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Re: Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm

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I made a podcast feed from YT with podsync so that I can take videos on the go. I use the playlist feature to pull them down. this feels like a great way for me to pull out only select videos. a direct way to put vids on a feed would be great, but understand if that doesnt make any sense. thanks for putting it together.

an option for no thumbnails, or just the first screen instead ot thumbnails + lower case titles also helps lower the lizard brain pull even further.

Re: Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm

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hi, my feedback is that I would like to be able to create an account, because I have my browser (Firefox) set to always clear all cookies and history on shutdown, so when I re-open this later I assume all my added channels would be lost, and would need to start from scratch. If it wasn't for that, I think it's great and would use it.

Maybe wrap it in tauri?

Re: Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm

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post #10

hi, my feedback is that I would like to be able to create an account, because I have my browser (Firefox) set to always clear all cookies and history on shutdown, so when I re-open this later I assume all my added channels would be lost, and would need to start from scratch. If it wasn't for that, I think it's great and would use it.

Hey Seirim, totally valid concern. The app uses localStorage so yes, clearing cookies/history on shutdown would wipe your channels. Accounts are off the table for now since the whole point is zero sign-in friction and zero data collection. But if it helps, you can download the PWA app to your mobile and use it. Thank you very much!

Hoping NoSuggest would be useful to you in any ways.

Re: Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm

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post #10

hi, my feedback is that I would like to be able to create an account, because I have my browser (Firefox) set to always clear all cookies and history on shutdown, so when I re-open this later I assume all my added channels would be lost, and would need to start from scratch. If it wasn't for that, I think it's great and would use it.

Maybe wrap it in tauri?

Interesting idea but that moves it away from being a zero install web app which is core to what NoSuggest is. The PWA angle is the whole point, especially for mobile.

Re: Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm

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I made a podcast feed from YT with podsync so that I can take videos on the go. I use the playlist feature to pull them down. this feels like a great way for me to pull out only select videos. a direct way to put vids on a feed would be great, but understand if that doesnt make any sense. thanks for putting it together. an option for no thumbnails, or just the first screen instead ot thumbnails + lower case titles al…

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Re: Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm

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Glad to know you liked it. Thank you! Yes, please keep using it and provide feedback after using for few days.

Some things I noticed right off the bat: - I'd recommend adding a way to add multiple channels at once. The current workflow works great for adding a single channel, but it was tedious to add more than one channel. I imagine most people using this service will add many channels at the beginning. - I'd like to be able to keep the same channel selections on multiple devices. Accounts and/or sync would probably be a lot…

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Re: Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm

#18

This is desperately needed. I currently use https://freetubeapp.io/ but this seems to have more flexible deployment options.

FreeTube is great but it is a desktop app you have to install. NoSuggest works on any device straight from the browser, especially mobile where nothing else really works. Give it a go and let me know what you think please. Looking forward for your valuable feedback.

Re: Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm

#19
This is a welcome output, it is quite tiring to be stuck on Youtube for hours.

Anything that can:

- break the algorithm

- help reduce time on there

- discover organically

Would have a huge product market fit. We are all zonked from the algorithm saturation.

One thing I recently started doing is use the before: search filter

ex) playthroughs before: 2010

I think its really neat that we've had Youtube for such a long time its become sort of a Archive.org on its own

I especially take great joy in watching people with low subscriber count or Youtube videos from before 2015

I feel like that was the inflection point where you just had a lot of freedom to speak your mind without the permanently online crowd getting offended by everything.

Re: Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm

#20

This is a welcome output, it is quite tiring to be stuck on Youtube for hours. Anything that can: - break the algorithm - help reduce time on there - discover organically Would have a huge product market fit. We are all zonked from the algorithm saturation. One thing I recently started doing is use the before: search filter ex) playthroughs before: 2010 I think its really neat that we've had Youtube for such a long t…

Yes, I 100% agree with you. Thank you for bringing it up.

And date filter: that is a fun way to use YouTube. The search tab in NoSuggest lets you search for specific videos without recommendations creeping in around them, so you can do that kind of intentional digging. Date filtering isn't there though. And the feed only shows the latest 5 videos per channel so it won't surface older content.

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