zapzap@lemmings.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoI Ditched the Algorithm for RSS - and You Should Toojoeyehand.comexternal-linkmessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1639arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1626arrow-down1external-linkI Ditched the Algorithm for RSS - and You Should Toojoeyehand.comzapzap@lemmings.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square124fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·24 hours agoProtip: Youtube channels have RSS feeds, they’re just buried in the source of the page. Ctrl-U and then Ctrl-F title=“RSS”
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoYou can also just drop the youtube channel link (ex. https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips ) as well into most readers and it’ll sort it out for you, so you don’t even have to go digging.
minus-squareglowing_hans@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 hours agoI guess to get actual value from these videos you will still need to visit youtube.com though, in the end giving them valuable data to analyze.
minus-squarekillingspark@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoYeah but the goal here is to escape the algorithm deciding what you consume
minus-squareGrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 hours agoYou can play YouTube videos in VLC player
minus-squareglowing_hans@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoIf I try to watch over a tor exit node (using tor anonymization technology). It shows me this message. They really want to know my IP-Address? Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot This helps protect our community. Learn more
minus-squareGrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoMaybe try one of the downloaders
minus-squareNudeNewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoTIL. Gonna have to test this out my FreshRSS feed. Ty 🥰
Protip: Youtube channels have RSS feeds, they’re just buried in the source of the page. Ctrl-U and then Ctrl-F title=“RSS”
You can also just drop the youtube channel link (ex. https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips ) as well into most readers and it’ll sort it out for you, so you don’t even have to go digging.
I guess to get actual value from these videos you will still need to visit youtube.com though, in the end giving them valuable data to analyze.
Yeah but the goal here is to escape the algorithm deciding what you consume
You can play YouTube videos in VLC player
If I try to watch over a tor exit node (using tor anonymization technology). It shows me this message. They really want to know my IP-Address?
Maybe try one of the downloaders
I can recommend yt-dlp
TIL. Gonna have to test this out my FreshRSS feed. Ty 🥰