Define privacy?
Regardless, it seems like every other day one or other is broken - I just use whichever is working at any given moment.
Freetube app for desktop.
Unfortunately, mostly broken at the moment. Normally it's great, though.
It's a good private way to keep track of what you've watched and what's available on its own though, even if you need to use another client to watch.
NewPipe on Android
Firefox+uBlockOrigin for Deskto/Laptop
SmartTube for TV
That is definitely not the best for privacy.
All of that plus a trusted VPN is a good start.
Torsocks yt-dlp
I use Invidious or if that doesn't work i split tunnel a terminal and use mpv
Since I only watch YouTube on desktop I use https://yewtu.be/ to search for content and redirector to redirect the requested video to https://www.youtube.com/embed/ or https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/. And I use uBlock and Improve Youtube, of course.
Edit: I also use FreshRSS to manage subscriptions.
Yes, embed redirect was a good solution, also using an iFrame script, but this currently works only in few videos, in the most it got the error "watch video in YouTube· It's almost a daily battle between YouTube, devs of adblockers and scripts and front-end instances, some solutions work for some days and on the next day YouTube begins to nag and block again. What we need is an real alternative of YouTube, but that need time to create something with this hugh amount of contents which nothing else has. Continue the battle against the crap, clickbaits and forced playlist pauses (well, there at least the extension still works for the moment), hoping the best.
Meanwhile Pluto TV, Bandcamp, channels from local public TV, Odysee, Rakuten TV, Internet Radio..... etc..for info, music, movies, docus.....
If you're only watching subscriptions and not scrolling the generated feeds, you could presumably run tubearchivist through a VPN and then watch via Jellyfin or Plex (there are plugins).
It will not only be private but it has sponsorblock.
They are all valid, but most front ends are broken by Google.
I use often Andisearch where i search the video and where I can watch it in the search result, sandboxed and through random proxy, also using the SMplayer on desktop, entering the video URL- Avoiding also that YT put any crap in my PC with the Portmaster
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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