I am so tired of being part of the YT algo. Is there a somewhat decent alternative to youtube? I already have Nebula but that doesn’t give me my news and show talking head fix

  • z3rOR0ne
    24•6 days ago

    There are many ways around the YouTube algo. Look into LibRedirect , Invidious, NewPipe, and subscribing to channels using an on device RSS reader. Also look into yt-dlp if you’re savvy enough to use a command prompt/terminal.

    Alternatives all have their drawbacks. Nebula is the best IMO, but there are some gate keeping sort of practices going on over there regarding how creators are chosen to be platformed there.

    Floatplane is good for gamers and techies but ultimately supports the guys over at Linus Tech Tips, who have a bad reputation for their history of misogyny and grifting their audiences in various ways.

    Rumble is a conservative cesspool for people too hateful for the YouTube platform.

    And Peertube is the Federated alternative that has a lot of potential but nearly no traction and thusly there’s not a whole lot of content.

    Ultimately, I still watch YouTube (albeit less and less these days), via the platforms mentioned above like Invidious and Newpipe, using yt-dlp.

    I do hope Peertube and the fediverse continues to grow. These platforms on the Fediverse are the last bastion of a decent internet imho.

    EDIT: grammar.

    • WIZARD POPE💫
      3•6 days ago

      I mean for yt-dlp you just need to know how to open the terminal in a specific folder and copy paste the link into it.

      • JackGreenEarthEnglish
        5•6 days ago

        There’s also the Seal for Android and Parabolic for Linux graphical frontends

        • z3rOR0ne
          2•6 days ago

          Yeah I use Seal when NewPipe is having issues, and there are graphical front ends for yt-dlp for desktop, I’m just not familiar with most of them.

          Thanks for mentioning that. Hopefully someone finds it helpful.

        • WIZARD POPE💫
          3•6 days ago

          Yeah sadly for some people if youtube had a download button it would be too hard.