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A great app. I use the (FLOSS) LibRedirect browser extension to automatically send YouTube links to FreeTube.
That’s a really cool extension, thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome :)
Reading through the documentation, SponsorBlock being baked in has nearly sold it for me. That said, I’ve been building up my history for years and am never shown anything outside of what I might enjoy watching. Is there a way to import that?
Takeout is offering no options other than CSV.
Converting CSV to JSON is probably just a matter of translating column names to property and wrapping them all in a list. But if that’s the case, it may be worth opening an issue on FreeTube to have the docs and code updated.
I’ve noticed that more and more things are breaking on a VPN. That’s my first guess. I’ve allowed all domains through on NoScript, but the dropdowns don’t do anything.
my favorite feature of freetube is the channel blocking and keyword blocking. my block list is probably thousands of items by now. consequently, my second favorite feature is the ability to hide the block lists 😂
(my fav feature is different than most important feature, which is of course privacy from YT/Big G. so please don’t complain that i don’t care about privacy)
I’ve been using this a lot lately, and it’s been great after a bit of a learning curve. It even incorporates some of the functionality from the addons and userscripts that I needed for YouTube, like getting rid of clickbait titles/thumbnails and blocking specific channels. Since you never really have a tracking profile when using YouTube this way, it’s very obvious when YouTube is trying to shoe-horn in political channels and clickbait, and you can just continually keep blocking those channels in the recommended section until you get all of them. I’m still missing a way to boost the volume on certain videos that are too quiet for me, though. I use LibRedirect to auto-open YouTube links in FreeTube. FreeTube has occasionally broken because of YouTube API updates, which requires them to figure out the problem and push a new FreeTube release (which could take a day or more), but other than that I’m fairly happy with it.
I definitely notice the political ragebait suggestions too. I’ve had all kinds of blocking on the platform for a long time, so it’s scary to think (but not overly surprising) that that is what they’re trying to spoonfeed everyone.
It’s not that they want to spoonfeed political ragebait specifically, I think. They want eyes on their ads, because that generates revenue. It’s just that political ragebait keeps many people more engaged. More views = more ads seen = more money. Means to an end. It’s a very cynical worldview.
I disagree, conservatives reduce taxes on corporations and the rich. Alphabet has all the incentive to subtly (or not) nudge the narrative so more people vote conservative.
Hmm, you have a point there.