I use Invidious because it does not require JavaScript.

Also, does piped always proxy the data? Some Invidious instances have the option but I have never seen it on pioed instances.

I was an Invidious user until I found out about Libretube, and the fact that on Libretube and even on a Piped website you can login to get your subs from other instances. That is crazy useful.

So I am full Piped for now.

Invidious because it actually works on my homelab. Couldn’t get piped to work and their docs are terrible

I like the idea of Piped, because I could use it with LibreTube and have same subscriptions on different devices. But since Piped doesn’t work at all for me for the past week, I’ve switched to FreeTube. It works with no issues.

I did setup auto redirect on firefox to invidious (yewtu.be) and it works well enough. I will just change redirect when it stops working. No need to be perfectionslist, just make it seamless and voila, no ads or recomendations :)

I’ve started using Piped recently but I’m not too sure about it…

I used to watch a lot of random documentaries without subscribing on regular Youtube, but with Piped I find I actively have to search for something so I don’t come across new smaller creators like I did on the homepage.

I’ve self-hosted my own single-user Piped instance for about a year. However, I sometimes encounter problems with video loading times, and some subscriptions don’t display new publications until I manually visit the channel. The main reason I chose Piped was because it had LibreTube for Android, allowing me to sync my subscriptions between mobile and desktop.

Recently, I’ve been testing Invidious and I’m liking it. I discovered that using it on Android as a web app is quite efficient, especially in combination with UntrackMe to automatically open YouTube links in my Invidious instance. Additionally, there’s Clipious, an Android app similar to LibreTube but with an Invidious backend. Although it’s early in its development, it performs well.

I’m still weighing my options, but I find Invidious to be more stable in terms of loading times and subscription feed updates.

Piped looks better and have more features, than Invidious, but 2nd works faster somehow. Maybe ISP-related stuff, actually.

Piped is better for privacy because it proxies everything through the Piped server, with Invidious you still leak your IP to Google. I also prefer the UI of the Piped web client.

Invidious caps at 720 but it’s more stable than piped for me.

Piped uses less CPU on client playback and features like dash actually work as opposed to invidious. But I’m glad creating a piped instance on docker is complicated because I like the simplicity of invidious’ UI.

How do these work?

Well, Piped doesn’t (or at least I’ve never bothered to wait till it eventually loads).

I use a FF extension that routes videos to mpv from the context menu.

For my phone, I use Vanced

For my Android TV, I use Smarttube.

Personally I prefer Invidious for it’s more basic, web-2.0 style UI

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