Other than a couple of neat features, basically it allows you to have the youtube account features, without having an account.
Locally you tell him what channels you care for, and it fetches your homepage for you, without all the strings attached to google doing that within your account and, hence, knowing exactly what kind of person you are.
what does freetube even do? can i still log in and view my subscriptions?
You can import your subscriptions using the Google takeout feature. Tutorial on freetube’s website.
im still wondering what freetube does over the regular youtube website
Other than a couple of neat features, basically it allows you to have the youtube account features, without having an account.
Locally you tell him what channels you care for, and it fetches your homepage for you, without all the strings attached to google doing that within your account and, hence, knowing exactly what kind of person you are.
Sounds more inconvenient to download a whole program to visit a website I can just visit in a Firefox tab with the addons I have downloaded
The main reason one would consider freetube or other similar alternative is for privacy. If that doesn’t matter to you then just stick to the website.
It’s free, open source, you can download videos, and it doesn’t track you or try to intentionally make the viewing experience worse.
So is it a website or a program you download?
Freetube is a desktop program. I use it and it’s so much better than going to the YouTube page.
No ads, no tracking, no proprietary software. Built-in SponsorBlock and DeArrow as well as a download feature.