On my phone, I’ve been using newpipe for a few years with little complaints. I can import my Google account subscriptions to it but I can’t comment or rate.
On my home theater PC I have been watching YouTube via Kodi with a Google API for over 6 years. It works excellent and there is no ads. Although Google may at any time revoke access to the API or charge me a fee to use it. It is kinda technical to set up and requires Kodi which is a rather large package with a lot of python dependencies. So if you only want to watch YouTube and don’t want to set up a Google API or read a doc then it might not be for you.
Others comments here mentioned freetube which looks really promising and I might try it on my laptop.
NightOwl@lemmy.one 11 months ago
I don’t think there is any. That’s the “con” of not being tracked with no personalization.
Deebster@programming.dev 11 months ago
There must be a frontend that can track your watched stuff (ideally across several platforms) and so some kind of recommendation - even as simple as you’ve watched 100% of these videos so we’ll show you this new one first.
tsuica@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That goes against the whole anti-tracking idea of these frontends.
If you want to be tracked (and across multiple platforms no less), just keep using Google’s crap.
Deebster@programming.dev 11 months ago
You’re forgetting about things like self-hosting or just using the browser’s storage.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
The con is being recommended Mr Beast and SSSniperWolf videos. There is no greater horror.