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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Computers => Topic started by: Blizzardnh on March 08, 2018, 02:47:43 pm

Title: FreeTube – An Open Source Desktop YouTube Player For Privacy-minded People
Post by: Blizzardnh on March 08, 2018, 02:47:43 pm

You already know that we need Google account to subscribe channels and download videos from YouTube. If you don’t want Google track what you’re doing on YouTube, well, there is an open source YouTube player named “FreeTube”.

https://www.ostechnix.com/freetube-an-open-source-desktop-youtube-player-for-privacy-minded-people/ (https://www.ostechnix.com/freetube-an-open-source-desktop-youtube-player-for-privacy-minded-people/)

Title: Re: FreeTube – An Open Source Desktop YouTube Player For Privacy-minded People
Post by: Fishrrman on March 09, 2018, 12:39:11 am

Checked it out and saw nothing there for the Mac.

If one doesn't want to be tracked (on the Mac) one can use the "Epic privacy browser" which will hide your IP from sites you visit.

Title: Re: FreeTube – An Open Source Desktop YouTube Player For Privacy-minded People
Post by: Blizzardnh on March 09, 2018, 12:26:34 pm

Quote from: Fishrrman on March 09, 2018, 12:39:11 am

Checked it out and saw nothing there for the Mac.

If one doesn't want to be tracked (on the Mac) one can use the "Epic privacy browser" which will hide your IP from sites you visit.

I think it would be the Darwin zip file.