zapzap@lemmings.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoI Ditched the Algorithm for RSS - and You Should Toojoeyehand.comexternal-linkmessage-square127linkfedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1638arrow-down1external-linkI Ditched the Algorithm for RSS - and You Should Toojoeyehand.comzapzap@lemmings.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square127linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·2 years 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-squarescratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years 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-up9·2 years agoYeah but the goal here is to escape the algorithm deciding what you consume
minus-squarescratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agogood point, organic sharing is better than the addictive algorithm.
minus-squareGrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoYou can play YouTube videos in VLC player
minus-squarescratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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-up2·2 years agoMaybe try one of the downloaders
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years 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-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI wrote my own rss reader for youtubue, so it does this digging for me when I paste in a channel link :)
minus-squareNudeNewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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”
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
good point, organic sharing is better than the addictive algorithm.
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
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 wrote my own rss reader for youtubue, so it does this digging for me when I paste in a channel link :)
TIL. Gonna have to test this out my FreshRSS feed. Ty 🥰