yt-dlp is great for downloading media you’ve already found (or at least, playlists or creator channels you’ve already found), but you can’t use it for discovering new media. You still need a browser or GUI app like FreeTube or Newpipe for that, and it works better when you’re actually signed in with your Google account so that the recommendation algorithm works and it can keep track of what you watched for you.
Don’t get me wrong; I would love to limit my interaction with Google to anonymously fetching video URLs. But none of the alternatives sync my watch history between devices or recommend new videos (beyond just new uploads from subscribed channels) to me.
yt-dlpis great for downloading media you’ve already found (or at least, playlists or creator channels you’ve already found), but you can’t use it for discovering new media. You still need a browser or GUI app like FreeTube or Newpipe for that, and it works better when you’re actually signed in with your Google account so that the recommendation algorithm works and it can keep track of what you watched for you.Don’t get me wrong; I would love to limit my interaction with Google to anonymously fetching video URLs. But none of the alternatives sync my watch history between devices or recommend new videos (beyond just new uploads from subscribed channels) to me.