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Redirect Youtube.com to Freetube desktop app? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So, recently got freetube downloaded, and love every bit of it. But I still forget myself, and put youtube into the url bar... So, is it possible to redirect Yt to Freetube instead?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Electron which is Google

How did you figure that out? Because Electron is based on Chromium?

In which case, I suppose you don't trust Brave because it's Google too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah Electron is Chromium hahahah. Sorry for the dumb abbreviation.

Its bloat for sure. An extra app, it takes a time to load and all. Has really great features though, makes Youtube tolerable.

No, I have ungoogled Chromium laying around but I am simply sad that Firefox Webapps or actual Apps are not a thing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And Electron uses V8 which is again Google.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

V8 is open source. Just like Chromium, Google doesn't control it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They very much do control it and are quick to implement unwanted features in corporate interest like Web Integrity API, which has been removed again only after backlash.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

No they don't: you're free to create your own fork, or compile out the stuff you don't like from the main repo - which is what all the Chromium-based privacy-focused browsers out there do, including Brave.