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For me the biggest problem is Youtube. The other solutions are not in the same level of quality/quantity. DuckDuckGo feels way better as a product to me (using

For me the biggest problem is Youtube. The other solutions are not in the same level of quality/quantity. DuckDuckGo feels way better as a product to me (using sometimes the bang to use google in privacy mode). And ProtonMail is good enough.

h4waii 7y ago
If it's any help, NewPipe [0] is a FOSS YouTube client for Android which doesn't require an account, doesn't require Google Play Services, and doesn't (!) display ads. Yes, it has subscription support and you can import/export that list to keep it backed up. It also has a TON of features, like PiP, background play (for video and audio), downloading, and much, much more. Ivory [1] might be the closest iOS equivalent, and Motionbox [2] and FreeTube [3] the closest desktop equivalents. [0]. https://newpipe.schabi.org/ https://newpipe.schabi.org/ [1]. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-video-player/id1294347486 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-video-player/id129434748... [2]. http://omega.gg/MotionBox/ http://omega.gg/MotionBox/ [3]. https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube
- magashna 7y ago
  The downloading feature and background play is what makes it for me. Occasionally Youtube makes a change that breaks it but the devs have been pretty good about updates
- britch 7y ago
  I love NewPipe, it works fantastically. I am nervous that Google will find a way to kill it if it gets big enough. It's not exactly an alternative to YouTube, it's more of a band-aid.
  - swtrs 7y ago
    Due to YT constantly changing video decryption functionality, ~4-5 times a year it breaks for multiple days. I fully expect it to be suddenly broken in a year or two.
knodi123 7y ago
I switched to duckduckgo for a few weeks, and I gave up and went back to google. The results were just so much worse. I had to wade through a sea of stackoverflow results to get to the one piece of official documentation on page 2.
pndy 7y ago
I'm not certainly sure if this helps but there's youtube front-end interface: https://www.invidio.us/ https://www.invidio.us/

h4waii 7y ago

If it's any help, NewPipe [0] is a FOSS YouTube client for Android which doesn't require an account, doesn't require Google Play Services, and doesn't (!) display ads. Yes, it has subscription support and you can import/export that list to keep it backed up. It also has a TON of features, like PiP, background play (for video and audio), downloading, and much, much more. Ivory [1] might be the closest iOS equivalent, and Motionbox [2] and FreeTube [3] the closest desktop equivalents. [0]. https://newpipe.schabi.org/ https://newpipe.schabi.org/ [1]. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-video-player/id1294347486 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-video-player/id129434748... [2]. http://omega.gg/MotionBox/ http://omega.gg/MotionBox/ [3]. https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

magashna 7y ago
The downloading feature and background play is what makes it for me. Occasionally Youtube makes a change that breaks it but the devs have been pretty good about updates
britch 7y ago
I love NewPipe, it works fantastically. I am nervous that Google will find a way to kill it if it gets big enough. It's not exactly an alternative to YouTube, it's more of a band-aid.
- swtrs 7y ago
  Due to YT constantly changing video decryption functionality, ~4-5 times a year it breaks for multiple days. I fully expect it to be suddenly broken in a year or two.

knodi123 7y ago

I switched to duckduckgo for a few weeks, and I gave up and went back to google. The results were just so much worse. I had to wade through a sea of stackoverflow results to get to the one piece of official documentation on page 2.

pndy 7y ago

I'm not certainly sure if this helps but there's youtube front-end interface: https://www.invidio.us/ https://www.invidio.us/