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Freetube is the best way to watch YouTube (www.popsci.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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I'm using this all the time myself. There is no login to YouTube required and it supports adding subscriptions and doing everything important you can do on YouTube.

And the best part is no ads whatsoever.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I tried it there but my browser works better is my first impression, I'm using thorium with Ublock, YouTube enhanced and some other addons.

Did honestly just give this a test but I kept getting videos just freezing up for no reason.

[–] PriorityMotif 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

YouTube recently rolled out changes that break these third party apps causing a 503 error. Other apps have patched this issue.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah I've removed it already and know all the antics YouTube has been doing as I use Smarttube on my Firetv.

But yeah not very impressed with Freetube in comparison to even a browser and the more I read about it not being able to view age restricted and other content it's not for me especially with the constant freezes.