimes
Use Grayjay!!
I use Newpipe on android, you can try that. Install it using f-droid.
I agree; between it and Tubular, YouTube is usable again.
That said, someone pointed out that higher resolutions are not viewable on FreeTube. I hadn’t noticed this until they mentioned it, and now I notice it constantly. I don’t know why, but it’s demonstratable: find a 4k video on Tubular, and open the same video on FreeTube, and only lower resolution versions are available.
I’ve been using it since YouTube stopped allowing adblockers.
My lg tv is jailbroken so I have the ad blocked version of YouTube on it, but I was on my Chromecast with Google tv yesterday and decided to go back to the regular YouTube app since I was there.
I was watching a video of 20 minutes in length, and got one 30 second ad at the start; ok fine.
After 4 minutes, they decided to show me a 50 second unskippable ad.
I backed out of the video, and deleted the regular app.
Fuck Google.
How do you jb LG tv?
O blocked my LG TV from Internet long time ago, since I only needed a dump TV screen anyway
😄maybe there is a fun experiment in my near future
Doesn’t sound like you have anything to lose, and you might gain a new skill! Go for it!
I’d argue that Brave is the best way. The adblock is seamless and requires no add-ons, and you retain the full functionality of the site.
Can I see dislikes tho?
