FreeTube - The YouTube alternative

[souper82]

Has anyone used this for viewing video's, what do you think of it,

Are you happy with it being a replacement for YouTube.

Can you get it to work all the time..

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I've been using this app for a couple of months now and i've been happy with it's functionality but lately it has become sluggish, stuttering etc.,  any idea's ?!

[iui4]

There's also invidios instances like yewtu.be

As for me I love it! Definitely sucks that certain thing like progress can't be sync from device to device, but I rather have my privacy and no ads nice. Just let me watch my video in peace. I've also started using other platforms like peertube & TILVids a lot of creators that I watch are starting to post there.

As certain times the application definitely doesn't work all the time, but for the majority of the time it works. I also resort to using the duckduckgo player via search and view videos that way if comes down to it

Usually when there are issues an update will follow and fixes issues I've been having.

Edited August 7, 2024 by iui4

[souper82]

Thanks for that info, just tried Invidios (switched instance cos it wouldn't play) now watching my usual videos..

[+Biscuits Brown MVC]

On mobile, I've been using NewPipe for a while. I don't like the native YouTube app and the web page just bogs down sometimes. Haven't had the need to do anything other than my browser on desktop though. 

[Brandon H Supervisor]

Google has been going out of their way lately to make performance worse for those using 3rd party apps/sites to access YouTube content. So it's likely this that you're noticing.

[iui4]

On mobile (Android) I use xManager that pretty much provides me with everything I need 🙂 these are the projects I'd rather support than Google themselves