Hi everyone!
I’ve almost entirely degoogled my life, except for Youtube.
Here are my center of interests and some channels I follow:
- Linux: The Linux Experiment, Tech Hut
- Basketball: NBA, Andy Hoops, Heat Check, Jonny Arnett, BasketNews
- Cars: Throttle House, Everyday Driver, Car and Driver
- Console Gaming: GamingBolt, IGN
- Tech: Linus Tech Tips, Techquickie
Concerning Linux, it has been easy to find alternatives to YouTube as The Linux Experiment is on PeerTube and I can support him for 1$ a month Through Patreon.
Tech Hut is on Odysee so I could watch his videos here and support him through Buy Me A Coffee or something similar if I wanted to.
I know I could watch everything from the Linus Tech Tips on Floatplane but 5$ a month is a bit too expensive.
Do you have any suggestions about anyone producing similar content to what I’ve described above (Basketball, Console Gaming, Cars and Tech) that I could watch on a YouTube alternative?
I don’t mind paying 1-2$ a month for a channel I enjoy but I can’t pay more for now 😇
Try searching for people on Sepia Search or Peertubers’ Wiki for those on Peertube?
Patreon is your main choice I think. Many youtubers post videos there. Though you might have to pay a lot if you subscribe to a lot of creators.
You can also consider a FOSS YouTube client but the most privacy-focused ones are dead now unfortunately.
Unfortunately it has the “Sign in to confirm that you’re not a bot” issue like 99% of the clients. That’s what I meant in “dead”. Also it’s not the most privacy-protecting one by far.
I’ve never had NewPipe present me with a sign in prompt or any bot challenges, that’s a very strange scenario to be facing.
LibreTube works just fine if you disable proxying. FreeTube / FreeTubeCordova also works perfectly fine.
Libretube gives the error for me either straight away or after a few videos. Sometimes using a VPN and changing servers all the time helps.
FreeTube is a desktop only app unfortunately.
Libretube gives the error for me either straight away or after a few videos. Sometimes using a VPN and changing servers all the time helps.
Have you tried disabling the Piped proxy?
FreeTube is a desktop only app unfortunately.
I’ve linked FreeTube Android in my first comment, actually.
YouTube anonymous and/or ad-free is fine I think. Especially if you’re not hooked in to everything else. Even with all their bullshit the last few years it’s only been one or two hiccups.
-ReVanced
-NewPipe
-Freetube
-yt-dlp
The beast can be controlled.
I wish there was a YouTube equivalent of Sonarr that just uses yt-dl to auto-grab and organize YT channels you want as new episodes come out. Then you could just play with Plex or Jellyfin.
Maybe this would be useful for organizing?
EDIT: Forgot link: https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist
There is
I’ve seen that but either I’m an idiot or that is a CLI tool. What makes Sonarr nice is that it’s config is all done through a web browser meaning you don’t need to edit config files anytime you want to change something.
Thank you for sharing though I may try and get it set up one day
For finding content creators on alternative services, maybe use Grayjay for Android? It aggregates multiple services into a single, mostly concise UI, and when you do a search, Grayjay can search all services at once. Also recently it added a recommended tab, which should help finding new channels on the go.