Here's a comparison opening the exact same video:
YouTube (2 ads before video)
FewTube (instant video start)
How does it work?
Here's the secret: the FewTube website simply uses a YouTube embed to play your video. This allows for methods to bypass some of the more annoying features of YouTube.
Trackers are prevented by using the site 'youtube-nocookie.com' as the embed source instead of the usual 'youtube.com'. This gives you more privacy while watching videos, as Google has no way of keeping track of who you are or which videos you watch when this method is used.
Pre-roll ads are prevented by using a YouTube embed. It turns out that whenever you embed a video on a different site, you don't get those annoying ads!
Frequently Asked Questions
Does watching a video on FewTube still count towards the views of that video?
Yes! Despite this, when you watch a video, you're completely anonymous.
Copy and pasting the link into a different website takes a bit of time. Wouldn't it be faster to just watch the ads?
I would highly recommend getting the FewTube browser extension, FewTube Pro. This speeds up the process by a ton, because you can just right click on a video and get this option:
Click 'Open in FewTube', and less than a second later, you're watching the video. Tada! Problem solved.
If you have any more questions, feel free to contact me: jayden@hagertech.dev