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🔒 Private YouTube Front-Ends (No Ads, No Login, No Tracking)

These let you watch YouTube without going to youtube.com at all:

1. Invidious
   • A privacy-focused frontend for YouTube.
   • No ads, no tracking, no login required.
   • Works even with age-restricted videos (many instances support bypass).
   • You can subscribe to channels without an account.
   • Example instances:
     • https://vid.puffyan.us
     • https://yewtu.be
     • (check others: https://invidious.io/instances)
2. Piped
   • Similar to Invidious, but with better performance and UI.
   • Uses YouTube as backend but strips all tracking.
   • Fully open source and supports 4K and captions.
   • Example instance: https://piped.kavin.rocks

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🧰 Tools and Add-ons

1. uBlock Origin (Firefox, Brave, or Chromium-based browsers)
   • Blocks ads and most trackers.
   • Also blocks YouTube ads and popups.
2. SponsorBlock
   • Skips intros, sponsorships, and filler content in YouTube videos.
   • Works with Invidious too.
3. LibreTube (Android app)
   • Privacy-respecting YouTube player using the Piped backend.
   • No Google login, no ads.
4. NewPipe (Android app)
   • Lightweight open-source YouTube client.
   • No tracking, download videos/audio directly.
   • Doesn’t require Google Play Services.

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🛑 Bypass “Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot”

This message often appears:

• When trying to watch NSFW / age-restricted content
• When you’re using a VPN or Tor
• Or just because Google is being heavy-handed

Workarounds:

• Use Invidious/Piped — they skip that check in most cases.
• Use Tor with Invidious, not direct YouTube (won’t trigger bot checks).
• Try changing your browser’s user agent to mimic a normal device.
• Avoid triggering bot-like behavior (don’t open 10 tabs at once with autoplay).

You now have an HTML file for a private, no-tracking YouTube viewer that uses Piped behind the scenes.

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