YouTube alternative (open source) \ stacker news ~tech

382 sats \ 15 comments \ @go3lin 20 Oct 2023 tech freebie

If you're unhappy with YouTube at this stage, you can always use Piped (open source) as an alternative.

You have access to YouTube videos and channels without ads and without being spied. And you don't even need to create an account... you can use it with your feed reader.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @FRNdisrespector 20 Oct 2023

Our friends over at FUTO just launched GrayJay. It's an open-source video streaming app. You can follow creators cross-platform, stream from popular streaming apps without importing all their data-harvesting malware.

https://grayjay.app/

FUTO is pretty cool if you haven't checked them out yet, dedicated to open-sourced tech, they provide grants to engineers working on stuff.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @gabybaby 20 Oct 2023

I use FreeTube as a frontend for YouTube that also allows users to pick a different backend if they want. It's really great, I'd highly recommend it. You don't need to create an account and it allows you to create different groups of channels and saved videos. It's my understanding that it keeps your data locally but don't trust, verify.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @wingalt 21 Oct 2023

+1 on Freetube. Well designed, no adds and tracking, perfect for desktop and I'd be curious to know about an alternative for mobile now that YouTube goes after ad-blockers