My Freetube Subscriptions
My Freetube Subscriptions

YouTube in undeniably a force in the modern world. My 77-year-old father watches it daily as does my four-year old granddaughter. If you watch YouTube on a PC running macOS, Windows or Linux, I suggest you do it with FreeTube. FreeTube is a privacy lover’s dream, using no trackers and allowing you to subscribe to your favorite channels without an account. All user data is stored on your machine and is never sent to or stored on the Internet. The data for videos is either scraped or obtained through the Invidious API. The interface is similar to YouTube and easy enough for a child to use. FreeTube is open source and THERE ARE NO ADS. You can even download videos using a one-button interface. You can create playlists and lists of favorites. I honestly do not know why this app isn’t more well known.

Settings

FreeTube has plenty of settings and you can make the interface as spartan as you want by turning off different elements.

Distraction Free
Distraction Free

The Sidebar

Sidebar
Sidebar
Video Buttons

There are buttons on each video for the following functions:

  • Add to playlist
  • Add to favorites
  • Open in external player (like VLC or IINA)
  • Download
  • Change media formats
  • Share
    Video Buttons
    Video Buttons