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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is there a reason why you are not using the regular youtube? Just curious since I currently use YouTube website signed out on iOS. Invidious does not have recommendations aswell.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Well, I don't need recommendations for a start. I can see the appeal, but my subscription feed is good enough for me.

    Also, YouTube is incredibly heavy in comparison, and I personally believe it's better to avoid tracking in the first place than to jump through hoops to cripple or block it, so Invidious and yt-dlp are the obvious solutions for me.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    You think using uBlock and a VPN while signed out with a good browser isn't good enough? Agree YouTube is heavy but only if you have like 8gb of ram with lots of videos open

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    With one exception, all of my machines have 8GB or less, and I use a Firefox-based browser on desktop (Goigle deliberately slows down their services on non-Chrome browsers). Also, YouTube does have server-side tracking, and I need to be able to manage my subscriptions. I could use RSS, but I already have a reader installed for news and I don't want it getting cluttered.

    uBlock and Mullvad is a great combo, and I am known to use the main site if both Invidious and yt-dlp aren't working; but the fact remains that Invidious is the inherently more private option.

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