I think its done by design to drive people away from using a browser where people have more control and the website has less control (of course depending on the skill and patience of the user)

Having a shitty service on browser and on certain devices just drives people to view Youtube more and more on self contained smart services like Smart TVs or dedicated viewing devices.

I use Linux, firefox and have ad blocking extensions ... and sometimes Youtube just becomes unusable

[–] cinoreus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

App experience has been shitty too.

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you tried FreeTube?

It's the only way I watch YouTube on PC these days and it works pretty well most of the time. Also nice since the YouTube website almost never works for me.

[–] alfert@feddit.dk 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Grayjay is also good. Both on Android and pc with sync and subscriptions and history.

[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been meaning to try this. It's backed by Louis Rossman, so I'm sure it's great.

[–] ArchEngel@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

Good to know, this comment chain finally convinced me to try it out.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is iOS yt app