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I've heard of piped due to the piped-link bot, but I am curious about others.

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[–] skinnerbox@leminal.space 37 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Louis Rossman just released Grayjay! His video about it is here

[–] nix@merv.news 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Only on android :/ i thought it was going to be a progressive web app

[–] jeebus@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I almost switched to iPhone, thankfully this came out to show me why that is a bad idea. I just need to de-gpogle.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Wait, why would this one app currently only being available on Android make switching a bad idea? Seems like a weird thing to base a decision that big on…

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Yow! that looks pretty awesome. I installed it and added the Nebula plugin... wonder if there's a CuriosityStream one as well?

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[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I use freetube on linux, newpipe on android.

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[–] retiolus@lemmy.cat 15 points 11 months ago

You'll find a lot of answers in this thread: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/6385210

(I used Piped (https://piped.video) with LibreTube (https://libretube.dev/))

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (13 children)

GrayJay just launched and it's fucking fantastic.

It combines YouTube and Twitch into one platform in a really intuitive way. Has its own comment system and rating system for videos. No ads obviously. It's a whole fucking thing and it's incredible.

https://grayjay.app/index.html

[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (7 children)

and it's not free software. only source available with a license that doesn't allow forking.

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[–] nickiam2@aussie.zone 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

GrayJay just came out into the testing phase. It not only supportsYouTubee but also Nebula, Odysee, Twitch, PeerTube and a few others with more to come. Works great so far. grayjay.app. Built by Futo, a nonprofit company which Louis Rossmann works for. His video here

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[–] Jasper_Ted_Vidal_Tale@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago
[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

SmartTube is excellent on our NVidia Shield. Not sure what other platforms it works on.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 5 points 11 months ago

Seconding SmartTube on android TV. No ads, can automatically skip all sorts of content in videos (spoken ads, self-promotion, introduction segments, etc. etc. etc.) I dread the day it stops working.

[–] aux@feddit.nl 10 points 11 months ago

I came across this website thanks to someone sharing it here, so I thought I’d do the same: https://fmhy.pages.dev/storage/#youtube-frontends

[–] guts@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Best overall SmartTube for Android TV and NewPipe with SponsorBlock for Android.

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks, been looking for something for TV!

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[–] vicfic@iusearchlinux.fyi 9 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Newpipe for Android. Hands down the best iv used.

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[–] EstT@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

YouTube revanced works super well.

[–] 257m@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Freetube, Individious, Piped, CloudTube, PokeTube, Tubo, Yattee are the main ones I know of. If you want be automatically redirected to alternative youtube frontends installed Lib Redirect.

[–] OneRedFox@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago

I've been enjoying Piped for awhile now; it actually shows me a feed that's exclusively my subscriptions and has SponsorBlock built in.

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago
[–] gasull@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

NewPipe SponsorBlock

[–] Granixo@feddit.cl 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How about alternatives to Youtube?

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most alternatives are pretty great, but they can never have the amount of content and the reach that youtube has. Youtube has a monopoly and they know it. They can do whatever they want, because you can't leave.

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[–] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes, I love odysee and bit chute for exemple, people just need to go there instead just like the migration from Reddit to Lemmy so it can grow bigger.

[–] Shameless@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Can someone explain to me why I want the video proxied vs the video coming directly from YT via a front end? I've used YouTube Vanced in the past and it was awesome when it worked

[–] JayJay@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Get revanced, it works now.

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[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm self-hosting Piped and couldn't be happier. Clean, distraction free and, importantly, private. No data mining. Importing your subscriptions from a Google Takeout dump is simple.

LibreTube for Android is my mobile client, and talks to my Piped server without any issues. The only thing missing at this stage is a client for my Chromecast GTVs. For those, I still watch YouTube with SmartTubeNext, which means keeping two sets of subscriptions in sync. A little frustrating, but relatively painless, for the privacy benefits.

[–] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

Been using revanced for a while - had no idea there were this many alternatives. I like revanced though, especially with stube on Google tv.

[–] gim@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Invidious. If you look up invidious instances you can find plenty of them and choose one that’s in your country so it’s nice and fast. Sometimes they take an extra second to load but there are no ads so it’s worth it

[–] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

I use songtube on android

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