• Evkob@lemmy.ca
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    I’m usually against standalone apps for websites, but YouTube is one I definitely use enough to justify it, and Google seems intent on making the experience as miserable as possible. I use LibRedirect to send my browser to Piped instances, but FreeTube is much better for keeping track of my subscriptions.

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    1 year ago

    shame it’s Electron based. I’m gonna stick with Piped in my browser instead of installing a Chrome tab.

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      SmartTube is good for TVs as well. Interface is almost identical to the YT app, except it has quality of life features like Adblock and SponsorBlock, plus you can shrink down the size of the thumbnails to something more reasonable.

      Never understood why TV apps have to be blown up so much, especially given that the average TV size is around 55" these days.

      (Edit: I’m sure that FreeTube does the same things, but it’s good to have options)

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    Am I missing something or are all video resolutions limited to 1080p?

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    wow its amazing how many Operating Systems Freetube supports. I tried AppImage on Linux Mint. Download. Set execution bit. Starting. Start Watching! Amazing!

    • Ensign Rick@startrek.website
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      Try a different invidious instance. The one that it defaulted to might be overloaded. It’s works great. I’m loving it.