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Feds Ordered Google To Unmask Certain YouTube Users. Critics Say It’s ‘Terrifying.’
(www.forbes.com)
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I don't know why anyone is using youtube directly when they can use Newpipe or Freetube. No ads, sponsorblock and even the ability to automatically skip intros, recaps etc On top of that no google account tracking or algorithms.
Edit: Adding "libretube" as well based on some of the replies to this comment.
I would love to but I mainly watch YouTube and other video content on my living room TV. That's probably a barrier for a lot of us.
This is it for me. Easier to get YouTube family thing and now my family doesn’t have ads and doesn’t have to root a phone to install the other apps. If it was just me, sure. I have another 4 people in my life that are hard work when it comes to tech and I have other things to do with my time.
I use Newpipe on an Nvidia shield in my living room.
If you have some kind of Android TV device you can probably install SmartTube to have no ads and sponsorblock: https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext
Or Playlet on Roku.