Hi everyone!
I’ve almost entirely degoogled my life, except for Youtube.
Here are my center of interests and some channels I follow:
- Linux: The Linux Experiment, Tech Hut
- Basketball: NBA, Andy Hoops, Heat Check, Jonny Arnett, BasketNews
- Cars: Throttle House, Everyday Driver, Car and Driver
- Console Gaming: GamingBolt, IGN
- Tech: Linus Tech Tips, Techquickie
Concerning Linux, it has been easy to find alternatives to YouTube as The Linux Experiment is on PeerTube and I can support him for 1$ a month Through Patreon.
Tech Hut is on Odysee so I could watch his videos here and support him through Buy Me A Coffee or something similar if I wanted to.
I know I could watch everything from the Linus Tech Tips on Floatplane but 5$ a month is a bit too expensive.
Do you have any suggestions about anyone producing similar content to what I’ve described above (Basketball, Console Gaming, Cars and Tech) that I could watch on a YouTube alternative?
I don’t mind paying 1-2$ a month for a channel I enjoy but I can’t pay more for now 😇
Patreon is your main choice I think. Many youtubers post videos there. Though you might have to pay a lot if you subscribe to a lot of creators.
You can also consider a FOSS YouTube client but the most privacy-focused ones are dead now unfortunately.
Newpipe is a great and active FOSS Youtube client!
Unfortunately it has the “Sign in to confirm that you’re not a bot” issue like 99% of the clients. That’s what I meant in “dead”. Also it’s not the most privacy-protecting one by far.
I’ve never had NewPipe present me with a sign in prompt or any bot challenges, that’s a very strange scenario to be facing.
Not everyone faces it but a lot of people do. That error means that Google noticed you’re using a custom client and IP banned you from watching without signing in.
Do you use a VPN?
Not often, and usually not while accessing YouTube.
Yeah but using a YouTube client would feel a bit dishonest to me as you’re still using Youtube in the end😇
I’ll look more into Patreon as I didn’t know you could have videos directly on it.
I’m just using it to listen to the Linuux Experiment podcast.
LibreTube works just fine if you disable proxying. FreeTube / FreeTubeCordova also works perfectly fine.
Libretube gives the error for me either straight away or after a few videos. Sometimes using a VPN and changing servers all the time helps.
FreeTube is a desktop only app unfortunately.
Have you tried disabling the Piped proxy?
I’ve linked FreeTube Android in my first comment, actually.
Of course I disabled it. It doesn’t work at all with it enabled.
Sorry I didn’t see. I’ll look at it later.
Some YouTubers also just post unlisted YouTube links on their Patreon unfortunately
I was just about to suggest GrayJay but then I remembered it’s an Android app.