alternative-frontends VS lite-youtube-embed

use alternative privacy-focused frontends: https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends

I use nitter and proxigram to query RSS feeds.

I use something similar to this, the only differences are because my use case is privacy protection and avoiding algorithmic feeds. I use the Redirector extension for Firefox so that it redirects e.g. Youtube, Twitter, and StackOverflow links to the corresponding alternative frontends Piped, Nitter, and AnonymousOverflow. You can find maintained lists [1] [2] of such projects and their instances. Mostly they are FOSS and privacy-respecting, and they have distraction-free frontends because it's a helpful coincidence of being ethical software.

[1] https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends

for a full list, refer this: https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends.

There are front end alternatives for major sites if you really need that btw. I use from time time to time Invidious when I want t o see a YT video for example. As for sites that require tracking cookies to work I simply stopped using them. If a given site requires the use of intrusive "necessary" cookies I just stop using it. I'm convinced is about priorities. If you quit a browser that is safe because is slow, well, you need to re-estate your priorities imho (not you, op, anyone ;) ).

Maybe a good place to mention Paul Irish’s lite-youtube-embed:

"Provide videos with a supercharged focus on visual performance. This custom element renders just like the real thing but approximately 224× faster."

https://github.com/paulirish/lite-youtube-embed

That's always been the case. Having too many Google Ads can even downrank you in search results for being a bad user experience.

For Youtube embeds, I prefer Lite Youtube Embed[1] by the magnificent Paul Irish.

[1] https://github.com/paulirish/lite-youtube-embed

What I use → For Youtube videos I started using lite-youtube-embed package, following the advice of Debbie O'brien and web.dev!

Video is great, but the default YouTube embed share is both bloated and not privacy-minded. I finally switched my YouTube embeds to lite-youtube-embed by Paul Irish, and it's fantastic. It loads "faster than a sneeze" and uses the no-cookie version by default.

The Lite Youtube Embed project by Paul Irish is a perfect example of fake loading: it takes a Youtube Video ID and presents only a thumbnail with a play button :