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Piped – An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube front end

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Post by e2le » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 8:19 AM UTC

Piped – An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube front end
github.com

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Post by huntears » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 11:07 AM UTC

That is the FOSS front end I use for yt and it has been ultra stable I highly recommend it :)

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Post by based_gigachad2 » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 11:38 AM UTC

Also check out a FOSS Android app LibreTube[1]. No ads, SponsorBlock, ReturnYouTubeDislike, can proxy all the videos through a Piped instance, subscription sync with a Piped account, offline and online playlists are supported

[1]: https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube

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Post by CalRobert » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 11:57 AM UTC

How will tools like this persist after Google enforces WEI for people using youtube?

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Post by gray_-_wolf » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 12:00 PM UTC

CalRobert wrote: post #4

How will tools like this persist after Google enforces WEI for people using youtube?

> How will tools like this persist

They will not, that is the whole point of WEI.

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Post by dotancohen » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 12:00 PM UTC

CalRobert wrote: post #4

How will tools like this persist after Google enforces WEI for people using youtube?

They won't. That's the point.

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Post by infinityio » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 12:02 PM UTC

CalRobert wrote: post #4

How will tools like this persist after Google enforces WEI for people using youtube?

Likely by means of reverse-engineered APIs from smart TVs (or similar) with limited capability to provide integrity, although I'm sure there are steps Google can take to make that harder

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Post by rekoil » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 12:04 PM UTC

CalRobert wrote: post #4

How will tools like this persist after Google enforces WEI for people using youtube?

Forgive my ignorance, but what is "WEI"?

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Post by crtasm » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 12:05 PM UTC

CalRobert wrote: post #4

How will tools like this persist after Google enforces WEI for people using youtube?

Considering how many viewers they have using televisions/set top boxes/streaming usb sticks that will never get an update, do you see that happening any time soon?

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Post by crtasm » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 12:06 PM UTC

rekoil wrote: post #8

CalRobert wrote: post #4

How will tools like this persist after Google enforces WEI for people using youtube?

Forgive my ignorance, but what is "WEI"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Environment_Integrity