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• NightOwl@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t think there is any. That’s the “con” of not being tracked with no personalization.

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  • Deebster@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • tsuica@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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      • Deebster@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You’re forgetting about things like self-hosting or just using the browser’s storage.

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  • p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The con is being recommended Mr Beast and SSSniperWolf videos. There is no greater horror.

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• CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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.

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  • netchami@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    On Android, you can also check out LibreTube. On iOS use Yattee with this guide. Piped and Invidious are ad-free, privacy-respecting web frontends for YouTube. For Android TV there’s SmartTubeNext.

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  • gila@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I looked into it after being prompted to install youtube extension on Seren’s info page for its content listings, but I don’t think I qualify for an API key so I haven’t been able to configure it

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    • 257m@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Get the freetube electron app. It worked for me right our the box no configuration required probably because it uses an Invidious Instance.

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• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Most of them will recommend relevant videos but there’s no way to algorithmically recommend videos especially for you without having any information about you.

  Most content I find by searching.

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