all the youtube glory without ads, tracking and annoyances
Ditching Google and all its services is not that hard. Except for YouTube and Maps. At least that’s the case for most users.
However, some users don’t know that they can still use YouTube without using YouTube. Confused?
You can still watch YouTube videos and have all of your subscriptions but without Google’s tracking, without cookies, ads, bypass georestrictions and other annoyances. Intrigued?
Jump over the break to learn more…
Watching online videos can be annoying most of the time. Ads, annotations, not to mention cookies and history that you leave behind.
So here’s a quick and easy way to improve not only your visual experience, but also improve your privacy and ( if you’re using a laptop ) some battery life: mpv player + youtube-dl.
Don’t be fooled by the “youtube” in “youtube-dl”. This nifty little program, or plugin or add-on however you want to call it, supports a shitload of websites.
So let’s get started with this short and sweet tutorial….
