Closed IkelAtomig closed 6 months ago
We had this a few versions back but we were forced by YT to create separate tabs otherwise our users would get rate limited and the application would become unusable
Damn, YouTube..
To clarify what happened, is that YouTube went from having one channel tab that had all of the uploads in it, to having a separate videos, shorts and live tabs. Makes the experience when looking at a channel nicer, but for FreeTube's subscriptions page it would mean making 4 (we also have the community tab now) times as many requests as before if you wanted a combined feed. By having the separate tabs, we only need to do one request per subscribed channel, as we only need to get that specific tab.
I think it should be given as an optional feature. Was YT ratelimiting even when it was optional, I dunno if it was optional. Let the user decide which to combine.
If combined, only videos and Community page would exist.
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Problem Description
Currently Freetube shows all the three sections separately which is neat and good but it would be better if all three are shown in a merged way like Subscriptions in YouTube.
Proposed Solution
Merge them and give an option to view them with "Unified view" button at the top and also able to revert to the current view.
Alternatives Considered
It could also be applied for Channel view but it would be messy. Worth considering.
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