Comment by andunie
12 hours ago
Shameless self-promotion: https://github.com/andunieee/cathode (gtk4 desktop app) can give you a non-bait interface to YouTube that works.
Now this project gives me some ideas of things to implement:
- pick the thumbnail from the middle of the video
- allow curated subscriptions, i.e. I subscribe to some curated list made by someone (in this case it could be the database of videos Karpathy has gathered from HN, but there could be others)
At some point I was almost implementing DeArrow support, but using it for a while I don't think it is too great, often the alternative titles people give are unreliable, and honestly I don't know how they exist without being spammed or trolled to death. I do have SponsorBlock support though (I feel like SponsorBlock would work better if it allowed high-quality AI bots to submit blocks though).
> can give you a non-bait interface to YouTube that works
Is there something like this for Twitter?
> pick the thumbnail from the middle of the video
Sounds like you may be interested in DeArrow: https://dearrow.ajay.app
SponsorBlock is related too: https://sponsor.ajay.app
Very interesting. Does it have dark mode?
So basically how YouTube worked in 2005? :)
Can I search with your app for ONLY the latest uploaded videos and filter for content length?
Will it display whatever bullshit recommendations YouTube feeds?
Really looking for an option to only have "current stuff" - YT constantly recommends me stuff from 3 years ago which I already watched, even with my highly curated account.
Global search is provided by YouTube, so I can't guarantee anything.
I could add some local filters if necessary, but doesn't YouTube already provide its own filters based on when the video was published? Cathode exposes these.
YT search sucks, and this by intention to keep the people scrolling. The sorting & co is all completely broken, YT recommends continuously stuff from years ago etc.
Interesting. I consciously, actively smack YT with a rolled-up newspaper in the form of 'never recommend this channel' specifically to make it only recommend me stuff that I've already watched, and not try to pipeline me in some algorithmic direction such has happened at some periods. I don't think I have to draw people a picture here.
I've never imagined actually wanting an algorithm that would find things I'd actually like, having been burned so badly by 'algorithm that finds things it wants to get me to like'. Are you sure you want an algorithm to do that?