I've been using Invidious and NewPipe to watch YouTube for a long time. I don't use an account with either of these. However, I'm wanting to get recommendations based on what I watch and my subscriptions. LibreTube looked promising but it no longer works. When I try to watch videos it won't play. YouTube Vanced is dead. Not sure if another viable solution exists.

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[–] Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Vanced is dead, but ReVanced isn’t.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And SmartTubeNext for Android TV

[–] smegger@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Works so well on Android TV! +1 for this app, been using it for years and it still gets regular updates

[–] ad_on_is@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use it myself, but somehow all the recommendations are just boring right now.

It mostly shows things that I've already watched, or things from months or even years ago.

Rarely new and trending stuff shows up.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its just showing you youtube recommendations, I think

[–] ad_on_is@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I too think it's due to YTs API.

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

LibreTube looked promising but it no longer works.

You just need to switch to another Piped instance in the settings. You need to click on the three dots, then select settings, go to ‘Instance’ and at the top you can hit ‘Choose…’ to change the Piped instance. I haven’t experienced any issues with adminforge.de. kavin.rocks also seems to work well.

[–] cogitoprinciple@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I'll give it another go with your suggestion

[–] PersephoneDives@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

I was having the same issues and switching worked. Thanks for the tip!

[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Grayjay. It's still a bit buggy but exactly what you're looking for.

[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yeah, let's see what the FUTO guys come up with. AFAIK they're still struggling with licensing, getting an issue tracker running and quite some basic stuff. And I think YouTube won't like what they're doing. But I like that someone tries.

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

And I think YouTube won’t like what they’re doing.

They have a lot of money for legal battles

[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Rly? Last time I checked most of their projects had a temporary license and Louis said they needed to figure out how to prevent something like with NewPipe from happening. Did they find a final license in the meantime?

Do they read the Github? All I see is people not understanding the source is somewhere else and saying xy isn't open source. And I don't see anyone from FUTO intervening or posting. It's mainly the community amongst themselves in the issues... Or did I miss something?

[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's worth noting, of course, that those illicit forks of NewPipe also violate their license. If dishonest proprietary software developers don't care about NewPipe's license why would they care about FUTO's? If they really want to stop forks they can simply make their product source-unavailable, but then they don't get to claim to be "open source" or "open source adjacent."

The problem is not so much that the are forks (remember, in the free software world, forks are explicitly allowed) but that these forks use the branding of the original project and thus damage the original project's reputation. There is a tool for dealing with counterfeits - trademark - and it is a tool used by reputable free software organizations such as Mozilla and Debian. Now imagine if those free software projects adopted FUTO's hostility to forks - it would be a net loss to the free software community. Don't let organizations like FUTO sell you the idea that you don't need the freedom to fork.

Of course, even proprietary products can be counterfeited, and trademark helps stop those too.

[–] shinnoodles@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Huh? But I use Libretube everyday.

[–] RovingFox@infosec.pub 4 points 2 years ago

Same...

[–] Fisch@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

OPs issue was just that the instance they selected wasn't working

[–] iloverocks@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

Newpipe x Sponsorblock

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Vanced might be, but Revanced isn't and let's you do all the stuff you want.