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I think that the single search box with consistent UX is the killer feature. Subscription is too, in another way. Alternatives need to address these; I believe

I think that the single search box with consistent UX is the killer feature. Subscription is too, in another way. Alternatives need to address these; I believe federated video services / toobs are the only way to aim for the first. Subscriptions should be replaced with RSS.

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samschooler 8y ago
I stopped using the YouTube site long ago. I only subscribe via Feedly/RSS and watch the videos I want directly with 99% no ads even without an adblocker via the embeded video player.
- alexbeloi 8y ago
  Where do the creators you follow host their videos?
  - hundchenkatze 8y ago
    Not op, but op may be using the Youtube Subscription RSS feed. Go to https://www.youtube.com/subscription_manager https://www.youtube.com/subscription_manager and scroll to the bottom. You should see a section labeled "Export to RSS readers".
    - Arnavion 8y ago
      Oh wow, how have I never noticed that. In fact there are individual channel feeds (https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=<> https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=<>) and this is a wrapper around that. That's great! I currently receive email notifications for subscriptions, but I've noticed I don't always get emails for all the uploads of some of those channels. A direct RSS feed should solve that problem too.
  - samschooler 8y ago
    They're all still on YouTube, but I just subscribe to the YouTube rss feed. Also since they don't get ad revenue, I pay ~$15/month to assorted creators.
- JetSpiegel 8y ago
  You can also use a local podcatcher like gPodder to automatically download the videos.
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