cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/52603668

Please rank these methods from best to least

  • Invidious
  • NewPipe
  • YoutubeRevanced
  • ytlocal
  • Downloading with yt-dlp
  • Using user script to play in local player
  • Playing in local player (eg mpv <link>)
  • Watching in TOR

Feel free to add other methods to the list or group some

      • bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net
        3·
        4 hours ago

        It’s a good private way to keep track of what you’ve watched and what’s available on its own though, even if you need to use another client to watch.

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    10·
    11 hours ago

    Define privacy?

    Regardless, it seems like every other day one or other is broken - I just use whichever is working at any given moment.

    • Kami@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      12·
      5 hours ago

      That is definitely not the best for privacy.

      All of that plus a trusted VPN is a good start.

    • Zerush@lemmy.ml
      2·
      8 hours ago

      Yes, embed redirect was a good solution, also using an iFrame script, but this currently works only in few videos, in the most it got the error "watch video in YouTube· It’s almost a daily battle between YouTube, devs of adblockers and scripts and front-end instances, some solutions work for some days and on the next day YouTube begins to nag and block again. What we need is an real alternative of YouTube, but that need time to create something with this hugh amount of contents which nothing else has. Continue the battle against the crap, clickbaits and forced playlist pauses (well, there at least the extension still works for the moment), hoping the best.

      Meanwhile Pluto TV, Bandcamp, channels from local public TV, Odysee, Rakuten TV, Internet Radio… etc…for info, music, movies, docus…

  • Zerush@lemmy.ml
    22·
    10 hours ago

    They are all valid, but most front ends are broken by Google.

    I use often Andisearch where i search the video and where I can watch it in the search result, sandboxed and through random proxy, also using the SMplayer on desktop, entering the video URL- Avoiding also that YT put any crap in my PC with the Portmaster