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Freetube is the best way to watch YouTube (www.popsci.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I'm using this all the time myself. There is no login to YouTube required and it supports adding subscriptions and doing everything important you can do on YouTube.

And the best part is no ads whatsoever.

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[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 56 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Am I the only one that hates third-party clients for Desktop? They all have terrible UI and UX. Firefox + UBlock + Youtube is the way to go. For the phone it's NewPipe or Grayjay.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 11 points 2 months ago

Personally I still use the Firefox + uBlock + SponsorBlock + YouTube combo on my phone too. Maybe if I watched more YouTube on my phone it'd be worth figuring out an app with a better mobile UI, but I like that it's a consistent experience anywhere I watch from.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Don't forget about Enhancer for YouTube, SponsorBlock, and DeArrow! They're all a must-have for desktop YT.

[–] SuperZorro@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

You forgot sponserblock, it's amazing!

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

I used to think it is redundant too, but now see it as a quality-of-life difference. Because I can track my subscriptions and watch history, as well as have playlists. That is a massive improvement over folders of bookmarks.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Firefox + UBlock + Youtube is the way to go.

Unless you don't like Google tracking everything you watch on youtube, that is.

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let's be real, no matter how you're watching YouTube, if you're accessing the video directly and not cached through a third party server, Google is still tracking you.

[–] deltreed@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

I think the point is basically having free YouTube premium (no ads).

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

I use Firefox with ublock on desktop, works like a charm. My favourite on android is YouTube revanced

[–] fross@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Revanced app had the superior UI/UX.

Not because if taste, but because it is the YouTube UI that then allows you to add and remove stuff from the UI, getting away from all the user-hostile stuff. If you want to.

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why had?

[–] fross@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Has. Autocorrect fail :)

[–] Tesla@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Revanced is great for mobile

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 2 months ago

ReVanced isn't a third-party client though. It's patches applied to the official client.

[–] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use the same combo on my phone without any issues or ads. Why use a client on the phone?

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

For me, Newpipe is faster. Plus I can track my subscriptions, playlists and watch history.

[–] AnActOfCreation@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

I prefer just about every third-party UI to the official one...

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

So, what do you not like about the Freetube's UI and UX?

[–] PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 months ago

If you use ublock origin and watch a lot, they'll eventually put your ip address on a list where you have to log in to watch anything. Newpipe seems to be able to circumvent this but yt-dlp can't. I haven't tried freetube but maybe freetube can circumvent that.