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Frankly, there is nothing close to YouTube's scale.
It is the online teevee at its finest except google is already heading twitter and reddit route so people need to start supporting some competition.
Nebula and odysee appear to be the current available alternatives; however, i haven't tried them.
Revanced
I'm sure I'll get roasted for this, but just get YouTube Premium. As much content as people tend to consume on YT, I don't know why it's the only platform people seem so against paying for. YTP views are worth more to content creators. There's no ads. And you can get YT music with it too. Honestly, it's just a massive amount of content and nothing even comes close. I know the joke is "who would pay for YT Premium", but, at least in my house, it gets like 10x the use of Netflix and Hulu.
I find it too expnsive 😭 maybe Im just poor hahaj
If you can't afford it, you can't afford it. Streaming services aren't cheap. That being said, if you get a majority of your daily entertainment from something, like a lot of people seem to with YT, then I think it's worth the money. Like, it's easy to think of YT and Google as these evil corporations, and they totally are, but at the same time, hosting video at the scale that YT does isn't a charity, you know?
totally!
The vast majority of content my wife and I consume are on YouTube and Twitch so we get a ton of value out of YouTube Premium. I’m the only one I know irl who pays for YouTube Premium, but I also don’t subscribe to any streaming platforms except Spotify. I have Netflix free through T-Mobile but rarely use it.
As someone who was hesitant about YouTube Premium at first, I would recommend it, although I do wish they had a cheaper ad-free-only option (I don’t use YouTube music since I have Spotify). My motivation that put me over the edge was getting sick of seeing ads on my smart tv, since you can’t use an ad blocker on those.
The cheaper option is to sign up for premium from another country.
invidious or odysse i guess? I usually just don't use the main site/app, and If I do I usually make sure to patch the shit out of it or get extensions that get rid of the popups and bloated shit youtube has. revanced is a good way to find new stuff and get recommended stuff and freetube on PC is a good way to keep subscriptions without needing an account, especially because it allows exporting and importing in different formats. newpipe x sponsorblock on the phone is a great way to keep a proper playlist functionality.
It's not federated, but I kinda like Utreon.
Rumble is available but the ads are obnoxiously political.