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New #blog post: How I Watch YouTube

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I was going to work on a Part II to my last post ("You Really Can't Go Home"), but I couldn't find quite the angle I was looking for, so I'm shelving it for now.

This is just a fun and technical / tips & tricks kinda post (with a nice dash of opining and ranting for variety 😆) for watching YouTube without ads that was prompted by an episode of @tuxjam where @kevie complained that he didn't have a solid way to watch YouTube on Linux like he did with #NewPipe on #Android.

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in reply to R. L. Dane :Debian:

Hehe I like this one.

I have a secret piped instance. And it has never let me down. Much stronger than invidious in my opinion. And you can use Yattee as a replacement for a youtube app. Works pretty well like actual youtube and even allows subscribing and stuff.

I generally don't use it anyway just because I so despise like 85% of web content that is driven by money. That said, my family likes it and I find it useful in the rare cases that my Searx instance finds a youtube video with the solution to an issue I'm having.

in reply to :twiz:

Running your own invidious or piped at home is the best option for avoiding youtubes blocks.

Yattee link, for the curious: github.com/yattee/yattee

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in reply to R. L. Dane :Debian:

Allow me to mention this for TVs: smarttubeapp.github.io/

It's a similar idea to NewPipe (which does work on Android TV), just better adapted to TVs.

in reply to thedoctor

I just learned that there's an invidious client on the Roku store!

I have installed it, but haven't played with it yet. If it's good, I'll add it to my #blost.

in reply to thedoctor

I'm not sure, but I think it's just straight-up Linux (heavily customized/nerfed, of course)