Comment on Self Hosted Youtube Indivious vs viewtube
Override4414@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoalso I noticed that it doesn’t really protect our privacy if we simply host it on our laptop. and most indivious instance are barely usable (freetube always gives indivious API error) so I guess the best option now is to install some fingerprint blocker and view utb in browser
N0x0n@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Yeah, if you self-host only for yourself you lose the privacy feature public instances provide. The purpose when self-hosting is to watch youtube with no-ads, sponsor block…
As you guessed it, YouTube went on frontend crusade and only a few public instances remain (if any?) and those who still work are kinda janky, unstable.
If privacy is an important feature you’re looking for, you need to wait until those btillant people behind those frontend find a working workaround :)