FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client

Post by charcircuit » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 3:26 AM UTC

ruminator1 wrote: post #70

n4bz0r wrote: post #53

People here talking about how they don't want YouTube to make a profile of their preferences, and here I am, wishing YouTube had a better profile of my preferences. Lately, there is almost no new videos in my recommendation feed. It's mostly either the things I've already watched or new videos from the channels I'm already subscribed to. It really feels like I've exhausted the internet at some point. This can't possi…

The goal of the YouTube algorithm is not to give you great videos but keep you mildly entertained for long periods of time. In my experience the 'suggested videos' next to the video you're watching is more than good enough to get recs. I use newpipe and put all the videos I like in a playlist. So everytime I want new videos I just scroll through the list, click on a video and just try something from suggested videos.

Post by throwaway0x7E6 » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 3:34 AM UTC

ramonezy wrote: post #25

I think as developers we have to be careful that we don't overstep logical boundaries. Youtube provides a free service that hosts immense volumes of video and creates an ecosystem allowing creators to earn a living. It's selfish to use the services of YouTube while removing their main source of revenue. If you have a problem with YouTube's tracking, simply don't use it

Post by Brian_K_White » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 3:35 AM UTC

schmichael wrote: post #61

lrvick wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If there was a pay to anonymously support Youtube creators directly with micropayments using only open source privacy respecting software like LBRY does, I would use it. Sadly YouTube has monopolized a lot of content, has mandatory tracking, and also censors and suppresses things and uses algorithms to put people in maximally profitable filter bubbles regardless of mental health. Ideally more creators will realize th…

You can pay for ad free YouTube by paying for YouTube Premium. No annoying micropayments. All the content with none of the ads. It does not satisfy your anonymous requirement but very little does. Most content creators appreciate (directly or indirectly) the features a non anonymous platform provides.

Post by FeistySkink » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 3:36 AM UTC

Brian_K_White wrote: post #91

nwienert wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For years YouTubes top hero banner purposely loaded quite a bit later than the rest of the page. I never noticed it, until I moved to Spain for a while. Our place had slow internet, and I watched my roommates hit the ad multiple times a day on accident because it loaded right into where the search box was exactly as you’d naturally click there.

I have seen that kind of thing a few different places and I just plain decline to believe that it isn't done with knowledge. Active items that are already clickable that change location as a page loads drive me nuts, but these particularly convenient examples add another dimension to that.

Post by JZL003 » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 3:43 AM UTC

echelon wrote: post #56

n4bz0r wrote: post #53

People here talking about how they don't want YouTube to make a profile of their preferences, and here I am, wishing YouTube had a better profile of my preferences. Lately, there is almost no new videos in my recommendation feed. It's mostly either the things I've already watched or new videos from the channels I'm already subscribed to. It really feels like I've exhausted the internet at some point. This can't possi…

Precisely this. I go to YouTube, see a whole lot of nothing , and then I promptly leave. It's an interest desert. I always read and hear of YouTube being lauded for its recommendations, but to me it has always been the weakest video content site and social network. It doesn't do either job particularly well, at least not in a way that engages me for long. I like science and geopolitical content, but the typical YouTu…