Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms
The very first thing I tried was Invidious<p>> As of September 1st 2020, invidio.us has closed down.
> To see this content, please select another instance,<p>Ok, I'll try the first alternative in their list, inv.cthd.icu<p>> Could not get channel info.<p>Ok, second one, invidious-us.kavin.rocks ?<p>> Could not get channel info.<p>Hmmm, maybe it's something to do with the sample channel, Troy Hunt? I'll try a known good channel, AvE.<p>> Could not get channel info.<p>Ok, maybe I should go to the front page of invidious-us.kavin.rocks and search for AvE. Ahah! There he is! I'll try clicking on his first video[0]. Well, the page appears to load but the video spins a loading spinner for a couple of minutes and then I get<p>> The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.<p>I think I'll stick with Youtube.<p>[0] <a href="https://invidious-us.kavin.rocks/watch?v=GPJTA_K-VyM" rel="nofollow">https://invidious-us.kavin.rocks/watch?v=GPJTA_K-VyM</a>