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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PipePipe is still yt but its only a subscription feed and integrates perfectly with other services like peertube
Invidious.
That’s not an alternative. It’s just another frontend.edit: didn’t see the youtube algo part. Mb
Rumble if you are racist white trash…
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
That’s where I am with Lemmy right now. I still have reddit installed, I still dabble on Reddit but over time I’m finding I’m there less and less.
This is the second time I’ve tried Lemmy and its much more successful, I think it’ll be my main social media.
Very good point. Many of these alternatives with less traffic are much better if one doesn’t see them as 100% replacements.
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
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
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?
Freetube is much faster than just using the web browser. On my surface tablet using YouTube.com is very sluggish compared to freetube
I also have the LibRedirect extension set so that when I click on a YouTube link, it opens in FreeTube.
It’s still not as popular but it’s making headway with makers.
Or if you want to stay on YouTube itself others have added clients that don’t have algorithms.
They need to fix their instance list with filters. Wasn’t a fan of having to scroll through pages <20 user instances with closed registration.
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.
Can I import my followed channels from Youtube?
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
Piped.video is an option directly in the browser. Or Invidious.
On mobile (android) I’ve seen NewPipe as an option
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.
There are many ways around the YouTube algo. Look into LibRedirect , Invidious, NewPipe, and subscribing to channels using an on device RSS reader. Also look into yt-dlp if you’re savvy enough to use a command prompt/terminal.
Alternatives all have their drawbacks. Nebula is the best IMO, but there are some gate keeping sort of practices going on over there regarding how creators are chosen to be platformed there.
Floatplane is good for gamers and techies but ultimately supports the guys over at Linus Tech Tips, who have a bad reputation for their history of misogyny and grifting their audiences in various ways.
Rumble is a conservative cesspool for people too hateful for the YouTube platform.
And Peertube is the Federated alternative that has a lot of potential but nearly no traction and thusly there’s not a whole lot of content.
Ultimately, I still watch YouTube (albeit less and less these days), via the platforms mentioned above like Invidious and Newpipe, using yt-dlp.
I do hope Peertube and the fediverse continues to grow. These platforms on the Fediverse are the last bastion of a decent internet imho.
EDIT: grammar.
I mean for yt-dlp you just need to know how to open the terminal in a specific folder and copy paste the link into it.
Yeah, but for some people that’s too much.
Yeah sadly for some people if youtube had a download button it would be too hard.
There’s also the Seal for Android and Parabolic for Linux graphical frontends
Yeah I use Seal when NewPipe is having issues, and there are graphical front ends for
yt-dlpfor desktop, I’m just not familiar with most of them.Thanks for mentioning that. Hopefully someone finds it helpful.
Completely forgot about Seal.
Surprise no one mentioned odysee
Odysee is completely overrun by lunatics. And i mean “Europa: The Last Battle” type of lunatics
I def get it you do see a bunch of bullshit there but theres still some educational videos.
Theres even more lunatics on youtube. The only thing is that its algorithm helps with filtering them out while odysee doesnt use a personalized algorithm.
I think the situation will improve as people migrate there and more normal videos get uploaded
I think the situation will improve as people migrate there and more normal videos get uploaded
I’ve seen that argument for Odysee as far back as 5 years ago. I don’t think it’s going to occur. Same goes for Truth Social
Honorable mention for https://odysee.com/ I still use YT but I also like Odysee. And I use Freetube on my Linux laptop for YT, works great! Edit: format
Odysee is cool but is vulnerable to the same issues that youtube has iirc. Peertube I think is a federated version that would be less vulnerable
Technical platforms? Yes.
Content platforms? No.
