Seems like Piped and Invidious are both on their last legs. Public instances on both services are pretty iffy, they go down fairly often now. Freetube works well on desktop but no real way to sync subscriptions and watch history to a phone. Self-hosting Piped/Invidious might be the solution but I don’t know if it’s worth the upkeep when YouTube is actively fighting against it.

  • Dagoth Ur (the god)@lemmy.ml
    1512·
    9 months ago

    I pay for premium. I had spotify but decided to switch because some of the music i wanted to listen to wasnt on spotify. Also the random feature on youtube is more random.
    Before that i used YoutubeVanced then Newpipe and local downloads.

    • settinmoon@lemmy.ml
      31·
      9 months ago

      I share a YT premium family plan with my parents and some friends. When I want to watch something that I don’t want YT to track I just switch to Newpipe

    • EddyNottingham@lemmy.ml
      32·
      9 months ago

      Yeah same, it’s honestly the only subscription of pretty much any kind that actually feels mostly worth the price for me.

        • Dagoth Ur (the god)@lemmy.ml
          3·
          9 months ago

          Nerevar, you fool. What an intoxicating and grand question. I, Dagoth Ur(the god) do not pay for movies for i have a NAS full of movies down in the basement of Dagoth Ur(the cellar) in Dagoth Ur (the Mountain). Only an Argonian whose traditions i do not welcome would pay money to a corporation to watch moving pictures.

          And yes… Nerevar… i watch movies without ads. Can you bring me the popcorn?