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[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I really like freetube on desktop, since I have liked the move towards less dependency on accounts. And freetube let's me have a custom feed without needing an account.

And I love the built in sponsorblock and channel blocking feature too.

[–] Alk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

+1 for FreeTube. It's so customizable. Besides the ad blocking and sponsor blocking by default, there are SO MANY features and interface improvements. Never going back.

[–] JamesFire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only problem I have with it is I can't like videos. As much as people push it, I still want to do it for the people I watch.

But that's not worth dealing with Youtube's BS

[–] Alk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'll be honest I didn't even know you could log in to YouTube with it. I assumed most people would be using it to actively not participate. By using it you're already taking ad revenue away and skipping sponsored segments.

[–] DLSantini@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I was looking at freetube as a potential solution, as at a quick glance, it seems to do most of the things I want. But honestly, I doubt it will be long before they start implementing systems to block such apps from being able to access YouTube content.