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Watching Youtube with VPN on (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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What do people use to watch Youtube with?

I used to use Firefox with LibRedirect and would rotate through Invidious instances, but I've had less luck with that.

If I turn on VPN, YT prompts to log in to watch videos...

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

TBH I just use youtube.com in my browser (Floorp/Firefox) with uBlock Origin. With SmartTube on my TV.

The alternative front ends or apps don't seem to support loading my watch history, playlists, or subscriptions, and they don't sync between my devices even if I manually import stuff. Making usability an absolute nightmare.

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

    ReVanced does on android, just make sure you get the legit one from git. Takes a few steps to setup, but works perfectly, history and all.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The problem is how do I get my history and everything on desktop and android TV then, does it sync with other apps or my google account or something like that?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I just sign in, it shows it all. I have to go back through and delete videos my kid watched cause it fucked up my feed. His account is age restricted, it won't let him sign in on the tablet. I need to look into it more, but the history definitely syncs from smarttube to revanced and YouTube in Firefox on my desktop

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    That makes sense for your use case. My use case is that I don't want my YT watching habits being scooped up if I can help it. At one point I might not have cared too much about things like YT, but under the current administration I have a lot more reservations about that.

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