So far I am really liking FreeTune as an alternative to UBO. However, my family really hates it. One of the reasons for this is because it doesn’t have a recommended vidoes section. Is it possible to download an addon for that, or is there an alternative to FreeTube that works more like YouTune?
Another thing that I can’t seem to find a solution for is that when you use an external player from FreeTube, some age restricted videos won’t play on the external player. Is there a solution for this?
Any help is appreciated, thanks for reading.
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I feel you (or your family). Call me whatever you want but I really like the algorithm, I get exposed to so much stuff I wouldn’t otherwise. 90% of my subs are channels I found through YouTube suggestions.
The missing recommendations for me is the main reason why I’m still using youtube instead of freetube, that and watched videos being synchronised across devices.
In the time before ubo fixed the popup I would browse yt on the browser, get recommendations and copypaste urls into ft.
The only thing I hate about the youtube algorithm is that it acts like my mom.
“I see you watched a single video about x. Now I’ll make sure to send you hundreds of videos about x, an x themed birthday cake, x socks, and the official x encyclopedia!”
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It’s called smothering I think. Like suffocation.
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You have issues if you got that from a mild joke.
You have issues.
You could set up a redirect (using the redirector extension) that redirects a YouTune video to freetube/invidious/whatever but still allows you to browse the YouTune homepage.
(Use the pattern
https://youtube.com/watch?v=*)Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Lol, good bot
Sure but then the recommendations would be based on a snapshot of my watch history and would not evolve further, which kind of defeats the purpose
Wait, I didn’t even realize that they fixed it already. I still like FreeTube though so I will probably import all my subs.
Is there a way to import subs and playlists?
This should help:
They have to turn on the brain, gather a list of their favorite creators, subscribe in freetube, then it can have an home page with “recommended” videos
The lack of the algorithm is exactly why I like freetube
Yeah I get that but they are unwilling to make the effort.
I really don’t get why some people always want something recommended to them. Whatever happened to finding out things that you like?
I find stuff I like via the algorithm very often. Subscriptions cover channels that I want to see every upload of, but that doesn’t cover channels I don’t yet know about or channels only have a percentage of videos interesting to me. I use the algorithm mainly for finding content that I wouldn’t have discovered otherwise, and I can tell the algorithm knows to suggest me videos like that (low view/sub count videos show up for me way more than normal).
You could simply find stuffs using the good old way. Searching with keyword. Algorithms also won’t expands your interests
Unfortunately that’s the point of FreeTube precisely, that’s why it uses libre instances like Piped or Invidious, I think what you mention is impossible.
The closest thing you can use is ReVanced, which is Youtube but without ads, keeping the analytics and recommendations.
That makes sense. I guess my family will have to keep blocking the annoying youtube popup with ubo.
There is an app created by Louis Rossman which is called “Grayjay” you can give it a try. It has adblock on videos and show recommended if you signed in, and many more features
I tried it earlier today, I disabled YT and I’m using it only for Odysee, and to watch FUTO talks on Peertube, Odysee official app is garbage ( like pay to customize the side menu, seriously ? ), and their website is filled with trackers and JS bloat ( sad that librarian got discontinued ), and Peertube situation isn’t any better, no app at all…
Grayjay let’s me use both websites without their drawbacks… Awesome project and I will donate whenever I can
Grayjay is by FUTO. Louis Rossman just shills for them.
Maybe your family would accept ads to get YouTube the way they like?
I just found out that UBO fixed it, but who knows how long that will last.
