Use FreeTube to automatically open YouTube links on Android:
in settings\apps\default apps\link opening
(or similar path depending on Android versions)
1. for Youtube: set "do not open supported links"
2. click now a link to a yt video, and choose FreeTube for an one time opening or even always, on every click (making it default app).
Download FreeTubeAndroid from
nostr:npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8
How does FreeTube compare to NewPipe/Tubular? Is it based on them or based on Invidious?
Freetube for android is a fork of the FOSS Freetube for desktop which has been around for years. Invidious api can be optionally activated, but Free Tube uses its own engine. The interesting story of FT is here:
I just test drove FreeTube, downloaded from nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgzqtdq0, and unfortunately it's borderline unusable.
The navigation bar on the left never disappears and covers content previews.
When you choose a video to watch, it isn't optimized for portait layout and only displays the content in landscape.
The default action when you click the video while watching is scrubbing instead of having the progress bar, etc. appear.
Too many bugs to look past at this point.
I appreciate the effort!
Works great! Thank you.
And welcome to nostr
