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Proactively this is the only thing that worked: get yt premium, download YouTube videos you preselected, and disconnect the child's device.

• thaumasiotes 5y ago
  What does getting YouTube Premium add to that plan? Wouldn't it work just as well without that step?
  • marcusjt 5y ago
    You need YouTube Premium to be able to download videos to watch offline (plus see no ads)
    • xigoi 5y ago
      …or you can just use NewPipe.
    • selfhoster11 5y ago
      All you need is Vanced or NewPipe.
      • kragen 5y ago
        Or youtube-dl. Though I've been getting bandwidth-limited lately...
        • c0balt 5y ago
          There is a fork, yt-dlp[0], that I've enjoyed using recently that has some mitigations for this issue[1] (see --throttling-rate)t [0]: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp [1]: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/985 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/985
    • thaumasiotes 5y ago
      No part of what you just said is true.
    • CraneWorm 5y ago
      WTH, you don't, just use youtube-dl
      • toqy 5y ago
        Never heard of it. Does that work on a child’s iPad and expose videos via an interface that they can navigate?
        • CraneWorm 5y ago
          It's just a command-line tool to download audio/video from youtube (and many other sites). You'd need to setup the iPad thing yourself, maybe using something like Plex?
          • branon 5y ago
            Consider Jellyfin instead of Plex (doesn't Plex try to push "free" content in addition to what you add to the server?)
            • toqy 5y ago
              Plex has shifted over time to present their content more prominently. It got to the point that your own media isn't even displayed on the default landing screen. Had to re-teach the kids how to find their movies and whatnot. I haven't had it running in about a year though, couldn't be bothered after a move. Jellyfin looks nice. I'll have to give it a go. I am dreading having to set everything up again if I move off of plex, rather than just grab my docker-compose file and get going.
      • registeredcorn 5y ago
        I strongly recommend checking out yt-dlp. Forked from youtube-dl but has much quicker downloads.
    • firstcommentyo 5y ago
      Newpipe can also download. No need for bloated YouTube-App, Premium subscription or ti hassle with a command line tool (in case CLI's are not your thing). As also mentioned by others, youtube-dl seems kinda dead. However there is a good fork/successor called "yt-dlp" which, in addition to other nice improvements, also somehow manages to work around the enforced heavy bandwidth limit by YT.
• rryan 5y ago
  * YouTube Kids with allowlist. * App Timer of zero minutes on YouTube app.
  • brady747 5y ago
    In your comment, is allowlist a list of videos only they can watch? (not a list of 'age ranges' or 'channels', but actually being able to select individual videos). I was never able to get something like this out of youtube kids when I've tried it in the past. All these services curate for kids and I want to choose what my kids watch, so they are all failing me. (I'm with the others who go with YT premium, youtube-dl, kids watch with vlc or something on a tablet).