Is it yt-dlp always or what about Userscripts? I want to learn to fish and not be necessarily dependant on having to have an app implement and stay available if i want to stream youtube without youtube+ and be able to do all the good studf

  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Invidious has some frontends for youtube that block all tracking and ads. They have webapps, and some devs have integrated the invidious system into desktop apps. These apps let you save your subscriptions on the invidious side too without needing to log in to google/YouTube.

    But their apps get broken by YouTube every few weeks or so

    Really your best bet for using YouTube without ads is still Firefox + Ublock Origin. If you’re signed into an account you will still have tracking cookies.

    For downloading YouTube videos and audio yt-dlp is still the best