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Feds Ordered Google To Unmask Certain YouTube Users. Critics Say It’s ‘Terrifying.’ (www.forbes.com)
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[–] 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

I don't know why anyone is using youtube directly when they can use Newpipe or Freetube. No ads, sponsorblock and even the ability to automatically skip intros, recaps etc On top of that no google account tracking or algorithms.

Edit: Adding "libretube" as well based on some of the replies to this comment.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I would love to but I mainly watch YouTube and other video content on my living room TV. That's probably a barrier for a lot of us.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    This is it for me. Easier to get YouTube family thing and now my family doesn’t have ads and doesn’t have to root a phone to install the other apps. If it was just me, sure. I have another 4 people in my life that are hard work when it comes to tech and I have other things to do with my time.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Because the average person doesn't have a clue and they never think about this kind of thing. I've been called a conspiracy theorist by my own father as well as othesr for mentioning Snowden revalatins and using a VPN and all the privacy steps I take on the web.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Forgive me if you already know this but VPNs are just someone else's computer. It's good for preventing your ISP from snooping but you give that visibility to whoever operates the VPN so you're definitely trusting them not to be malicious.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Wao, this push against VPNs is getting ridiculous. We're all well aware that most VPNs are not private. But using a VPN has it's advantages. Geoblocked media, ISP snooping, and many other things you can circumvent. Not all VPNs are private, and even those we believe to be private, most users have to subscribe over trust alone, as we have no way of knowing if they really are or if what they describe as how they operate is true or not. But using a VPN sure beats just leaving your browsing visible to your ISP and local government.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Its someone else's computer, but where your traffic is mixed with a ton of other people's traffic coming out of that computer. Essentially you're mixing your traffic with others. And youre often coming out of another countey with better privacy laws thsn your country. That has value in a number of ways.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    After hearing about Freetube, I finally set it up and was all on board, got it configured and then was deflated to see it apparently has no queue function? I use that feature on YouTube so much that I just had to stop using it pretty much immediately.

    If I somehow overlooked that or it comes in a later development stage, I’d happily move to it exclusively.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    FYI Queue/OnTheFly Playlists are already in the Feature Request list according to github, pog

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There is a bit missing with auto discovery on these frontends, which makes sense...if it doesn't track what you watch, it can't recommend things. Most have related videos though, so you're not just stuck with your subscriptions.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Not having a home page where I get new content based on what I watch is a pretty strong point, the mayority of people find new channels based on that

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    This is where I differ. I think the algos and video recommendations are manipulative. I simply watch whatever is new from my subscribed channels and occasionally something from the related video section. Even if cared about recommendations there is no way I would value it more than the other benefits.

    All that being said check out Libretube. I think it has the recommendations on the homepage.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Perhaps, but there are often related videos which provide a similar sort of discovery. One of the main points of these frontends is that they don't track what you watch. If they don't do that, they can't recommend videos.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Either because they've never heard of it, they think it's difficult to set up, or they think it's less polished or reliable.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'd go with "because they've never heard of it". It's no more difficult to setup than any other application. See the download page.

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh, it's not, they just think it is. I have personal experience of this.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Are you saying it's not easy to install? If so, what's the difficulty?

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    no suggestions, horrible ui and ux

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Try libretube. It's more UX-y. I personally like the simplicity of Newpipe but I can get why it's not for everyone.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    and for suggestions? i want an homepage that welcomes me when i open the app, that says you could watch this or that, continue watching this or maybe u would like this other one

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