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.

  • Draghetta@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

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    1 year ago

    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

    • Leugi@lemm.eeOP
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      1 year ago

      Yeah I get that but they are unwilling to make the effort.

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        1 year ago

        I really don’t get why some people always want something recommended to them. Whatever happened to finding out things that you like?

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          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).

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            1 year ago

            You could simply find stuffs using the good old way. Searching with keyword. Algorithms also won’t expands your interests

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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      That makes sense. I guess my family will have to keep blocking the annoying youtube popup with ubo.

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    1 year ago

    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

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    1 year ago

    Maybe your family would accept ads to get YouTube the way they like?

    • Leugi@lemm.eeOP
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      1 year ago

      I just found out that UBO fixed it, but who knows how long that will last.