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
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Surprise no one mentioned odysee
Odysee is completely overrun by lunatics. And i mean “Europa: The Last Battle” type of lunatics
I def get it you do see a bunch of bullshit there but theres still some educational videos.
Theres even more lunatics on youtube. The only thing is that its algorithm helps with filtering them out while odysee doesnt use a personalized algorithm.
I think the situation will improve as people migrate there and more normal videos get uploaded
I think the situation will improve as people migrate there and more normal videos get uploaded
I’ve seen that argument for Odysee as far back as 5 years ago. I don’t think it’s going to occur. Same goes for Truth Social
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.
Maybe don’t get news from social media?
said the person on a social media site 😑
I’m not here for news?
you can disable YouTube history
I have seen others say that youtube channels have their own RSS feeds. Could plug each YouTube channel you want to follow into an RSS app of your choice. Not ideal, but should avoid algorithms
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
I also have the LibRedirect extension set so that when I click on a YouTube link, it opens in FreeTube.
just all the videos from your subs in order of most recently uploaded.
What’s the difference to https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions ?
Algo? I’m assuming algorithm? I rarely if ever use that. Just find creators you enjoy and subscribe to them, I have a giant list of them I watch and never have to deal with YouTube algorithms at all.
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
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.
Very good point. Many of these alternatives with less traffic are much better if one doesn’t see them as 100% replacements.
Yes!
If you have a Linux OS on a PC then Freetube is a terrific desktop app.
You can import your subscriptions from YT there.
If it’s only ads that you hate then Revanced mobile app is the way. Unless you are on iPhone - then it won’t work. It’s Android only.
Not just Linux: https://freetubeapp.io/#download
On Android, check out NewPipe
Invidious.
That’s not an alternative. It’s just another frontend.edit: didn’t see the youtube algo part. Mb
I added my subs to an RSS feed but honestly I really like the algorithm…
Technical platforms? Yes.
Content platforms? No.
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.
I gave up on the algorithm years ago and only use the subscription feed now.
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.
I absolutely agree! I just want something akin to the YT experience
