Rambler OP wrote on August 24, 2021 at 12:42 AM

Reply to comment by whitestar in YouTube Proxy has been updated - Should be more stable. by Rambler

What YouTube has that others don't is content. I can't use any alternative as a daily-driver like I can with YouTube. Can't find the music I want, obscure videos on how to replace a random part on an old Mercedes car, or reviews on solar inverters or stand up comedy bits, etc.

The alternative platforms seemingly only shine in hosting content that YouTube doesn't allow. Unfortunately, until they also host content that YouTube does allow they'll never be a normal, mainstream alternative.

So that's why I use Invidious, to at least watch the content that I do like (hosted on YouTube) in a more private way.

Yogihni wrote on August 24, 2021 at 7:20 AM (edited on August 24, 2021 at 7:24 AM)

If you ever watch Invidious on clearnet, Freetube might be useful (I don't know if it works over Tor). It uses Invidious, and it will proxy subscriptions without signup. It's in beta, and there are some aggravations, but I think sometimes it comes from problems with the invidious instances.

The privacy-redirect FF add-on (for clearnet) will direct YT links to Invidious (or auto-open them in Freetube). I use the first one because the layout of search results seems a little better in Invidious, but I still use Freetube more, due to the single-click subscription proxies that you can group into folders. Currently, comments won't display in Freetube. Also, you can't comment from a proxied subscription (naturally).

Also, Piped proxies YT videos. https://piped.kavin.rocks/ It appends long search results and large channels at the "end-of-page". Sometimes a search-on-page for keywords will find desired vids quicker than paging through invidious. I also dropped a piped address(es) in freetube, and it seemed to work. I didn't check if it somehow just resolved to an invidious instance.