Oh also for downsides like half the instances have dogshit uptime or are slow so I just use it as an index of youtube videos then play them in mpv

Invidious/piped are basically just privacy proxies for youtube that provide a lightweight frontend for youtube as well.

We are never getting r/195 back

These apps seem pretty similar (although new and barebones): memmy https://testflight.apple.com/join/6jaRU6rD

Mlem https://testflight.apple.com/join/xQfmkJhc