Spyke

I see this mentioned every time - am I the only one only seeing 1 active creator (transport evolved) on there?

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I just use YouTube and only watch my subscribed channels. I don't bother with recommendations

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lemmy.sdf.org

Use the NewPipe app or one of its forks. It shows only videos from your subscriptions.

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This. It's gone down for a few days here or there. But then updates and it's all good. You can even watch shorts from the creators, although it's like watching a short video (can't scroll through them in succession as far as I know).

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mander.xyz

You can subscribe to youtube channels with rss, that way you don't have to log in a d you have a chronological list of uploads of channels you've chosen.

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lemm.ee

Yeah, I thought of getting into grayjay instead, but the android app seems very unstable and slow for me, maybe I'll try tweaking ReVanced for a similar result instead.

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You could just hide the home tab and default to the subscriptions. And I think you can also hide recomendations but Im not sure about that.

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rentadrunk.org

Freetube if you want to watch YouTube without algorithms.

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I feel like we need to get away from Gulag's servers in general tho. They're closing in on the likes of Freetube.

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Seconded. You subscribe to channels you like, and your feed is just the newest videos first. Plus built in sponser block.

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feddit.dk

YouTube patched via ReVanced, then browse without login.

On desktop, YouTube with uBlock, then browse without login.

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I would not recommend using YouTube without login, if you plan on looking at the home page

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Browsing without login still gives you an algorithm, but one for the lowest common denominator. I'd suggest using the subscription feed

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Yewtube and/or ytdlp. I have a script which downloads any new videos from channels I typically watch. I use ytdlp to download music too

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Grayjay on Android. Ad-free, no algo, and no shorts. There's a section that shows you like the top 10 hottest videos on the platform, but in the subscriptions tab it has all the latest from who you are subbed to.

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There aren't any because all ways of displaying any data at all involve an "algorithm". There are no "algorithm-free alternatives" to anything at all except not using computers at all.

Maybe think about what you're actually trying to ask, then ask that question again.

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While you may be right, it’s irrelevant if you say it with such a tone. Additionally, it’s quite clear OP means predatory forms of algorithms.

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

Just say you didn’t understand what the guy asked. It’s fine.

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discuss.tchncs.de

I suspect OP wanted to know about a video platform where they were not getting any automated recommendations that they hadn't chosen to follow... my point is, chronological sorting is still an "algorithm".

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With New pipe I only see the channels I subscribe to. There's no home page, I just go to the list of channels and check if they have any new content.

I don't see how an algorithm comes into play when I'm manually subscribing and going through the list.

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