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LibreTube - uses Piped as video source by default. Subscriptions and playlists can be created, all without actually interacting with YouTube.
Clipious - uses Invidious as the video source. Also allows for subscribing and accounts. Lesser known client
NewPipe - Gets the source directly from YT. Allows for subscribing and creating playlists
Additionally, there's also ReVanced that lets you patch the regular YT app to include useful features.
I know this is /c/android but semi related for desktop I've been using and loving Freetube for a good while now.
Make sure you go through all the settings though (like sponsorblock), I recommend base theme "catppuccin mocha" btw
NewPipe subscriptions can also be imported into Free tube to get it in sync with your phone subscriptions.
Be sure to use NewPipe with sponsor block (forked project). Although this had been giving me trouble and there's another fork called Tubular that works great.
But it's still going to Google's server this traffic. I'd like something that is not YouTube but then there are no creators on these other places. Maybe I'll buy one of those nebula/floatplane stuff?
Might be a dumb question but why not just use Piped?
Every time I click on a Piped link that has been posted here by the bot after someone posts a YouTube link, I just wait and wait for it to start playing. Eventually I run out of patience and click the YouTube link, which starts to play immediately.
Piped also has support for accounts and LibreTube supports that too. Really nice to have your subscriptions and playlists synchronized between your devices.
If LibreTube is not working for you (the reader, not OP), enable HLS here:
3 dots > Settings > Audio and video > Use HLS
See this.
any app that can also show recommended videos?