Newpipe, Revanced, piped.video and Freetube are my go-to front ends now. Not even cause of the AdBlock thing, just cause.
this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2023
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Just always browse incognito/private. I haven't gotten hit yet. I strive for a leave no cookies behind type browser.
That's a setting in Firefox.
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I run my own Invidious instance on my local network and its not bad, but you really aren't able to endlessly doom scroll Youtube recommendations with it. That sounds like a non-issue, but its more difficult to find new content you like without that algorithmic aspect. Technically, Invidious will load playlists, but the UI is designed to maximize the video presence without the other add-ons, so scrolling is a pain. Also, history is unnamed so its just a thumbnail with no other info.
You can change UI of Invidious with Stylus (ex. https://userstyles.world/style/6850/invidious-all-instances-player-and-tabs-v-3), but that won't run in qutebrowser and I love my native vim bindings.
Ever since I disabled every recommendation in libretube I don't watch anything on youtube anymore because I have no fucking clue that it even exists.
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Thank you.
It is also possible to install libredirect
if you are using Firefox Nightly on Android https://mike.sg/2022/07/10/how-to-use-libredirect-on-android/. You can disable the YouTube app and this would force your device to open the YouTube links in your default browser.
If you're on Android why not just use revanced or Newpipe? Both are excellent and I haven't had issues with revanced since this change.
I am using Newpipe, but libredirect can redirect more websites, not only YouTube.
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Do any of Piped/invidious/freetube work in 4k? Every time I try these out the quality options seem quite bad. I would be happy to self host if it meant working 4k videos. Are there instances that do 4k, or is this just a limitation of the tech?
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What's the most turnkey solution with good features? I'm an experienced developer and can self-host, but I'm not looking for another thing to maintain.
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Piped.video
Your link to "Piped" doesn't work for me on mobile. I think you accidentally put some asterisks at the start of it.
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I really should install LibRedirect
I just want to point out there are some plugins and scripts to use Youtube from VLC. The "Library" then works as a search frontend. It is supercool though I can't find the link at the moment. I remember I had to download some scripts manually and place them into my VLC-Installation. Another bone: Massively reduced CPU power. Playing a Youtube-Video in Firefox needs like four times more power. Really nice if you work on battery.
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Thank you all for the great suggestions. I've been using NewPipe on my phone for a while now. Do any of these YT alternatives come with support for 1440p resolution? I noticed Invidious is capped at 1080p and sometimes struggles to maintain a stable nitrate at high resolution.
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