• Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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    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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      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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      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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        After all Snowdon went through, it pisses me off when people say you’re a conspiracy theorist just by citing the reporting that came from the whistle he blew

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          Propaganda worked on those people. I remember the news back then, it all focused on Snowden himself, rather than the revelations. Lots and lots of FUD in the opinion shows, all the talking heads were spending the bulk of their time opining on him, instead

          Like the fact he left the us to escape prosecution, his landing in Russia. Remember they even tracked down his girlfriend or something ridiculous? I know I’m forgetting some of it. Anyway all that crap was designed to shift people’s focus away from looking into his proof, and towards doubting the intentions of the person providing it. And boy, did it.

          It worked, on a lot of people.

          I still hear folks call him a traitor to this day, and they always parrot the FUD talking points i remember from back then to a T.

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        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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          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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          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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      My mom uses YouTube - she’s 80. My son uses YouTube- he’s 8. This is the internet now.

      The open source, privacy evangelist types, who root their phones and self host nextcloud are a tiny minority.

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      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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        I’ve used the aforementioned applications for years and have never had issues finding relevant content. I get recommendations from friends, related videos and blogs etc

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