I removed the email account from my Google account years ago and I run Graphene, which I hope will weather the storms. This is possible to do by the way. The only thing I still use a google account for is subscriptions. For a while I was able to use FreeTube to get away from that, but it’s been shaky at best in the past few months. I should try it again.
The minute there’s an alternative to YouTube, a real, meaningful one- which I’m not sure is possible, I’m deleting the google account entirely.
What happens when the Google API decides it can’t identify you, or comes across an offensive video (like world news, or worse, a gay person), and then tells you to sign in?
I don’t think Tubular (a NewPipe fork) has the option to use a proxy like Invidious, which may be a workaround…
Ive never had an issue with the google api trying to identify me when using pipepipe or libretube. You can also use microg which allows you to sign in and spoofs it like a google account.
Well dont see how considering I dont log in with an account and Im behind a vpn and I use it on GrapheneOS. Either way its one of the best ways to use YouTube without an account and see no ads.
Got home and looked in to these. They’re all for mobile, huh? I don’t really have an issue using youtube.com in a browser on mobile, at least I can block ads that way.
I spend a lot of time on big screen (linux) for youtube.
Yeah, definitely recommend one of those, especially pipepipe or libretube. No account needed, subscriptions to channels still and best of all not one single ad.
I removed the email account from my Google account years ago and I run Graphene, which I hope will weather the storms. This is possible to do by the way. The only thing I still use a google account for is subscriptions. For a while I was able to use FreeTube to get away from that, but it’s been shaky at best in the past few months. I should try it again.
The minute there’s an alternative to YouTube, a real, meaningful one- which I’m not sure is possible, I’m deleting the google account entirely.
You can use Pipepipe, Libretube, Clipious or Newpipe without a google account and still have all of your channel subscriptions.
What happens when the Google API decides it can’t identify you, or comes across an offensive video (like world news, or worse, a gay person), and then tells you to sign in?
I don’t think Tubular (a NewPipe fork) has the option to use a proxy like Invidious, which may be a workaround…
Ive never had an issue with the google api trying to identify me when using pipepipe or libretube. You can also use microg which allows you to sign in and spoofs it like a google account.
I believe it’s one or the other: If you don’t have issues playing videos, then you’ve been identified to some degree…
Well dont see how considering I dont log in with an account and Im behind a vpn and I use it on GrapheneOS. Either way its one of the best ways to use YouTube without an account and see no ads.
Got home and looked in to these. They’re all for mobile, huh? I don’t really have an issue using youtube.com in a browser on mobile, at least I can block ads that way.
I spend a lot of time on big screen (linux) for youtube.
Im on linux on pc and you can use FreeTube app on pc then. Same thing, no need for an account and can still subcribe to channels. I use it daily.
Very interesting. Some things to tinker with this weekend! Thanks
Yeah, definitely recommend one of those, especially pipepipe or libretube. No account needed, subscriptions to channels still and best of all not one single ad.
Peertube works. The only missing piece is content creator migrating (or at least use both platforms).
Pipepipe
What a name!