I appreciated how the reddit app I used (relay) kept everything internal. I don’t want all the links I open on this app opening in my browser and plugging up my history. I doubly appreciated how it would open YouTube links in an internal video player that wasn’t linked to my YouTube account in any way. This is a must have for me to prevent my YouTube “algorithm” from getting any ideas. For example, I watch a video about “X” and now my whole feed is suggesting I watch more videos about whatever “X” was.

  • CubitOom@lemmy.ml@lemmy.mlEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    Pro android tip: use NewPipe (or similar app) instead of a browser for YouTube links. Just make sure to set the app to open the supported links by default in android settings.

    • Grenfur@lemmy.oneEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      I love Newpipe but I couldn’t get over how cumbersome importing subs was for me. Also not having my watch history was mildly annoying. I switched to ReVanced about 2 weeks ago and haven’t opened my YT app since.

      • CubitOom@lemmy.ml@lemmy.mlEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        This is true. Although I think NewPipe has its place for when you don’t want to link your watch history to your Google account. So I use it like private mode for YouTube.

        • Grenfur@lemmy.oneEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Good call. I hadn’t thought if that. I did really like the folder function on it. Grouping content so that I could easily see new posts in a genre was great.

      • Rizoid25@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I used ReVanced for a while but I’ve switched over to libretube and it’s been a great change.

          • Rizoid25@lemmy.oneEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            It’s much like newpipe just looks better and imo it was easier to deal with subs. You can make an account with a piped instance that will keep all your subs so if you move phones or something you don’t have to re-import everything.

            • Grenfur@lemmy.oneEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Ohhh very neat. Does it have a folder or grouping function to group subs or view videos in a group rather than a generic feed?

              • Rizoid25@lemmy.oneEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                I’m not sure personally. I just use it as a generic feed but there is a bunch of settings for subscriptions that I haven’t even bothered to touch.