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Instead of auto-redirecting, it gives you the power to decide with simple shortcuts.\n**Key Features**:\n- **`Alt+J`**: Open the current YouTube video in your chosen frontend.\n  - *Tip*: You can customize this shortcut in your browser settings.\n- **`Shift+Click`**: While on YouTube, use this to open a video (by clicking on thumbnails / links) in the configured frontend in a new tab.\n\nPerfect for those who like to browse the YouTube homepage and selectively watch videos on alternative frontends. Also handy if someone shares a YouTube link with you and you prefer watching it on a different frontend.\n\n## Motivation\nYouTube started cracking down on Ad Blocker usage, so this is my workaround.\n\n![Ad Blocker Not Allowed](screenshots/adblocker-notallowed.jpg)\n![Ad Blocker TOS](screenshots/adblocker-tos.png)\n![Ad Blocker Counter](screenshots/adblocker-counter.png)\n\n## Installation\n\n### Mozilla Add-Ons site\n[Get the add-on from addons.mozilla.org](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/yt-siphon/)\n\n### Manual\n1. Download the `.xpi` addon file from the [Releases page](https://github.com/d3vr/yt-siphon/releases/)\n2. Go to `about:addons`\n3. Click the gear icon and select `Install Add-on From File`\n\n### Cloned repo\n1. Clone the repository or download as zip\n2. Go to `about:debugging`\n3. Click on `This Firefox`\n4. Then `Load Temporary Add-on`\n5. Select `manifest.json` in the `src/` directory from the cloned repo.\n\n\n## Configuration\n1. Visit YouTube then click the Add-Ons icon to open the panel and click the gear icon next to `YT Siphon`\n2. Select `Always Allow on www.youtube.com`\n3. ...\n4. Profit?\n\nYou can change the default configured alternative frontend (`piped.video`) from the options page. You can click the extension's icon to access the options page.\n\n## Credit\n- GPT-4 and [Phind](https://www.phind.com/) helped a lot while creating this add-on.\n- DALL-E 3 created the logo / icon.\n\n## License\n[MIT](https://www.tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fd3vr%2Fyt-siphon","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fd3vr%2Fyt-siphon","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fd3vr%2Fyt-siphon/lists"}