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Alternative for YouTube? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by SillyLilJester@lemmy.world to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I watch YouTube when I eat etc. I pretty much solely watch gameplays. Is there any alternative? Or an opensource way to view YouTube? I don't want to use Twitch because Amazon and I grew out of enjoying streamers in my late teens and it's been a while since.

Edit: I don't ever use it on mobile. Desktop via Firefox only.

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[–] frogman@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Since we're on Lemmy, which uses ActivityPub, I'd first recommend using PeerTube since it's also a fediverse ActivityPub platform. But it's pretty small right now.

Alternatively, Odysee has an established creator base and it's easy for YouTubers to sync video uploads, so it has a real chance at becoming mainstream if we can push adoption outside of the tech-sphere.

In terms of just YouTube privacy-respecting frontends, with your browser I recommend using Piped or Invidious.

For more instances for privacy-respecting front-ends, this link is a good resource. Furthermore, you could consider installing the LibRedirect extension to automatically redirect you to privacy-respecting frontends.

On Android, I strongly recommend downloading LibreTube or NewPipe from the F-Droid store. LibreTube is actually really pretty, so I prefer it to ReVanced on that basis as it doesn't require any level of login to manage a subscription list I think. Newpipe is already very well established and I use it personally, very good app.

Happy to answer any questions, but I'm not an engineer, I'm just a guy :p

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Peertube is simply not good however. I encourage people to try it but it's just not even remotely close to YouTube content.

For now I think Newpipe is a much, much better choice.

I think Lemmy is good enough to replace Reddit though, which is why I'm here so much. :)

[–] frogman@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree that it's not fully "there" yet, but it won't get "there" without users engaging with the videos. I try to use PeerTube for any YouTube creator I enjoy that uploads there. For example, Linux Experiment has started uploading there so I'll be tuning in weekly to see his news updates.

Let's still support upcoming platforms where we can :)

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

These are all great suggestions and I just want to throw one more out there. There is also FreeTube which is a private YouTube front-end desktop client which is pretty good.

I'll occasionally run into an issue where it won't remember my place in a longer video if I leave and come back, so your experience may vary depending on the type of content you consume. But otherwise it's great.