To be honest, YouTube is not only a platform where you can watch /download the video ,but a wonderful field where you can share and grow personally and help oher people to flourish through sharing your vision , art ,creativity ,etc.
I like the idea of YouTube serving as a search engine and an entertaining feat
Based on our record, YouTube seems to be a lot more popular than Invidious.io. While we know about 1740 links to YouTube, we've tracked only 146 mentions of Invidious.io. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
For those who have not already heard of it, check out invidious: https://invidious.io/ A list of public instances (which you probably want to use if you're concerned about being identified) here: https://docs.invidious.io/instances/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago
Going to drop this here for others who haven't heard of it https://invidious.io/ Now, how do we fix this? YouTube's ad model sucks. Their algorithm sucks. Their front page sucks. They've captured a bunch of creators though so often YouTube is the only place you can find someone. I want those creators to benefit from me viewing their videos. I want the fact that I view a video and like it to help other people find... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Sometimes a half-solution will do, like Invidious or Piped. [0] https://invidious.io/ [1] https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Invidious has no ads. No need for adblocker. https://invidious.io/. Source: 5 months ago
You can find public instances but they are a bit hit or miss since youtube can often throttle those instances. I have it running on my home server (so not throttled) and am quite happy with the result. [1]: https://invidious.io/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago
I discovered “Developer Voices” recently https://youtube.com/@DeveloperVoices. It’s more a podcast style channel, with a different guest on each episode with experience in a different area of tech/computer science they discuss. No memes, no click bake, no how to be a tech lead just mixed varied interesting computer science content/topics. Agree with the other posters though, generally tech channels are junk full... - Source: Hacker News / 2 days ago
Sounds like an education problem ? This kind of spam is an annoyance, but you learn to filter it out soon enough. Stack Overflow is a great example : its value is not so much in giving you a quick answer, but even more because you will see several answers, and the discussion around them. And yes, sure, convincing malicious actors there are always possible, but not probable. Same thing with Wikipedia's Talk pages,... - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago
Obligatory microservices video: https://youtu.be/y8OnoxKotPQ They're hilarious, I think only matched by Austin Nasso who does a tech roast show: https://youtube.com/@austinnasso/videos. - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago
Beazley's videos on YouTube including his channel are great https://youtube.com/@dabeazllc. - Source: Hacker News / 6 days ago
So starting basically from "zero" in order to learn the prerequisites before learning what you actually want to learn on your own can feel daunting at times. But I think taking shortcuts will result in frustration. So, here I am taking algebra courses on YT with 38 years. [0] https://youtube.com/@ProfessorLeonard?si=0kiGvmbZv4b9Sgf9. - Source: Hacker News / 7 days ago
NewPipe - NewPipe is a lightweight YouTube front-end for Android.
Vimeo - Vimeo is a social media app that lets you share and capture videos. You can watch new videos in a variety of different categories, and you can share your own content right from your device. Read more about Vimeo.
FreeTube - FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind.
Reddit - Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Get a constantly updating feed of breaking news, fun stories, pics, memes, and videos just for you.
YouTube Vanced - Vanced is a modded version of YouTube with many features such as adblocking and background playback
Google - Google Search, also referred to as Google Web Search or simply Google, is a web search engine developed by Google. It is the most used search engine on the World Wide Web