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by RpFLCL 1900 days ago
This is an interesting idea. YouTube is that last big Google service that I struggle to cut out of my life since it seems to have so much more content than the alternatives. It would be great to know when I can switch to another one for a video, and maybe build that into a habit.

But looking at the service, I wish that this site provided a simple form where I could input a URL and see if there's any alternatives. It would be an opportunity to see if this service has alternatives for the channels I typically watch before agreeing to install the extension in my browser. For some reason I'm hesitant to install new extensions and I'm not comfortable having all the URLs of YouTube videos I watch being sent to someone's server, but a form or bookmarklet would let me find alternatives when I choose to look.

Good luck, and thanks for working on a project that's trying to wind back the gatekeeping and extreme censorship we see today.

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> I wish that this site provided a simple form where I could input a URL

Thanks for the note. I thought about this exact use case. It is a big ask to get someone to install an extension and a privilege to sit inside their browser (and I take this seriously).

I think I will add in this feature to the marketing website sooner than later, probably tomorrow, because it is sorely lacking. I think also a search function is in order but right now the system does not track the titles of any videos because that information isn't needed when it deals only with alternates.

> Good luck, and thanks for working on a project that's trying to wind back the gatekeeping and extreme censorship we see today.

It's getting nuts. I'm doing what I can think of! Cheers.