I am so tired of being part of the YT algo. Is there a somewhat decent alternative to youtube? I already have Nebula but that doesn’t give me my news and show talking head fix
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https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions is my Youtube bookmark. It’s just who I’m subscribed to. That’s it.
I just wanted to mention, because apparently only ~7% of us exist who use the Subscriptions feed, according to various Youtubers showing off their stats pages.
Its impossible for me to subscribe to a youtuber because I don’t have (and don’t want) a Youtube account. I understand Youtubers get more visibility with more subscriptions, but I just don’t want to be part of the algorithm. I can close my private browser, and any algorithm infection is wiped clean from my view.
Depending on your setup, YouTube will still fingerprint your browser and track your behavior, as is common practice with ad networks.
Your cookies and data might be cleared but as long as yt has any way to generate a unique identifier out of your browser preferences, it will identify you and start looking at your behavior / figuring out an algorithm.
Just fyi.
Sure, it can start building it again just with what I search to watch. Then I get to close the browser again and wipe it clean again. I know that fingerprinting exists, but I’m not seeing its behavior for video suggestions. In fact, I do see tracking by IP because I’ll get suggested things I know my wife is looking at (and we’re coming from the same IP). Even those are few and far between though.
I would strongly recommend using a VPN and changing servers regularly in that case.
That’s fine, I’m not tempted by the sidebars to partake in the algo at all because I’ve removed them with extensions. Without an account, yeah then I’d be using NewPipe and whatever desktop equivalents are surely out there.
Thanks for the reminder, I really must change my bookmarks to this, such a simple change.
Not viable for the mobile app of course, but even having the browser sorted would be a start.
Technical platforms? Yes.
Content platforms? No.
Yes!
If you have a Linux OS on a PC then Freetube is a terrific desktop app.
You can import your subscriptions from YT there.
If it’s only ads that you hate then Revanced mobile app is the way. Unless you are on iPhone - then it won’t work. It’s Android only.
Not just Linux: https://freetubeapp.io/#download
On Android, check out NewPipe
I use freetube, an open source youtube frontend
It’s not an alternative per se, but it does make youtubes shit easier to stand
Front page is just all the videos from your subs in order of most recently uploaded. Super useful, especially if you find yourself missing out on videos from some of your less frequent uploaders
I also have the LibRedirect extension set so that when I click on a YouTube link, it opens in FreeTube.
just all the videos from your subs in order of most recently uploaded.
What’s the difference to https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions ?
Edit: It’s a genuine question. Is there a functional difference, or simply privacy reasons?
One of the best ways to start getting away from YouTube is to use Grayjay.
You can still follow content creators who are only on YouTube, but it allows you to curate your feed and mix in all of the content creators that do upload their content to other platforms like Peertube, Nebula, Odysee, Patreon, Twitch, Kick, Bitchute, Rumble, etc.
Just want to add in terms of all the suggestions: remember that alternative can also mean “in addition to” as well as “instead of.” people wanting instead-ofs will run away from alternatives quicker, which radically hinders the “build it and they will come” momentum that these sites need to better alternatives in the long run
I have seen others say that youtube channels have their own RSS feeds. Could plug each YouTube channel you want to follow into an RSS app of your choice. Not ideal, but should avoid algorithms
Inside newpipe. No feed or homepage (as long as you set it to that), just a list of the channels I’ve subscribed to. I just manually go through them if I’m looking for something to watch.
Algo? I’m assuming algorithm? I rarely if ever use that. Just find creators you enjoy and subscribe to them, I have a giant list of them I watch and never have to deal with YouTube algorithms at all.
I run a Piped server for myself and friends, but it can be challenging to keep running. Whenever YT comes up with a new way to fuck around with NewPipe, you sometimes need to wait for someone that knows how to fix it shows up and makes a PR.
I gave up on the algorithm years ago and only use the subscription feed now.
Invidious.
Sounds like you should try TV to keep up with news
I meant like industry news. Blender, esp32, and such. Ya know nerdy shit. I get my news news from NPR and the AP
