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…

  • Hellfire103@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    This Invidious instance still works. Don’t push it too hard, though: it’s all we’ve got.

    Also, if you log in to YouTube in Chromium or something (assuming you’re on desktop) and then use yt-dlp with the --cookies-from-browser chromium argument, it should work. This is also possible on Android via Termux and iOS via iSH if you copy ~/.config/chromium to the app.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Good to know. I was using FreeTube on a Linux machine I have set up to do most of my Youtube watching, but I had to disable VPN. I got tired of trying different countries and just turned off VPN. I’ll try Swedish servers…

  • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 months ago

    I use Freetube on PC and some NewPipe fork AND Freetube on Android. The Android one has been breaking as of late. :-(

  • Scolding7300@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    Try using different countries. E.g. I sometimes had luck by using Brazil, Chile or other ones. I’ve recently hadn’t had much issues when viewing through Grayjay (on Android). But also not from FreeTube (on Ubuntu/Desktop)