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

  • HollowNaught@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    6 days ago

    I use freetube, an open source youtube frontend

    It’s not an alternative per se, but it does make youtubes shit easier to stand

    Front page is just all the videos from your subs in order of most recently uploaded. Super useful, especially if you find yourself missing out on videos from some of your less frequent uploaders

  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
    251·
    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.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    5 days ago

    I run a Piped server for myself and friends, but it can be challenging to keep running. Whenever YT comes up with a new way to fuck around with NewPipe, you sometimes need to wait for someone that knows how to fix it shows up and makes a PR.

  • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
    22·
    7 days ago

    !peertube@lemmy.world

    It’s still not as popular but it’s making headway with makers.

    Or if you want to stay on YouTube itself others have added clients that don’t have algorithms.

  • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    One of the best ways to start getting away from YouTube is to use Grayjay.

    You can still follow content creators who are only on YouTube, but it allows you to curate your feed and mix in all of the content creators that do upload their content to other platforms like Peertube, Nebula, Odysee, Patreon, Twitch, Kick, Bitchute, Rumble, etc.

  • Battle Masker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    Just want to add in terms of all the suggestions: remember that alternative can also mean “in addition to” as well as “instead of.” people wanting instead-ofs will run away from alternatives quicker, which radically hinders the “build it and they will come” momentum that these sites need to better alternatives in the long run

    • CrowyTech@feddit.ukEnglish
      7·
      6 days ago

      That’s where I am with Lemmy right now. I still have reddit installed, I still dabble on Reddit but over time I’m finding I’m there less and less.

      This is the second time I’ve tried Lemmy and its much more successful, I think it’ll be my main social media.

    • Sorolainen@sopuli.xyz
      5·
      6 days ago

      Very good point. Many of these alternatives with less traffic are much better if one doesn’t see them as 100% replacements.

  • hash@slrpnk.netEnglish
    8·
    7 days ago

    No. Though I think it’s important to separate video serving Youtube and recommendations/algorithm YouTube. We need FOSS solutions to both and neither will be easy.

    • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      Odysee is cool but is vulnerable to the same issues that youtube has iirc. Peertube I think is a federated version that would be less vulnerable

  • BreadOven@lemmy.world
    6·
    7 days ago

    Inside newpipe. No feed or homepage (as long as you set it to that), just a list of the channels I’ve subscribed to. I just manually go through them if I’m looking for something to watch.

    • asudox@lemmy.asudox.devM
      3·
      7 days ago

      That’s not an alternative. It’s just another frontend.

      edit: didn’t see the youtube algo part. Mb