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FreeTube - privacy focused desktop app for YouTube (freetubeapp.io)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Since people talk a lot about Invidious lately, I would like to share this great desktop app for those who don't know it yet. It uses Invidious and lets you watch YouTube without ads. It even has SponsorBlock (you might need to enable it in settings though). You can add videos to favourites and see the history - all stored locally. It's Free Software.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I used to use Invidious on my desktop and NewPipe on my Android phone. Even tried FreeTube for a while. Everything worked great except managing subscriptions was a pain. Each device needed to be updated manually.

Then I discovered Piped and now use this exclusively. It's open-source, blocks ads, has SponsorBlock, and subscriptions. You can use it any browser and use the LibreTube Android client.

All the benefits of FreeTube, Invidious, Newpipe -- with the added benefit of subscription sync across all devices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does this have better video quality options than Invidious? Mobile & Desktop you need to change quality otherwise it looks worse on one but good on the other. My only gripe.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is what the options look like. I think it's more than Invidious has? You can also set a default resolution in settings.

Edit: I don't know why some resolutions are duplicated but it's always like this for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is exactly what i was looking for!! Thank you so much. There’s an option under this on on there for quality settings but it seems it follows this one more. 720PHD looks better than 4k Dash. idk why https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1042263046090936350/1117907821518921870/IMG_2686.png

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Freetube is great, its my main way to watch YouTube on Desktop. For iOS i just found yattee. If configured the right way its basically newpipe for iOS