I watch YouTube when I eat etc. I pretty much solely watch gameplays. Is there any alternative? Or an opensource way to view YouTube? I don’t want to use Twitch because Amazon and I grew out of enjoying streamers in my late teens and it’s been a while since.

Edit: I don’t ever use it on mobile. Desktop via Firefox only.

  • frogman [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Since we’re on Lemmy, which uses ActivityPub, I’d first recommend using PeerTube since it’s also a fediverse ActivityPub platform. But it’s pretty small right now.

    Alternatively, Odysee has an established creator base and it’s easy for YouTubers to sync video uploads, so it has a real chance at becoming mainstream if we can push adoption outside of the tech-sphere.

    In terms of just YouTube privacy-respecting frontends, with your browser I recommend using Piped or Invidious.

    For more instances for privacy-respecting front-ends, this link is a good resource. Furthermore, you could consider installing the LibRedirect extension to automatically redirect you to privacy-respecting frontends.

    On Android, I strongly recommend downloading LibreTube or NewPipe from the F-Droid store. LibreTube is actually really pretty, so I prefer it to ReVanced on that basis as it doesn’t require any level of login to manage a subscription list I think. Newpipe is already very well established and I use it personally, very good app.

    Happy to answer any questions, but I’m not an engineer, I’m just a guy :p

    • manny_stillwagon@mander.xyzEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      These are all great suggestions and I just want to throw one more out there. There is also FreeTube which is a private YouTube front-end desktop client which is pretty good.

      I’ll occasionally run into an issue where it won’t remember my place in a longer video if I leave and come back, so your experience may vary depending on the type of content you consume. But otherwise it’s great.

    • mrmanager@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Peertube is simply not good however. I encourage people to try it but it’s just not even remotely close to YouTube content.

      For now I think Newpipe is a much, much better choice.

      I think Lemmy is good enough to replace Reddit though, which is why I’m here so much. :)

      • frogman [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I agree that it’s not fully “there” yet, but it won’t get “there” without users engaging with the videos. I try to use PeerTube for any YouTube creator I enjoy that uploads there. For example, Linux Experiment has started uploading there so I’ll be tuning in weekly to see his news updates.

        Let’s still support upcoming platforms where we can :)

  • JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    NewPipe. Newpipe is feature rich and does not require an account. It holds all subscriptiouns localy and does not use the API. Customizable and had tons of features.

  • Bandicoot_Academic@lemmy.oneEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Newpipe is an open source youtube client, unfortunatly it’s missing any features that require an account.

    If you want those features check out Revanced, a patched youtube app. Unfortunetly since Revanced uses the stock youtube app its not fully open source.

    If you decide to use revanced be careful as there are a lot of fake websites. The real one is revanced.app or the github. You also need to patch the app yourself.

    • pdlrd://@terefere.euEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I confirm this is the greatest front end out there (excluding YouTube front end)

      I’m Elon Musk

  • pokkst@monero.town
    5·
    1 year ago

    For desktop: Piped or Invidious instances, like piped.kavin.rocks

    If you want to completely get rid of YouTube, then PeerTube or Odysee is nice.

    • caos@feddit.de
      1·
      1 year ago

      You can also download video or audio from some Individious instances. For desktop, Freetube is also recommended as a programme that can also do this and you can also subscribe to channels etc. via it. For others, perhaps interesting: for Android, NewPipe is highly recommended.

  • QuoteNat@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    On desktop there’s Freetube, which is an accountless youtube frontend, which I’ve basically been daily driving for over a year now. It’s not the best experience in the world, as it still lacks some features like playlists.

  • ppp@lemmy.oneEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Edit: I don’t ever use it on mobile. Desktop via Firefox only.

    An Invidious instance or mpv (with yt-fzf for example).

    Personally, I use yt-fzf for searching (no thumbnails though) and newsboat (a cli rss reader) for subscribing to YouTube channels then I can load up videos from there to mpv. I just press the “o” key on my keyboard when a new video comes out and it plays on mpv.

  • Communist@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    newpipe on android is a way to view youtube, invidious on desktop, i dunno about ios, peertube is the federated alternative to youtube but it’s gonna be a bit before it gets good.

  • kylian0087@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Take a look at Odysee. I even have a browser extention that redirects me from youtube to the video on Odysee if it is avilable their.

    • motcho@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Looks very clean. But the issue to me and with a lot of new social media sites is the lack of population and thus the lack of content. I’ll try to stick to Lemmy and give it a chance but yeah it is a huge barrier of entry for new competitors.

  • kek_w_lol@lemmy.oneEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    If you want a way to view YouTube with no ads, no trackers and with dislikes, Vanced is the way to go. As far as I know their github is still active.

  • alcyoneous@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    If you’re on iOS, there is uYou++. It’s a YouTube client, but you could find the experience better. You can use AltStore or similar to side load it

  • Nolando@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1·
    1 year ago

    Peertube, Odysee, and YouTube via Newpipe or another client/proxy are my first suggestions. I also enjoy some content from Nebula on occasion.