Steal this idea: an app that combines YouTube and @peertube into a single YouTube-like interface that treats content from both as equals. Where duplicates exist, PeerTube gets priority by default. Throw in some options for patronizing creators on PeerTube, and it could motivate them to migrate to and stay on decentralized platforms.
Even better if self-hosted with Invidious on the backend.
it seems like that is just an andoid app. Do you know if anyone has forked it so it can be self hosted and accessed as a website? I basically don't use youtube on phone at all (plus I'm on iphone).
@thumbsup @peertube If you're looking for a decent peertube site try out https://sepiasearch.org/
Just use any browser, even apple should allow it😂
This doesn't have any YouTube access, but if you're wanting to go open source, I wouldn't be doing on ios. Buy a pixel phone and put graphineOS. Why not just have invidious on a separate tab in your browser anyway? I'm not sure what your end goal is. If you mean creating content that's different, so far as consumption goes, these sites do the trick.
@andrewmacleod The end goal would be transitioning (myself and other viewers) from YouTube to PeerTube in a way that is feasible for the creators themselves. Currently very few are on PeerTube as well as YT, and even fewer on PeerTube exclusively. The hope would be an interface so seamless for the user that they are watching more PeerTube than they realize and a support model so generous on PeerTube that they eventually move completely off YouTube. Nothing suggested so far fits the bill.
@thumbsup I'm going to champion NewPipe as it's a great app which allows a collation of videos from peertube, sound cloud and a few others, including YouTube. Don't dismiss it just because it's not on ios, perhaps that'll come in the future. I've personally been on bandcamp listening to the undertale ost and didn't even notice I wasn't using yt. Give it a shot on an old tablet or chromebook and you'll be surprised how polished the ui is and ease of use is childlike. #newpipe FTW!! #opensource
I'm just an everyday user like yourself, I've been in the android camp since forever, and don't know much about Apple and it's ecosystem. Hopefully if more people use it, forks may fork, it may become the default media app for multiple platforms. That's how I currently use it on my tablet. Definitely worth keeping an eye on.
I hope you find something that works on apple, and if you do, please let me know.
@andrewmacleod Thanks. I definitely will check it out. Not trying to throw any shade at that project. Seems incredible. If it does get forked to create a docker image it could probably meet all my needs 😊