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alternative-front-ends
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Juno โ A YouTube Client for Vision Pro
> Do you block YouTube on your network so you don't see content from that platform? I'd wager you don't.
I don't block YouTube, I just don't use any of their official frontends. There are plenty of alternatives in this space[1]. This might not work for everyone, but I get a much better UX with these tools. Not seeing ads is one benefit, but it's also about not being a participant in training algorithms that effectively cause psychological damage.
> I am pretty sure you pay for things that bring value or make thing easier for you in life
Of course. And I happily support content creators who don't rely on advertising or Google itself. I just refuse to be forced into a corrupt business model.
Anyway, I didn't mean to antagonize you, so apologies if my response came across that way.
[1]: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends?tab=readme...
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Invidious โ An open source alternative front-end to YouTube
There is a great list of many alternative frontends I found here: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends
They work well for internet archiving too, e.g. when Twitter or Reddit are being annoying and showing popups/login redirects/etc. you can replace the URL with an alternative frontend version and archive the content without the cruft.
- Not too illegal but how the fuck do i remove ads from YouTube on iPhone
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Torโs shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it
I use Tor for everything that doesn't require identification, and I use very few of those services. Feel free to ask me anything.
>There are sites that I have been unable to get working
This happens, most of the time because of Cloudflare. A solution is to get a new Tor circuit 3-5 times, and then the page will load. If a site simply won't work, like Meta platforms I won't use them. Using alternative front-ends[1] makes most sites that usually wouldn't work, work as well.
>The Tor browser does help here, by not easily allowing obvious mistakes like using http.
This is false, HTTPS only is enabled by default in Tor Browser. It's common knowledge for everyone including users of Google Chrome and Firefox to not use HTTP sites.
[1]: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends
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Youโre Not Imagining It: Social Media Is in Chaos
May I suggest:
https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#facebook
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Stop YouTube blocking your AdBlocker
thanks, found a bunch here https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends
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lynx browser
For Gmail you can use (neo)mutt if you want to use in the CLI. For the other services check this out
- Google sent me this - local guide
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What is the least browser that consumes data
In addition, Youtube is a notoriously heavy website with a ton of javascript. There are plenty of opensource front end websites that use a lot less or no javascript. Piped is a popular frontend for Youtube.
- Any alternatives to YouTube?
Invidious
- Google Broke Invidious Again
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Mobile Ad Blocker Will No Longer Stop YouTube's Ads
Youtube seems to be doing some A/B testing with the comment system which has made proxies like Invidious and yt-dlp/Newpipe unable to load comments. There is a patch for Invidious [1] which solves this problem but it is not in master yet. I tested it on my own instance and it does solve the problem.
[1] https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4576
- YouTube: Google has found a way to break Invidious
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Google fights Invidious (a privacy YouTube Front end)
BTW, I don't understand the workaround: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4552/files
Which was taken from here: https://github.com/LuanRT/YouTube.js/pull/624
Could anybody explain it to me?
- Google Ordered to Identify Who Watched Certain YouTube Videos
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YouTube is loading slower for users with ad blockers yet again
Use a Youtube proxy like Invidious [1], problem solved and you get to subscribe to channels without telling the Beast about your interests. Add Sponsorblock (which supports Invidious) to get rid of any in-stream advertising which remains and you'll be transported back to those hallowed times of yore when men were men, women were women and advertising was something you found in newspapers. Youtube will try to make this harder just like Xitter is trying to make it harder to use proxies like Nitter [2].
[1] https://github.com/iv-org/invidious
[2] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
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YouTube begins new wave of slowdowns for users with ad blockers enabled
Going to drop this here for others who haven't heard of it https://invidious.io/
Now, how do we fix this? YouTube's ad model sucks. Their algorithm sucks. Their front page sucks. They've captured a bunch of creators though so often YouTube is the only place you can find someone.
I want those creators to benefit from me viewing their videos. I want the fact that I view a video and like it to help other people find that video in their recommendations. I want an algorithm that shows me things that are interesting and relevant not one that promotes the spammiest and most ad heavy videos that barely have anything to do with my watch history.
Having an alternative front end is nice but I don't want to rob YouTube of the money they spend on hosting the videos.
So, how do we do this?
Peer to peer fails when there is little interest in something or when most people leech and it sucks for archiving old content.
Hosting it all in one place is super expensive and hard for a small group to manage without turning into YouTube.
Maybe we could find a way for the creators to host their own content and get paid when people view it while being part of a large federated network for easy discoverability?
Please list any projects you know of, I'm sure there are a lot of people here who would be willing to contribute or donate.
- Crystal 1.11.0 Is Released
- YouTube is trying to block Invidious
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Reviving decade-old Macs with antiX and MX Linux (2022)
Sometimes a half-solution will do, like Invidious or Piped.
[0] https://invidious.io/
[1] https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped
What are some alternatives?
youtube-local - browser-based client for watching Youtube anonymously and with greater page performance
Piped - An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design.
ProxiTok - Open source alternative frontend for TikTok made using PHP
NewPipe - A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.
libreddit - Private front-end for Reddit
FreeTube - An Open Source YouTube app for privacy
alternative-frontends - ๐๐ Privacy-respecting web frontends for popular services
nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end
privacy-redirect - A simple web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives.
SponsorBlock - Skip YouTube video sponsors (browser extension)
browser_extension - A browser extension that redirects popular sites to alternative privacy friendly frontends