FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client • Hacker News Board

I've been using FreeTube for quite a while now. It's great for subscribing to channels that you don't necessarily want to infect your regular YouTube feed and recommendations.

Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client

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Post by illuminerdy » Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 10:36 PM UTC

poulpy123 wrote: post #2

Looks nice. Can it import/export subscription with newpipe ?

Yes, but when I tried, it was kind buggy. May have improved since then.

Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client

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Post by timbit42 » Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 10:45 PM UTC

Does it support SponsorBlock?

Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client

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Post by femboy » Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 10:51 PM UTC

timbit42 wrote: post #6

Does it support SponsorBlock?

Yes.

Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client

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Post by ipaddr » Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 10:54 PM UTC

Can it save video content through browser addons or build in functionity?

Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client

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Post by europeanguy » Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 11:11 PM UTC

illuminerdy wrote: post #4

I've been using FreeTube for quite a while now. It's great for subscribing to channels that you don't necessarily want to infect your regular YouTube feed and recommendations.

Why not just RSS? Don't get me wrong, I hate Google's monopoly as much as anyone else, but in this specific case I don't see the benefit of using some app for the subscriptions, vs rss

Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client

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Post by sneak » Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 11:14 PM UTC

It says Private right in the name, but on launch it immediately phones home to GitHub and some VPSes.