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cloudless@piefed.social 3 weeks agoYouTube isn’t a necessity — and neither is the internet, really. We don’t need them to survive. That said, I do enjoy YouTube as a form of entertainment. I’ve tried alternatives like NewPipe and Invidious, but none of them work as smoothly as YouTube with ad blockers.
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I use NewPipe, all YT links are redirected to NP app. It is flawless.
Little8Lost@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So you mean people dont have to use YTs native frontend?
First message sounded like you implied others could switch to peertube or something (which is an option but with tradeoffs)
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I sorta shortcuted my comment. Happens all the time