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Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Thankfully there are better frontends for many social media sites. For YouTube, you can use Piped and Invidious. LibRedirect is a browser addon that automatically redirects all YouTube links to your selected frontend. If you want a native desktop app, check out FreeTube. On Android you can use LibreTube, NewPipe or a fork of it called Tubular. On iOS, you can configure Yattee to work with Piped and Invidious, this guide explains it: gonzoknows.com/posts/yattee/.
dan@upvote.au 7 months ago
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Oh yeah I completely forgot about SmartTube. I left out ReVanced on purpose, because it still uses the proprietary YouTube app. But if you’re ok with this, there’s also uYouPlus for iOS.
dan@upvote.au 7 months ago
ReVanced used the proprietary app, but it patches out a bunch of stuff. I like it because it still works like the regular app.
dojan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve not encountered Privacy Guides before, but that’s a really lovely website!
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
It’s an awesome website with an awesome community. Definitely check out their Lemmy community !privacyguides@lemmy.one and the forum discuss.privacyguides.net
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Doesn’t piped completely remove the tracking and what not? Which… I know it sounds bad but I want that. YouTube’s algorithm honestly gives me some really cool shit based on what I’ve watched
ICastFist@programming.dev 7 months ago
Without tracking, it recommends stuff based on the current video. No idea how different the results might be if you have whole history for them to evaluate
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s… Something. It would still give me cool stuff I guess. I might start looking into this
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think randomness seems to work better than their algorithm. Youtube didn’t recommend Cayley Odle because of anything I’d watched before, but … damn.