YouTube VS FreeTube

YouTube Reviews

1. YoUMT    

   about 1 year ago
   Good

   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.

2. Sandra-G    

   over 1 year ago
   Dual purpose

   I like the idea of YouTube serving as a search engine and an entertaining feat

FreeTube Reviews

YouTube mentions (1721)

• Vice website is shutting down

  Looking at their YouTube, their recent videos don't have exactly low view count, but also not as high as I would expect, given how costly they must be https://youtube.com/@VICE I guess they were really a product of a different time. - Source: Hacker News / 6 days ago

• Africa is building a Great Green Wall to prevent expansion of the Sahara

  3 words. "Geoff Lawton videos." You know, that Strine permaculture guy. Watch at least 15 to 20 of them. Many are short. Only then talk, people. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Lawton https://youtube.com/@DiscoverPermaculture?si=XVjdWpJk5ZIVTnLP https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strine. - Source: Hacker News / 6 days ago

• Disney's Newest Robot Demonstrates Collaborative Cuteness

  Not directly related but Disney has a YouTube channel that irregularly posts interesting developments related to animation and tracking. https://youtube.com/@DisneyResearchHub?si=m-oZwc8hODjHpcPS. - Source: Hacker News / 17 days ago

• Ask HN: Who are your most treasured live coders?

  Big George Hotz enjoyer but lately I’ve been trying to catch every stream from this guy “tokyospliff” - https://youtube.com/@tokyospliff He does graphics programming, writing his own game engine from in C++ using OpenGL. The vibe in his streams is really something else, very interesting guy. - Source: Hacker News / 21 days ago

• Ask HN: Who are your most treasured live coders?

  Dave Plummer but I’m way beyond the median age for HN. Would appreciate similar recommendations. People like Theo-t3.gg are way too manic and high energy for me. https://youtube.com/@DavesGarage?feature=shared. - Source: Hacker News / 21 days ago

FreeTube mentions (36)

• Tell HN: YouTube RSS feeds are gone

  Use https://freetubeapp.io for desktop OSes I think there are other apps for mobile OSes (no idea I don't watch YT on mobile. - Source: Hacker News / 30 days ago

• Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google's war on ad blockers

  I just use a free desktop client called Freetube instead ( https://freetubeapp.io ). Don't even have to login or create a profile, and there's a ton of UI customization options built in. Voila -- no more Google shenanigans. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• YouTube

  You can use https://freetubeapp.io/ to access Youtube in privacy. Source: 3 months ago

• List of YouTube alternatives not owned by Google

  I use FreeTube also. This is what I am using on my Mac. They have the app for Windows, MacOSx64, and various Linux OSs. No app for iOSs but maybe if we support him he may want to go further. On my Android tablet and phone I am using Grayjay, which also is another alternative. Source: 3 months ago

• How to block YT ads like a champ

  [FreeTube](https://freetubeapp.io/) \- Unlike the next 3, this will require a download, however it has a UI that looks closest to Youtube, downloads, 1080p and more! And is available on Linux as well. Source: 4 months ago